So what did you do during the Great Pandemic? New York journeyman saxophonist and composer…
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While The One and the Other is just Canadian vocalist-composer Lara Solnicki’s third recording, it…
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On paper, two British prog-rock musicians playing fully improvised live sets might have the makings…
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Flor has been touted as vocalist Gretchen Parlato’s Brazilian-inspired project, and that’s true enough. But…
The third album by this star-studded quintet, conceived in 2015 as a loose homage to…
Front-rank pianist Lossing, who deserves much wider acclaim, follows up a string of impressive trio…
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The singer Stacey Kent and her husband/musical director Jim Tomlinson have been riding out the…
Much has been made of the fact that during the pandemic, many of us have…
Back around the turn of the 21st century, commentators trying to situate the hip-hop movement…
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Geoff Wilkinson may not have been the first producer to combine jazz and hip-hop, but…