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Brad Goode - Chicago Red
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
Trumpeter Brad Goode may be approaching a decade spent in Boulder, Colorado, but his heart will always belong to Chicago. Goode was born in The Windy City and, though the twists and turns of life took him elsewhere, he returned there to do his master's degree at DePaul University and launch his career. He held court at the legendary Green Mill from the mid-'80s through the late '90s, holding down a weekly gig that would often find hometown... read more
Kelly Brand Nextet - The Door
by Brad Walseth, www.jazzchicago.net
It sometimes astounds me, when I hear local musicians whose talent is world class, and yet they are perhaps not very well known outside the boundaries of Chicago, although they should be. Case in point is pianist/composer Kelly Brand, who is known to the jazz fans of Chicago, but deserves a much wider audience based on her stellar playing and composition skills. If there is any justice in the world, her new nextet recording "The Door" will open... read more
Benjamin Boone - The Poets Are Gathering
by Stephen Graham, Marlbank (UK)
Best so far in 2020... Intense and hard-hitting ... socially and politically conscious, often beautiful, work that will make you think and that never shirks from challenging and confronting societal wrongs in a way that transcends the polemics of the newspaper opinion writers and the power grab of politicians... Boone's vision surpasses all... read more
David Friesen Circle 3 Trio - Triple Exposure
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly
Bassist David Friesen plays the unique looking Hemage bass guitar in his trio with Greg Goebel/p and Charlie Doggett/dr though eleven originals. The team displays a touch of the cap to Bill Evans on the gentle waltz "Everything We Are" and the softly subtle "Side Step" with Doggett brushing up on "Turn In The Road." Friesen leads the team through a 5/4 dance on"Bright Light Sky" and does some soft spacious work on "Another Time, Another Place"... read more
Wellstone Conspiracy - Motives
by Adam Greenberg, All Music Guide
The mostly Seattle-based quartet Wellstone Conspiracy originally formed from notables on the Seattle scene backing up Idaho-based sax player Brent Jensen on a 2006 album. With their sophomore release, the group formed a more democratic name and continued their deep presentation of Northwest jazz at its purest. There's a careful interplay between the classic sorts of sounds encapsulating the urban nightclub aesthetic and more open, smooth, and... read more
Scenes - Destinations
by Rudolf Radnai, muszeroldal (Budapest)
15 years of joint performance is already a good base for a trio of members to create something great on the new album of these three musicians and feel the way a person puts a high-level instrumental knowledge on the desktop as a fingertip. There is a drummer and a bass player here as a traditional guitar player. Most of his own compositions, with three jazz standards. It is not tight, but it is a highly professional contemporary jazz, which is... read more
Marc Bernstein & Good People - Hymn For Life
by Robert Ratajczak, LongPlay: RadioJAZZ - Poland
[translated from Polish] The name Marc Bernstein, apart from concerts in 2012 and 2013 (ie 10.05.2013 at the Blue Note in Poznan) can be associated with such outstanding artists as Branford Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham and the famous Danish Klüvers Big Band (known even with the excellent album recorded with Mulgrew Miller, Grew's Tune, 2012). The list of famous musicians with which Bernstein has worked over the years is in... read more
Anthony Branker & Imagine - What Place Can Be for Us?
by Ron Schepper, Textura
As the composer, arranger, and musical director for the ten-movement suite What Place Can Be for Us?, Anthony Branker is the visionary force behind the project and, as importantly, the one responsible with recruiting the top-tier musicians that perform it. The latest edition of his group Imagine draws on the considerable talents of tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, trumpeter Philip Dizack, alto saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf, guitarist Pete McCann,... read more
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