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Alon Farber Hagiga with Dave Douglas - The Magician: Live in Jerusalem
by Tom Haugen, Take Effect
The sax enthusiast Alon Farber and trumpet extraordinaire Dave Douglas come together for these 4 celebratory songs that were recorded on June 27, 2023 in Jerusalem, and welcome Yehonatan Cohen, Oded Meir, Katia Toobool, Assaf Hakimi and Roy Oliel.
"Persistence Of Memory" opens the listen with Farber's radiant soprano sax and Douglas' soaring trumpet amid Oliel's precise drums and Cohen's intricate clarinet for the rich textures of warmth, and... read more
Michael Dease - Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Carmel De Soto, Jazz Music Archives
In the vast universe of jazz, where the echoes of the past continually meld with the explorations of the present moment, Michael Dease's "Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill" is a journey through the mind of one of America's most idiosyncratic composers. Dease, a formidable trombonist and educator, is no stranger to innovation. Yet, with this album, he boldly ventures into the uncharted territories of Gregg Hill's compositions, offering an... read more
Geof Bradfield - Urban Nomad
by Brad Walseth, JazzChicago.net
Sometimes the right combination comes together at the right time and the stars align. In the case of jazz recordings, success depends on the right songs, personnel, recording qualities, etc... Origin Records must be living a charmed life because their luck with Chicago artists has been exceptional. Most likely it is hard work and good decisions, but for whatever reason, recent releases from artists like the Kelly Brand Sextet and Matt Ulery's... read more
Clay Giberson - Pastures
by Ryan Meagher, Oregon Jazz Scene
I moved to Portland a little over four years ago. I did not know a single person in Portland when I moved here but for one person, Clay Giberson. Giberson and I have a couple mutual friends in New York, and I met Giberson at a jam session in Brooklyn well-before I had even thought of living in Portland. When I got to town and was trying to find a foothold on the local jazz scene I remembered Giberson since he was a nice guy that I knew could... read more
David Friesen - My Faith, My Life
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Anyone up for a two disc tour de force from a contemporary master playing at the penultimate part of his game with so much yet to explore? One disc solo bass and one disc solo piano, Friesen makes a statement like never before as this instrumental music sails way past category showing what it really means to play your heart out. Simply masterful stuff from a master making you hear things you never thought you could hear from one man and one... read more
Metropolitan Jazz Octet - The Bowie Project
by Neil Tesser, All About Jazz (Liner Notes)
In the words of David Bowie: "Changes."
The Metropolitan Jazz Octet's two previous albums teem with unadulterated jazz. Paul Marinaro is a hard-swinging, expressive baritone steeped in the Great American Songbook and the jazz tradition. So what in the galaxy are they doing with the music of pop legend—and onetime glam rocker, dancehall king, visual visionary, music man of multiple personae, and cultural icon—David Bowie?
Historians... read more
Benjamin Boone | Philip Levine - The Poetry of Jazz
by Joshua Tehee, Fresno Bee
Very often, when poets get together with musicians, there's a reactionary thing that happens.
The band just sort of plays to the reading.
And that wasn't going to work for Benjamin Boone. Not when he was collaborating Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize winner and National Poet Laureate who wrote tributes to the likes of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Not when Levine was at least partially responsible, on the basis on his name alone, for... read more
Steve Korn - Here and Now
by Dave Nathan, All Music Guide
A drummer who is a leader has to be aware not to take advantage of his position by overwhelming his fellow players and listeners with long, non-directional solos, yet at the same time let it be known that this is, in fact, his or her album, often a difficult balance to achieve. Steve Korn handles this problem very nicely by not letting it become a problem. He has gathered a roster of top-flight musicians from the Northwest region, including two... read more
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