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Alan Jones & François Thèberge - Another View
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
Two long time musical kindred spirits decide to go for it on an all original date for jazz orchestra that's heavy on the art jazz so much so that it's almost like a ricochet from the 50s. Programmed almost like a show, this is a set that colors widely outside the lines defying expectations swinging for the fences in the way that records that don't worry about being hits but worry about being good often do. Quite the urbane listening... read more
Chad McCullough & Bram Weijters - Abstract Quantities
by Mathilde Löffler, Jazzenzo (The Netherlands)
'Abstract Quantities' is het derde album van het Amerikaans-Belgische Chad McCullough & Bram Weijters Quartet. De trompettist en pianist ontmoetten elkaar tijdens een internationale workshop in Seattle en bouwden met toevoeging van contrabassist Piet Verbist en slagwerker John Bishop aan een succesvolle staat van dienst bestaande uit twee albums en concerten in de Verenigde Staten en België.
De inventieve en veelzijdige composities op... read more
Jim Knapp & Scrape - Approaching Vyones
by C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
Twenty-first Century Orchestral Music. For a string orchestra named Scrape, this music is quite well behaved and well- integrated. Approaching Vyones is composed of ten short pieces, each independent of the other, yet melding well as a whole. Guitarist Bill Frisell contributes one piece, "Naomi" to the collection, while the remainder of the selections are Jim Knapp compositions. Traces of Barber and Piston can be heard among the... read more
Jordan VanHemert - Survival of the Fittest
by Editor, Modern Drummer
Lewis Nash has never played a "bad" note in his life, and that's why he's on so many records. He proves this again on saxophonist Jordan VanHemert's third recording as a leader. Whether it's Nash's dancing brushes on "Tread Lightly," his intro and rollicking five-minute duet with VanHemert on "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise," or his uber-musical solo on "Milyang Arirang," everything Lewis Nash plays works to perfection. Listen to Lewis Nash's... read more
Lynn Bush with New Stories - Still Life
by Jason West, JazzSteps
Lynn Bush's latest release, Still Life, shows life, well, standing still-yet very much alive. This is accomplished audibly via Lynn's moody, vibratoless alto which saturates contemplative lyrics on "Slow Hot Wind," "Invitation" and "What a Way to Go." Visually, cover art of misty, overcast seascapes capture the desired effect.
There's an unconscious comfort present in the music, beginning with the initial track, "Dreamsville." Lynn... read more
Laurie Antonioli and Richie Beirach - Varuna
by Raul da Gama, JazzdaGama
Underpinning so much of Laurie Antonioli's approach to music is identifying the provenance and essence of dramatic character, 'mutant opera' if you will, which are not enacted but depend on perceptive rhetorical judgement within a fabric of rolling continuity. Her music may pay homage to forebears in scale, tone and technique but each one, especially revealed in this vibrant and questing new set, presses for fresh meaning with all the virtuoso... read more
Michael Dease - City Life: Music of Gregg Hill
by Ed Enright, DownBeat
4-STARS When you live, work and play in New York, the city's renowned culture is there for the taking. But even if your day-to-day pursuits are of the utmost sophistication, there's no escaping the raw grit and inherent riskiness of urban life. Nobody knows that better than Michael Dease, who spent more than a decade of his formative years in the Big Apple, and whose latest double album, City Life, bustles like Seventh Avenue at rush... read more
Dan Cray - Meridies
by Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes
A Chicago native and newcomer to New York City, pianist Dan Cray joins with bassist Clark Sommers, drummer Mark Ferber and tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger on his sixth CD as a leader. Originals like the Latin-tinged "Worst Enemy," the breezy waltz-time "East 69" and the gently swinging "Winter Rose (1728)" show the scope of Cray's writing and improvisatinal skills. Preminger's breathy tenor tones are prominently featured an the smoky ballad... read more
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