Celebrated keyboardist-composer Chick Corea has had his hand in many styles of music: bebop, post-bop,…
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Auditions Roundup: Out of Africa
It’s a given that African musical influences are deeply embedded in the DNA of jazz…
Paul Jones – Let’s Get Tropical (Outside In Music)
The whimsical title of saxophonist and composer Paul Jones’ eight-song quartet date — graphically illustrated…
Eldar Djangirov – Rhapsodize (Twelve Tone Resonance)
Eldar Djangirov is a remarkable pianist, one with phenomenal technique and a quick mind. Now…
Andre Canniere – Ghost Days (Whirlwind)
“Suicides,” the first track of Ghost Days, sports a percolating funk line for bass and…
Ibrahim Ferrer – Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit)
The world could use a little enchantment, ambiance and vintage Caribbean swagger right about now,…
Joey Alexander – Warna (Verve)
This fifth release by Joey Alexander, the 16-year-old Balinese phenom, once again showcases the young…
Reverso – The Melodic Line (Out Note)
Merging jazz and classical music isn’t exactly a new notion. But seldom has the concept…
Jen Allen – Sifting Grace (Next Level)
Jen Allen may not be a familiar name. Her only other recording as a leader…
Kassa Overall – I Think I’m Good (Brownswood)
Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis effectively started the Young Lions movement upon the release of his 1982…
Oded Tzur – Here Be Dragons (ECM)
If this set’s title seems to indicate a ferocious affair, think otherwise. Tel Aviv-born, New…
Lara Driscoll – Woven Dreams (self-released)
Warm and engaging, Woven Dreams is pianist Lara Driscoll’s charismatic debut. Here Driscoll demonstrates a…
Dave Sewelson – Music for a Free World (Mahakala)
You could call Dave Sewelson’s new Music for a Free World old-school avant-garde. That is,…
Theo Hill – Reality Check (Posi-Tone)
On his third album for the mainstream-oriented Posi-Tone label, pianist Theo Hill expands from a…
Gregory Porter – All Rise (Blue Note)
Released, purely coincidentally but quite serendipitously, during a crazy and fearful moment in modern history,…
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow – Life Goes On (ECM)
There’s a deceptively casual musical intimacy afoot in Life Goes On that belies the deep…
Omer Avital Qantar – New York Paradox (Zamzama)
Bassist Omer Avital wrote the title track to his latest release, New York Paradox, upon…
Audition Soundbites: Summer 2020
Kat Edmonson, Dreamers Do (Spinnerette) With her fey, girlish voice, Edmonson imbues a series of…
Liberty Ellman Colors and Contours an Evocative Ensemble Soundscape on “Last Desert”
For Liberty Ellman, guitar was the starting point but composition was the key. The 48-year-old…
Ted Poor Steps to the Fore as a Leader
Within the jazz world, Ted Poor is known for collaborating with musicians — Cuong Vu,…
