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Keigo Hirakawa - Pixel
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The pianist Keigo Hirakawa has a lot of experience in the area of playing jazz music, and these lively 8 tracks welcome Rafael Statin, Brandon Scott Coleman, Robert Hurst, and Alex White.
The title track opens the listen with Hirakawa's meticulous key progressions alongside Statin's soulful sax and White's stunning drum acrobatics, and "Far Above" follows with a breezy demeanor of soft guitar from Coleman that suits the melodic piano.
The... read more
Piet Verbist - Secret Exit to Another Dimension
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
4-STARS Belgian bassist Piet Verbist has featured saxophonists on each of his previous Origin Records albums—bass, drums and a horn or two seems to be his way of working. With Secret Exit To Another Dimension, his fifth Origin outing, he pares things down to the trio format, creating a distinctive guitar/bass/drums sound that has a strikingly modern feel.
It has become cliche to say—especially when speaking of trio of bass and... read more
David Weiss Sextet - Auteur
by Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
It's hard to find an album more classic than this one, which throws you right into the heart of bebop without any restraint. It's bold, and that's precisely what gives it its charm, thanks to the excellence of the musicians in this sextet, who immediately draw you into their turbulent universe! David Weiss presents *Auteur*, showcasing original compositions, unreleased works by Freddie Hubbard and Slide Hampton, as well as the latest iteration... read more
Bill Anschell - Improbable Solutions
by Alain Dupeux, Radio REC (France)
With a splendid sound orientation, the American pianist Bill Anschell offers a splendid album. His unexpected arabesques reveal a free and limitless structure of creation, a musical diversity brings together different bop-hard bop influences, and the touch of its counterpoints constructs superb exchanges between tonicity and lightness. He maintains sonic paradoxes, exploring an improvisation which offers a musical virtue of its innovative and... read more
Jack Mouse - Range of Motion
by Brent Black, Critical Jazz
Origin Records is an often overlooked label when in reality they have a stable of artists that are as technically proficient and artistically gifted as most any other label one can think of. The Jack Mouse Group is certainly no exception and with a distinguished musical resume including work with such luminaries as Kenny Burrell, Bob Mintzer, and Sheila Jordon it is easy to see this is not Mouse's first rodeo.
Jack Mouse has assembled what... read more
George Colligan & Theoretical Planets - Risky Notion
by Matthias Kirsch, Gina Love Jazz (Berlin)
George Colligan, the pianist who has worked with everyone from Phil Woods to Cassandra Wilson, from Nicholas Payton to Vanessa Rubin, or from Gary Bartz to Don Byron, also plays trumpet, organ, and drums. And his latest album "Risky Notion" is where you can hear him solely playing the latter. With his group, the Theoretical Planets, he has come up with 10 original compositions, all drum-heavy and percussive, with the leader clearly in the... read more
Tom Collier - Mallet Jazz
by Harvey Siders, Jazz Times
Imagine a front line of vibes and marimba-truly mallets in wonderland. On Mallet Jazz (Origin), Tom Collier, percussion-studies director at the University of Washington, and tireless L.A. session man Emil Richards switch between both instruments, backed by bassist Dan Dean and, variously, pianists Mike Lang and Don Grusin and drummers Joe Porcaro and John Bishop. Brubeck alumnus clarinetist Bill Smith makes a guest appearance.
All the tunes... read more
John Stowell & Dan Dean - Rain Painting
by Joe Finn, Jazz Guitar Today
I wanted to mention how much I am enjoying the 2021 album "Rain Painting" by John Stowell & Dan Dean. Modernity meets tradition in this collection of Stowell's compositions and Dean's wordless vocal arrangements and bass playing. The guitar, bass and vocal sounds are all very much in keeping with the heritage of the jazz style. And Stowell's playing swings like crazy. His improvisation is unfailingly melodic and he doesn't tend to repeat himself... read more
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