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Mitch Paliga - Fall Night
by , Phrases / Phrases
Dave Liebman pupil of the Mitch Paliga, records for more than twenty years, but released his first album until 2006. Which is to demonstrate the difficulties faced by professional musicians moving in a separate area which apart from the purely musical part, bear the burden of caring for themselves and for all the rest. From the cover and produce the CD, to play, promotion and distribution of natural and caring for the closure... read more
Josh Nelson - The Sky Remains
by Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation
Josh's piano and compositional work got high marks from me in issue # 155, and this new 2017 release has even more sensitive songs... per the liner notes, it's somewhat of a "love song" for his native city, Los Angeles... you'll certainly hear hear his creative genius and jazz sensitivity on great tunes like the 7:04 "The Architect"... his playing on this one takes me (way back) to the "old L.A.", the one I remember from the early 1960's, when... read more
Bobby Broom - Bobby Broom Plays for Monk
by Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
Monk lives! Perhaps it can be said that Thelonious Monk has had many lives. Ever since the unique pianist established his repertoire in the 1940s and '50s musicians have, probably beginning with saxophonist Steve Lacy, taken up the task of covering the now infamous music. With Plays for Monk, guitarist Bobby Broom delivers one of the finest Monk tributes to be released in quite some time.
Best known for his work with Sonny Rollins, the... read more
George Colligan - The Endless Mysteries
by Nate Chinen, New York Times
One of the finer piano trio albums of 2013 - released too late in the year, or on too small a label, to make a dent in the critics' polls - is George Colligan's The Endless Mysteries. It's a program of original compositions, most of them sensible and sturdy. And because it was recorded in a few hours with no rehearsal, it's the product of rough-and-ready postbop expertise, rather than the lived experience of a steady band.
At... read more
Dana Hall - Into the Light
by John Barron, All About Jazz
Chicago-based drummer Dana Hall makes his debut as a leader with Into the Light, a provocative quintet recording featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Tim Warfield, Jr., pianist Bruce Barth, and bassist Rodney Whitaker.
Herbie Hancock's "I Have a Dream" opens the session with an explosive punch. Hall's uncompromising intensity makes clear exactly who is leading the date. Along with Barth's punchy Fender Rhodes comping, the drummer... read more
Mamutrio - Primal Existence
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
From Belgium it came, a new sax trio that fuses art jazz with Euro sensibilities making for some grand egghead jazz in the way that ECM did it in their younger days. Angular sounds that are carefully plotted in their execution, these three have it going on and manage to fuse jazz from different trio modes in to one, well done whole. A must for sitting down jazz... read more
Dan McCarthy - City Abstract
by FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN, All About Jazz
Canadian vibesman Dan McCarthy has come a long way since the release of his already very accomplished debut album Interwords (self produced) in 2006. Since moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2004, McCarthy has been able to collaborate with some of the city's finest improvisors, such as Steve Swallow or Ben Monder who are also the musicians joining him on his first of two albums in 2019, both released on the Seattle-based label Origin Records. The... read more
Anthony Branker & Other Ways of Knowing - Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit
by Olivia Peevas, Jazz Blues European Union (Interview)
Jazz Blues European Union: - Thank you for taking the time to have this interview with Jazz Blues EU. Tell us about your music. When did you start performing?
Anthony Branker: - My involvement with music started as a trumpet player when I was 10 years old. In all honesty, I really wanted to play drums at first but was persuaded by two of my friends who already played trumpet that this was the "cool instrument." So, it was... read more
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