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Tag Archives: Jazz music
Manel Fortià & Libérica’s Alé: Iberian Chants
Over the past few years Catalonian jazz bassist Manel Fortià has risen to the top tier of musicians I hold in high esteem and always enjoy listening to. Whether with his trio, or with singer Magalí Sare, or with his … Continue reading
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Tagged flamenco music, Jazz music, world music
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The Fury’s Live In Brooklyn, and Jason Palmer’s The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn
Giant Step Arts keeps taking giant steps (sorry!) in recorded jazz, dropping this exemplary “supergroup” project as 2024 was closing. This quartet The Fury brings together four important names in current jazz, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Lage Lund, bassist … Continue reading
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Matt Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O’s Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come
The “mischievous Midwestern boy from Knoxville, Illinois” really shines through on Tree Jazz: The Shape of Christmas to Come, drummer Matt Wilson’s second recorded outing with his winter holiday trio Christmas Tree-O. I mean, who else would mash up the … Continue reading
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Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade
The last time I caught up with composer and violinist extraordinaire Jenny Scheinman she’d just released her 2017 album Here On Earth. Whereas that stellar release was best described as jazz flavored Americana, Scheinman’s latest All Species Parade is the … Continue reading
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Emily Remler’s Cookin’ at the Queens, and Bill Evans’s Bill Evans In Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Talk about forgotten greats … I’ve been listening to jazz all my life, and really digging into it for at least a dozen years now, and had never come across Emily Remler, the great guitarist who died at the age … Continue reading
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Arun Ramamurthy Trio’s New Moon
Arun Ramamurthy Trio’s debut Jazz Carnatica was one of my favorite releases of 2014 (indeed, of the entire decade of the Teens), and I’m delighted to report that their follow-up, although a decade in the making, is even better. Their … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian classical music, Jazz music, world music
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Miguel Zenón’s Golden City
Miguel Zenón, the Puerto Rico-born, New York based alto saxophonist and composer, takes yet another major creative step with Golden City, his 17th release as a leader. I have to say this one grabbed me from the first time I … Continue reading
Arun Ramamurthy Trio’s Jazz Carnatica
I love jazz violin and I love Carnatic music — classical music from the south of India. So I figured I would love this album by Indian jazz violinist Arun Ramamurthy, and I was right. It’s been on heavy rotation … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian classical music, Jazz music, raga, world music
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Tarbaby’s You Think This America
Melodic, rhythmic, replete with lush harmonies and head-turning improvisation, Tarbaby’s You Think This America is just about everything I want in a jazz record. Tarbaby is pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits. They’ve been playing together … Continue reading
Bruno Råberg Tentet’s Evolver
Here’s yet another superb recording from a large jazz ensemble. It’s been a good year for those, and it’s only just June! After a critically acclaimed nonet album in 2002, bassist, composer, and educator Bruno Råberg spent the ensuing 20 … Continue reading