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Article: Album Review

Walter Smith III: Twio Vol. 2

Read "Twio Vol. 2" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Walter Smith III is a deceptive musician. His deep jazz roots and distinctive tenor saxophone tone mask a technique that is both complex and understated. Smith rewards attentive listeners; his mastery lies in refinement rather than display. One of the pleasures of following Smith's career is hearing him change. Though no longer a young ...

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Scenery in My Story

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Windy Days; Hometown; City Machine; Dancing in the Dream; It Could Happen to You; Liar; Mirror, Floating on the Water; On That Bus; Nardis; Nightfall Over Shanghai; Scenery in My Story.

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Daydream

Label: GSJQ Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: You're No Good; Day Dream; If I Knew Then; Lazy Afternoon; Don't Worry 'bout Me; Think of One; Loads of Love; Falling in Love with Love; Over the Rainbow

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Article: In Pictures

Joel Ross with John Toomey Trio at the Attucks Jazz Club

Read "Joel Ross with John Toomey Trio at the Attucks Jazz Club" reviewed by Mark Robbins


Joel Ross is a man of few words. Actually, he was a man of no words until the end of the first set when he told the sold-out audience that the group would be back after a break. Then no more words until the end of the second set when he thanked everyone for coming and ...

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Article: Album Review

Olga Amelchenko: Howling Silence

Read "Howling Silence" reviewed by Andrew Hunter


Olga Amelchenko, the Russian born, Paris based saxophonist and composer, is joined here on her fourth recording as leader by a strong ensemble with members old and new. Jesus Vega has been playing drums with Amelchenko for a long while. Canadian guitarist Matthew Stevens, who did such great work with Walter Smith iii, is a new ...

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Article: Live Review

Siena Jazz 2025

Read "Siena Jazz 2025" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55th Edition Siena Jazz International Academy Siena, Italy July 26-August 7, 2025 Fifty-five editions, more than ninety students from around the globe, and some thirty faculty members who are also acclaimed performers on the international scene. Listing them all is not mere name-dropping, but a way to ...

Article: Live Review

Siena Jazz - International Summer Workshop – 55a Edizione

Read "Siena Jazz - International Summer Workshop – 55a Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55a Edizione Siena Jazz International Academy Siena 26 luglio--7 agosto 2025 Cinquantacinque edizioni, oltre novanta studenti provenienti da ogni parte del mondo, una trentina di docenti che sono anche affermati musicisti in ambito internazionale. Li elenchiamo tutti, non per gusto declamatorio, ma per dare contezza della portata dei ...

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Article: Live Review

Winter Jazzfest 2025: The Once and Future Music

Read "Winter Jazzfest 2025: The Once and Future Music" reviewed by Adam Beaudoin


Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 9-15, 2025 Impressions of A Love Supreme We are standing in a line outside the venue, waiting in the January chill to listen to nearly two dozen musicians perform and pay tribute to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, 60 years to the month after its release. People ...

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Article: Album Review

Zhengtao Pan Jazz Orchestra: Scenery in My Story

Read "Scenery in My Story" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Zhengtao Pan, born in Shanghai, China, less than twenty-five years ago, was already well-known as a designer of video games when he chose to move to Boston, MA, to study jazz composition at the Berklee College of Music. Scenery In My Story is Pan's debut recording as leader of his Jazz Orchestra, and as its title ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s April Line-up Featuring A Special Jim Rotondi Tribute Concert, The Return Of Legendary Artists George Cables, Vincent Herring, And More

Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s April Line-up Featuring A Special Jim Rotondi Tribute Concert, The Return Of Legendary Artists George Cables, Vincent Herring, And More

Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club presents today’s leading artists in April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The lauded tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III begins the month with a five-night run (Apr 2-6) at the helm of his stellar quartet. SMOKE is thrilled to host a special tribute concert ...


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