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Article: Album Review

Jason Kao Hwang: Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations

Read "Soliloquies, Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Violinist Jason Kao Hwang is the kind of collaborator every creative improviser dreams of having. His résumé reads like a who's who of avant-garde jazz, including partnerships with Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, William Parker, Ivo Perelman, Anthony Braxton, and Steve Swell, among others. Hwang's musical versatility and deeply intuitive improvisational sensibility have made him a sought-after ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Horace Tapscott, Smiley Winters, and Blue Stars of France

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by Jerome Wilson

This is a vintage episode first heard on January 19, 2021. The cast for this show includes Horace Tapscott, Smiley Winters. Marc Ribot, Marion Brown, and the Blue Stars of France. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextet “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...

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Cecil Taylor: Flashing Spirits

Read "Flashing Spirits" reviewed by James Taylor

by James Taylor

There is a gift that keeps on giving nature to jazz music. Whether unearthing previously unknown archival recordings or niche labels getting long overdue vinyl re-pressings, fans of the genre have no shortage of new-to-us releases hitting the market every year. Such is the case with Flashing Spirits, the latest release documenting the prolific ...

Article: Live Review

AngelicA 35 a Bologna e Modena

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by Libero Farnè

AngelicA 35 Festival Internazionale di Musica Bologna, Modena Varie sedi 30 aprile--31 maggio 2025 Da sempre il festival bolognese permette di assistere alle più varie esperienze musicali dell'attualità, senza vincolarsi a generi, autori o prassi esecutive. Ma forse un limite se lo è imposto Massimo Simonini, infaticabile e coerente ...

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Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

Read "Armageddon Flower" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's albums come at us relentlessly. He is prolific. Multiple albums per year is his norm. His approach is, more often than not, sound and fury, signifying... what? It is hard to say. Of his Armageddon Flower he says: “Listening to this music is akin to reading the Book of Revelations in the Bible." ...

Article: Live Review

Vicenza Jazz - New Conversations 2025

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by Libero Farnè

Vicenza Jazz 2025 Varie sedi Vicenza 15--25 maggio 2025 Vicenza Jazz--New Conversations ha sempre portato un sottotitolo che mettesse in evidenza il tema su cui di anno in anno si concentrava prevalentemente. Questa ventinovesima edizione ha evitato di celebrare anniversari o di puntare i riflettori su uno strumento principe, ...anche se, ...

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Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio: Armageddon Flower

Read "Armageddon Flower" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Imagine our earliest ancestors huddled deep inside a cave, safe from the howling wind and stalking predators outside. A fire flickers at the center, casting erratic shadows onto the jagged walls. Among the tribe, someone watches those shadows--not with fear, but with imagination. Perhaps they see, in the dancing silhouettes, the outlines of animals hunted earlier ...

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Article: Album Review

William Parker / Hugo Costa / Philipp Ernsting: Pulsar

Read "Pulsar" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Inestimable bassist William Parker has made hundreds of records, but this unlikely meeting with two stalwarts of the Rotterdam scene, Portuguese alto saxophonist Hugo Costa and German drummer Philipp Ernsting, should not to be overlooked. The Dutch-based pair invited Parker to join them for a recording in October 2023 and Pulsar is the splendid result. Costa ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Brittany Davis, Joe Lovano, Steve Hirsh & Jakob Bro

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by Maurice Hogue

If you haven't heard of singer/pianist Brittany Davis, find her new album Black Thunder now! Ms Davis, who hails from Seattle and is blind, has released a very exciting recording that evokes echoes of Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Fay Victor and other great female singers. The fact that she and her trio, despite not being all ...

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Steve Hirsh: Root Causes

Read "Root Causes" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Although Steve Hirsh's name appears on the masthead of Root Causes, you might not immediately recognize it as a drummer-led recording. Unlike the unmistakable leadership of Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, and Tony Williams, Hirsh leads with subtlety, functioning more as a selfless, responsive collaborator than a dominant force. The album features a classic piano ...


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