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Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Olivia Peeva, Jazz Blues EU
I'll begin this article with a brief statement: what follows is about an artist whose album I consider the best jazz and jazz-pop record. Her unique voice and poignant, emotional style of singing have made her a well-known and highly respected artist in Europe and around the world.
If you listen to all of Vienna vocalist Maja Jaku's recordings, it's easy to notice that from album to album her songs have become more beautiful, deeper, and... read more
Western Jazz Collective - Dark Journey: The Music of Andrew Rathbun
by Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
The Western Jazz Collective is a seven-member co-op group that actually hails from America's Midwest—more specifically, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo—where the ensemble's crew serve as members of the faculty. The designation "Western" thus refers to the university rather than the septet's geographic location.
Be that as it may, what infuses and animates the Collective's debut album, Dark Journey, is the music, all of... read more
Ben Patterson - The Way of the Groove
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Big-toned trombonist Ben Patterson digs in deep with his team of Shawn Purcell/g, Harry Appelman/B3-p-synth, Paul Henry/b, Todd Harrison/dr, Luis Hernandez/ts and even joins in the vocals with Evan Reiger and Purcell. His horn fills the room on his solo intro to "What Happens Next" before Henry's electric bass takes the team into the world of soulful harmonies and pulses. Purcell's guitar gives some Soul Train feel to "This and That" and digs a... read more
George Colligan & Theoretical Planets - Risky Notion
by Don Lerman, Cadence
George Colligan has performed with many prominent jazz figures as well his own group, has recorded prolifically both as a sideman (over 100 albums) and as a leader (25 albums), is a noted composer, and is currently on the jazz faculty at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Better known for his work on piano, Colligan plays drums on (1), serving as both an anchor and musical precipitator for saxophonists Joe Manis and Nicole Glover and... read more
New Stories - Hope is in the Air
by Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times
This Elmo Hope revival project exudes class. It includes cameos by seven guest musicians (most notably producer/trumpeter Don Sickler and alto saxophonist Bobby Porcelli), but is defined by New Stories: pianist Marc Seales, bassist Doug Miller and drummer John Bishop, who have constituted the best piano trio in Seattle, Wash., for 17 years.
Elmo Hope composed quirky, beautiful, unforgettable music, now all but lost in the shadows of history.... read more
Richard Sussman - Live at Sweet Rhythm
by Kyle O'Brien, Oregon Jazz Scene
Pianist and composer Sussman has gotten the band back together. The band here is called the Free Fall Reunion Band. "Free Fall" was the 1978 album that the group recorded together, which reviewed well in Down Beat. The members of the group went their separate ways, including Sussman, who became both a synth and piano sideman and also an educator at the Manhattan School of Music. In 2003, the group reunited for a gig in New York, and the... read more
Joel Miller Sienna Dahlen - Dream Cassette
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Joel Miller sings, plays sax, piano, guitar and percussion while Sienna Dahlen joins him in voice on this folksy collection with jazz sensibilities. Horns produced by David Carbonneau/tp and Dave Grott/tb ad textures to the guitars provided by Francois Jalbert and Jordey Tucker, while Simon Page/b and Kevin Warren/dr keep the pace steady. There's a synth pop feel to material like "Blue Times" and the folksy "Flying Dream" while the most jazzy... read more
Scott Reeves - Portraits and Places
by Richard B. Kamins, Step Tempest
Scott Reeves, composer, arranger, flugelhorn and trombone player, is a Professor of Music on the faculty of the City College of New York. He's also worked with the big bands of Dave Liebman, Chico O'Farrill, Oliver Lake, and Bill Mobley. He has released four albums as a leader, all with ensembles of seven or less. "Portraits and Places" (Origin Records) is how fifth recording and serves as an introduction to the Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra,... read more
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