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Jovino Santos Neto Quarteto - Mais Que Tudo: Live at Kerry Hall 1995
by Katchie Cartwright, All About Jazz (Interview)
Following a years-long recording hiatus, Brazilian-born Seattle-based Grammy- nominated pianist and composer Jovino Santos Neto released three albums in 2025, all captured live. Two are digital-only releases, both recorded in 2024: Retratos: Brazilian Portraits (Audiophile Society), a duo performance with Estonian bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann in a program of great Brazilian composers, and A Onça e o Pajé (Self- Produced), recorded live at the... read more
Michael Dease - Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by George W Harris, Jazz Weekly
Trombonist came up with a brilliant idea on his last album in putting together material from the catalogue of composer Gregg Hill. He keeps playing the winning hand on this new release, but with a larger ensemble in Virginia MacDonald/cl, Sharel Cassity/fl-as, Rudresh Mahanthappa/as, Jason Hainsworth/ts, Matt White/tp, Nanami Haruta/tb, Bill Cunliffe/p-key, Katie Thiroux/b, Colleen Clark/dr and Gwendolyn Dease/perc.
Dease also doubles on... read more
Brad Goode - Polytonal Dance Party
by John Frederick Moore, Jazziz
Trumpeter Brad Goode pulls a neat trick with this disc. He's taken a deliberately difficult approach to composing and arranging, then makes it sound fun rather than academic or pretentious. These 11 tracks contain enough polytonal harmonies to make a modernist-classical composer proud, but as the title suggests, you can danced to the music, as well.
Goode's method is most noticeable in his covers, especially on the '70s soul classic "Betcha... read more
Ryan Cohan - Originations
by Hrayr Attarian, Chicago Jazz Magazine
Pianist and composer Ryan Cohan is a master of creating harmony from contrasts. Over the years his works have incorporated many diverse influences and have become progressively more impressionistic. His acclaimed 2013 release The River even inspired painter Ellen Priest to create an abstract canvas that was displayed at St Peter's Church in Manhattan. Cohan's sixth release as a leader, the sublime Originations, matches his previous oeuvre in... read more
Nnenna Freelon - Beneath the Skin
by Jim Motavalli, THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD
Singer Nnenna Freelon has long shown she knows her way around the Great American Songbook (she's recorded tributes to Billie holiday and Stevie Wonder), but on her newly released 12th album, Beneath the Skin, the tunes, many of them poignant ballads, are all hers, with several celebrating women in many colors. On this straight-ahead acoustic affair—with an unusual instrumentation of cello, trombone and guitar plus piano trio—Freelon proves... read more
Richard Sussman - Live at Sweet Rhythm
by Grady Harp, Amazon.com
This CD was recorded live on June 20 and 21, 2003 at Sweet Rhythm in New York City. It is a celebration in every sense of the word. Famed jazz pianist Richard Sussman gathered his old group together from a period in 1978 when the Richard Sussman Quintet gained popularity and a vast following. After twenty-five years he re-assembled the same players and this recording is the result. This is no ordinary group of fine musicians, but instead this is... read more
Jon Alberts / Jeff Johnson / Tad Britton - Apothecary
by Elliott Simon, All About Jazz
This Apothecary is filled with new medicine in old bottles as this very experienced trio presents thoughtful fresh takes on tunes they have more than likely played as a group for over 20 years. Monk's "Bemsha Swing" and "Mysterioso" retain their pianistic quirks but are opened up with an unhurried approach while "Nardis" is given a similar savoring. Dave Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way" is angularized, Bill Evans' "Turn Out the Stars" keeps the... read more
Jessica Williams - Songs of Earth
by Rob Young, Urban Flux
It wasn?t until recently had the honor to listen to pianist Jessica Williams play for the first time. With that said, her latest recording ?SONG OF EARTH? is simply stunning accomplishment for her. In fact, I have a tendency of shying away from solo recordings but I?m reminded with this lovely offering by Williams of the importance of artists recording solo projects. Moreover, I?m still in awe by the fluidity of her compositions, ambient tone... read more
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