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Clay Giberson - Spaceton's Approach
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz.com
There's much to be said for holding a band together over the course of years and performances and album/CD releases, honing the familiarity, comfort level and the intricacies of interplay. Think of the two great Miles Davis Quintets, or Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio.
There's also a lot to be said for the one-off affairs, the freshness and spontaneity and energy of a group of like-minded artists getting together for a single... read more
Maja Jaku - Blessed & Bewitched
by Jonathan Widran, The JW Vibe
Kosovo born vocalist and songwriter Maja Jaku has made exquisitely intimate and charmingly swinging jazzy waves in her native Europe for years, touring with her trio, performing with the Austrian fusion band Attack, performing in musicals and releasing four acclaimed albums.
On her intriguingly titled debut American collection Blessed and Bewitched, she shares those magnificent, deeply lived vocal passions and cool soulful strutting with U.S.... read more
Jared Hall - Influences
by Stephen Graham, Marlbank (UK)
A 2022 Seattle studio recording quartet album recorded in a single day from Jared Hall. It features 8 of the trumpeter's originals including tributes to Roy Hargrove, Brian Lynch - led off by bassist Michael Glynn - Woody Shaw, Wallace Roney and Tom Harrell plus an interpretation of Gigi Gryce's 'Minority' that has a very fine a cappella introduction by Hall. He hails from Spokane, Washington where he is director of jazz studies at the city's... read more
Dawn Clement - Delight
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The inimitable pianist Dawn Clement is joined by Buster Williams and Matt Wilson for these soulful 8 tracks of originals and covers.
"Outstretch", by Clement, starts and radiates dynamic interplay between thumping drums and lively bass, and "Monk's Dream", by Thelonious Monk, follows with the bright keys amid frisky drumming and bouncy bass lines.
Deeper into the listen, "Tokudo" uses Williams' animated bass alongside the colorful keys,... read more
Seattle Trumpet Consort - After Baroque: Music For The Natural Trumpet
by Adam Greenberg, All Music
A group created in order to study and exhibit the sound of the natural trumpet (the trumpet prior to the addition of valves), the Seattle Trumpet Consort put together a collection of works created after the Baroque period that showcases the trumpet in its original form, using instruments modeled after museum pieces. Combining with them is a timpani modeled after another museum piece and a pair of flutists using Baroque versions of their... read more
Todd Bishop Pop Art 4 - 69 Annee Erotique: Music of Serge Gainsbourg
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
Todd Bishop has taken groups Lower Monumental and Flatland through somewhat revolutionary jazz territory before, exploring what modern free jazz could sound like while still putting together entirely listenable albums. On 69 Annee Erotique, Bishop takes his Pop Art 4 through some surprising new arrangements of old Serge Gainsbourg songs. The songs vary from dark to light, slow to jumpy, but they're all given a strong touch of the new in Bishop's... read more
Bill Anschell - More To The Ear Than Meets The Eye
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
Pianist Bill Anschell has carved out a fairly high profile for himself as an accompanist and arranger, most recently on vocalist Jeff Baker's vibrant Monologue (OA2 Records, 2005), and previously with his stint touring and recording as musical director for Nnenna Freelon from 1992-96. With More to the Ear Than Meets the Eye, Anschell steps out as leader on a set that showcases his penchant for forthright lyrical beauty and spontaneous... read more
Hal Galper / Reggie Workman / Rashied Ali - Art-Work
by Don Williamson, Jazz Review
Previously on Origin Records, Hal Galper had recorded Furious Rubato. Well, Galper's playing still comes across as furious and often as rubato. That seems to be its natural state now that he was developed his own individualistic aesthetic after 40 years of accompanying some of the most respected leaders in jazz, staying in the background for and complementing the styles of the horn players like Phil Woods and Chet Baker. The fury of Galper's... read more
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