Stellar Legions ‘Stellar Legions’ Album Preview
With a sound rooted in jazz, improv, hip-hop, dub and electronic music, brace yourself for an intergalactic trip through colourful musical worlds.
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Tag: Jazz Album Reviews
Bobby Watson ‘Back Home in Kansas City’ Album Preview
Throughout ‘Back Home in Kansas City’, alto saxophonist Bobby Watson’s gift for telling stories with his saxophone is on vibrant display.
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Enrico Rava & Fred Hersch ‘The Song Is You’ Album Preview
This is a subtle and far-reaching performance: Rava and Hersch bring vast experience and a finely honed sense of jazz improvisation as a storyteller’s art.
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Miles Davis Quintet ‘Miles Smiles’ Album Review
This classic jazz album from 1966 was immensely exciting after bebop, and even seems to be a fresher, freer, and logical extension of it.
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Jazz Funk Soul ‘Forecast’ Album Preview
Jazz Funk Soul’s new and fourth recording, Forecast, is a shining example of their magnetic chemistry and inspired performances.
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Joe McCarthy’s Big Band ‘The Pan American Nutcracker Suite’ Album Preview
The Pan American Nutcracker Suite confirms Joe McCarthy’s vision: reinventing the past for the present, transporting the listener beyond.
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Alex Acuña ‘Gifts’ Album Preview
This eminent drummer’s gifted and versatile crew runs the stylistic gamut from funk to fusion, soul-jazz, ambient, Latin and Brazilian flavored jazz.
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Ben Sidran ‘Swing State’ Album Review
Ben Sidran’s first all-instrumental record is his finest in years, completely removing him from the long shadow of Mose Allison.
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Joey Alexander ‘Origin’ Album Preview
Joey Alexander’s sixth album is the first to feature all of his own material, and amply displays his considerable composing prowess.
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