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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Bob Nell & Michael Bisbo Trios - We Are Here
Bob Nell draws deep inspiration from his roots in Montana, a vast landscape that mirrors the wide, open spaces and unhurried pacing found inside his compositions. This geographic isolation allowed him to develop an intensely individual piano voice,…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Brad Goode Quintet Featuring Ernie Watts - Live Your Dream - Live At North Street Cabaret
First documented together on 2018's That's Right!, the musical relationship of virtuosic trumpeter Brad Goode and legendary saxophonist Ernie Watts goes back 8 years earlier when the two met on a stage together. Their vivid musical rapport immediately…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Jeff Rupert Quartet - Sea Spell
The Jeff Rupert Quartet stands as one of modern jazz’s most reliable forces for elegant, deeply swinging acoustic interplay. Guided by acclaimed tenor saxophonist and educator Jeff Rupert, the ensemble has spent decades perfecting a sound that honors…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Jon Hamar - Musica Callada
If you are looking for an album that completely changes how you think about the double bass, Jon Hamar’s Música Callada is it. Instead of playing the same old classical tracks everyone expects, the Pacific Northwest bassist steps…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Rafael Greco - Versos bajo mi sombra
Rafael Greco—the legendary Venezuelan saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and long-time creative engine behind Guaco—is finally stepping completely out of the big-band shadow to do exactly what he wants. On his new album, Verses Under My Shadow, he skips the predictable…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Ryan Barry - If I Did Not Speak Out
Ryan Barry is an up-and-coming U.S. jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who has fast become a fixture of the highly competitive New York City jazz scene. He first fell in love with jazz and organic improvisation while…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Scott Sadlon - Songs From Thin Air
"Drummer Scott Sadlon is back with a new collaborative project, Songs From Thin Air. Decades after his 2006 trio release The Double Life, Sadlon returns to the studio alongside keyboardist Rachel Eckroth and bassist Tim Lefebvre. The album…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Wayne Alpern – Varieties & Extravaganzas
Wayne Alpern's Varieties & Extravaganzas is a stylish stroll through music history. His 13th album, it's a diverse collection of original compositions and inventive arrangements for brass quintet recorded by the Times Square Brass Quintet. This gifted group…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Will Schneider Trio - Convergence
Based out of Northwest Ohio, Will Schneider is a horn player, composer, and teacher who has been doing cool things with the French horn, pulling it out of the classical world and dropping it straight into modern jazz…
Continue Reading »💿 ALBUM REVIEW:Jane Getter Premonition - Transmogrify
Jane Getter Premonition is the killer progressive-fusion vehicle steered by NYC guitar ace and singer-composer Jane Getter. It’s basically where heavy prog-rock grit crashes headfirst into razor-sharp jazz fusion—zero filler, all teeth. Flanked by an elite crew of…
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