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Article: Radio & Podcasts

River City Jazz Masters Preview, Newk, Tadd & More

Read "River City Jazz Masters Preview, Newk, Tadd & More" reviewed by Marc Cohn


Happy 89th birthday to Mr. Sonny Rollins! After some 21st century music from Hudson, Joshua Redman (his latest), UK pianist Zoe Rahman [whew!], Chicagoland's Geof Bradfield & Kamasi Washington, we preview the Baton Rouge River City Jazz Masters 2019-2020 season at the Manship Theatre (Eddie Palmieri, Eric Alexander, Nicholas Payton AND Jazzmeia Horn)! It's ...

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Article: Album Review

Curtis + Garabedian + Sperrazza: New Year

Read "New Year" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


This is a compelling slice of Brooklyn unburdened. With no real restrictions, stratification, expectations or requirements to speak of, three friends and fellow seekers document their truth(s) in sound. Burrowing into their shared experiences in the Borough of Kings, and discovering tunnels and wormholes in the process, they come out on the other end with music ...

Article: Album Review

Hearing Things: Here's Hearing Things

Read "Here's Hearing Things" reviewed by Luca Muchetti


Direttamente da Brooklyn, una delle formazioni che gli amanti delle atmosfere liquide e colorate della musica surf e beat non potranno farsi scappare. Si chiamano Hearing Things e, dietro le deliziose grafiche di copertina in puro stile Sixties del loro album intitolato Here's Hearing Things, si nascondono Matt Bauder al sassofono e chitarra, JP Schlegelmilch all'organo ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

The Sounds of Saxophones

Read "The Sounds of Saxophones" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


The saxophone continues to be one of the cornerstone instruments of jazz. Here are three recent recordings that demonstrate different approaches to the use of saxophones in the music. Jordan Pettay First Fruit Outside In Music 2019 Jordan Pettay is a young Julliard graduate who makes her ...

Article: Album Review

Sean Moran: Sun Tiger

Read "Sun Tiger" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Trio piuttosto atipico questo messo in piedi da Sean Moran, chitarrista elettrico newyorchese d'adozione: accanto al suo strumento troviamo infatti la batteria di Vinnie Sperrazza e il violoncello di Hank Roberts, strumenti che danno vita a un suono costantemente nel guado tra rock e musica da camera. La particolarità si palesa fin dalle prime ...

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Straight Forward

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Happy Juice; Delilah Was a Libra; West Village; King Cobra; I'm OK; Down the Pike; Hush Puppy; Vortex; Frederico; Follow Suit; Preachin'.

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Article: Album Review

Tom Tallitsch: Wheelhouse

Read "Wheelhouse" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Tom Tallitsch's Wheelhouse is a recording in which something honest and genuine springs from the soil of a long established, familiar jazz style. Although pinning a hard bop label on the music is fairly accurate, ultimately it amounts to a quick, glib, descriptive fix that may distort or diminish the character of the record. The same ...

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Article: Album Review

New Faces: Straight Forward

Read "Straight Forward" reviewed by Paul Rauch


The collection of musicians on this record, collectively referred to as “New Faces," is an attempt by Posi-Tone producer Marc Free to create a sampler of the label's mission, utilizing a selection of young leaders to collectively personify their overall musical vision. As stated on the Posi- Tone website, “The entire series of succinct performances included ...

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Article: Year in Review

Mark F. Turner's Best Releases Of 2017

Read "Mark F. Turner's Best Releases Of 2017" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


In a year filled with loss, uncertainty and numerous challenges, the following releases by these creative and talented artists repeatedly moved me while bringing something fresh to my ears. No matter what critics or doubters say, the music lives on and is as strong as ever; always colored by its diversity. Harriet Tubman ...

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Juxtaposition

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Chimes; St. Jerome; House On Hoxie Road; Juxtaposition; Alter Ego; This Night This Song; One Hour; Somewhere; Warm Winter; Hellenized; Solitary Consumer; Say The Secret Word


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