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Gregg Keplinger / Reuben Radding / Daniel Carter - Language
by Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Alto saxophonist Daniel Carter is an avant-gardist who can also play thoughtfully and with logical development. On Language, he performs five group originals with bassist Reuben Radding and drummer Gregg Keplinger that are mostly free improvisations. The music starts at its most intense with "Speak Glow," evolves from being introspective to fiery on the nearly 20-minute title cut, is passionate on "Aphasia," and finds the group playing a... read more
Dana Hall - Into the Light
by Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Chicago drummer Dana Hall has had his share of cherry gigs as a sideman in his Windy City home or New York City over the last two decades. This debut CD as a leader shows not only his extreme talent rivaling contemporaries like Brian Blade, Kendrick Scott, Eric Harland, or Jeff Watts, but gives the listener a taste of his past and present influences as a composer. You heard direct references to Herbie Hancock tacked on to stylistic similarities... read more
Aaron Germain - Chance
by Hrayr Attarian, Chicago Jazz Magazine
Ten intriguing pieces in an intimate ambience comprise guitarist Scott Hesse's Stillness of Motion. The vibrantly organic music brims with spontaneity within its intricately constructed framework, occupying a space between a free blowing session and a rigidly adhered interpretation. This delightful and seamless blend of the improvised and the composed is one of the major distinguishing features of the album. The easy flow of ideas among... read more
Bruce Barth Trio - Dedication
by Josh Jackson, WRTI/WBGO Fall Jazz Preview 2022
Bruce Barth, who teaches at Temple University, is himself an earnest and dedicated student of the music. The pianist's understated manner has kept him a secret in plain view for decades. Look no further than Dedication, a collection of original material shaped for his trio with bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Montez Coleman, whose recent, untimely death partly inspires the album's title. There are also bright tributes to McCoy Tyner and Tommy... read more
Gwendolyn Dease - Beguiled
by Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation
For some reason, marimba doesn't come across as something I think about a lot in the jazz arena... but in Gwendolyn's talented hands, you'll be amazed at the deep and rich textures she's able to paint on tunes like the opener, "Beija-flor", (penned by jazz bassist Rufus Reid)... one of the reasons (I believe) why this is so aurally attractive is because she takes a lot of time to develop the tune (it pegs in at 9:03). "G.W.G.E.", on the other... read more
Anthony Branker and Ascent - Together
by Dave Sumner, emusic Review
Trumpeter Anthony Branker has spent recent years focusing solely on composing and in the director?s chair, and its yielded as strong a discography as anybody?s in the last decade. In addition to his Word Play ensemble, Branker also has Ascent, which features a quintet of Mark Gross on alto & soprano sax, Ralph Bowen on tenor sax, Jonny King on Fender Rhodes, Kenny Davis on bass, and Donald Edwards on drums. Modern jazz that has roots in Jazz... read more
Bridge Quartet - Day
by John Henry, Audiophile Audition
The idea of "bridge" has several connotations in connection with this new CD. It was recorded in Portland, Oregon where 11 bridges connect the west side of the city to the east side. The players see music itself as a bridge between people, ideologies, cultures and so on, and the form of a tune is a bridge between the performers. Finally, the quartet was created when drummer Jones visited from Europe where he was living, and saxist Dwyer came... read more
Marc Seales - People & Places
by Rudolf Radnai, avxforum.hu (Budapest)
Born in 1954, Marc Seales retired this year as a professor of jazz studies at the University of Washington, but his musical career is certainly not over, as evidenced by his new album People & Places, on which he can be heard with saxophonist Ernie Watts. The quartet is completed by bassist Bruce Lett and drummer Moyes Lucas Jr. One of the highlights of the album is an energetic version of Wayne Shorter's 1977 Heavy Weather classic,... read more
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