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Nov 22, 2021 · Jazzwise magazine selects and reviews the outstanding jazz albums of 2021, featuring Sons of Kemet, Pat Metheny, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Julian Lage and more. Read the reviews and listen to the music of these Editor's Choice picks.
May 23, 2024 · Read reviews of the latest jazz albums by Sokratis Votskos Quartet, Russell Fortunato Project, and Andy Milne and Unison. Explore the eclectic and adventurous sounds of contemporary jazz, spiritual jazz, and avant-garde jazz.
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Blue Note Tone Poet The absence of vocalsplaces Lloyd and his ensemble centre stage for a more detailed update on their direction of travel. What becomes clear – if it was not clear already – is the addition of the guitar ‘choir’ provides unexpected depth and resonance to the time honoured configuration of sax plus piano, bass and drums... Stuart N...
BMG/Modern Recordings Our received notions of Pat Metheny is that there is not one, but two Pat Methenys. There’s the Pat Metheny that loves jamming, be it on his memorable 80/81, or with his trio on albums such asTrio 99 > 00,Trio > Liveand Pat Metheny Dave Holland Roy Haynes, and there’s the Pat Metheny formerly of the Pat Metheny Group and now c...
Edition In her first recording as leader since her Grammy-nominated 2013 albumLive in NYC,Florsees vocalist, songwriter and producer Gretchen Parlato stepping with delight into an entirely new sound-world created by her core trio of guitarist and musical director Marcel Camargo, percussionist Léo Costa and cellist Artyom Manukyan...Peter Quinn Read...
Blue Note Older and wiser, Lage has now been signed to the Blue Note label by Don Was, and he has surrounded himself with his regular working group which debuted on Mack Avenue’s Love Hurts in 2019. Wise decision. On ‘Bloo’s Blues’ and ‘Saint Rose’, two standout tracks in an album of exemplary originals, Lage, Roeder and King demonstrate the all im...
Roomspin Records A follow-up to their outstanding Songbookalbum released in 2017, Quiet Is The Starpresents a further nine beautifully crafted songs from the dream pairing of pianist/composer Alan Broadbent and vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio. Produced once again by Andrew Cleyndert, highlights include ‘When You’re Gone From Me’, a song that featu...
ACT The undertows are often fiercely, abstractly and sometimes caressingly electronic (Wollny plays electric keys throughout), from the chain-dragging sounds and detonations of ‘Somewhere Around Barstow’, to the choirlike echoes and huge, chugging grooves of ‘Too Bright In Here’ or the dreamy harmonies of the only composed piece, Wollny’s closing ‘...
Mack Avenue Although half a dozen vocalists are featured, they are invariably used to colour the music from within with sustained tones that add body and greater textural shape to the ensembles. Garret comes up with eight originals, each quite different and each with programmatic origins... Stuart Nicholson Read the review in the JazzwiseReviews Da...
Impulse! With their borders-down aesthetic, fierce social conscience and sax, tuba and two-drum-kit combo, the Kemets have always packed a punch. But with opener ‘Field Negus’ and closer ‘Black’, both featuring lyrics written and spoken by poet Joshua Idehen, sparked by Black Lives Matter protests, and with guests ranging from Angel Bat Dawid and S...
Edition This marks Dave Holland’s return to bass guitar on some tracks (notably a piece called ‘The Village’ that opens out into a long almost stream-of-consciousness development) along with some of his best recent work on double bass. His solos on tracks such as ‘Grave Walker’ and ‘Gentle Warrior’ are exemplary... Alyn Shipton Read the review in t...
Concord This album was already in the works at the time of Corea’s sudden and unexpected death on 9 February 2021. On it, Corea contributes liner notes where he refers to a two day whirlwind when the trio was reconvened in January 2018 after a long break for a quick rehearsal and two shows the following evening.This two-CD set is the result...Stuar...
Dec 19, 2023 · For Those Who Like: Darkness, shredding, Sonny Sharrock. The Story: The product of a pact between guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devin Hoff, Echolocation is a gnarly, ferocious album of the ...
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Dec 7, 2023 · 5. Zoh Amba, Chris Corsano, Bill Orcutt, ‘The Flower School’. Zoh Amba recorded her 2023 release with two trusted elders. Scott Rossi for The New York Times. Moving no more than three notes at ...
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