The Summer Knows (un été 42) album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Extended Analysis » Franck Amsallem: The Summer Knows (un été 42) ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Franck Amsallem, a lesser-known figure—outside his immediate performance circle—even among some of the jazz world’s most avid and encyclopedic enthusiasts. Nevertheless, this musician’s name should appear in that roster of outstanding French baby boomer keyboardists mentioned in […]

Looms & Legends album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Ned Rothenberg: Looms & Legends Solo recordings, at least when they feature instruments other than piano or guitar, can be a challenge even for the most committed jazz listeners. The excitement generated by the dialogue of multiple instrumentalists is, of course, missing, and even the most talented […]

Old Home/New Home album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » The Brian Martin Big Band: Old Home/New Home ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Brian Martin, who as a working musician wears many hats—trombonist, composer, arranger, educator and band leader among them—has taken those hats from his native Iowa and given them a new mailing address in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. […]

Victory At Last album review @ All About Jazz

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Hours Fly, Flowers Die album review @ All About Jazz

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Gather album review @ All About Jazz

Glenn is a senior writer and editor at All About Jazz. EditorSince 1997Nashville, TN Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:2,487 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences Beyond JazzFree Improv / Avant-GardeFringes of JazzFusion / Progressive RockModern Jazz Source link

Speaking In Tongues album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield: Speaking In Tongues John Hadfield wrote “Blood Moon” in shocked response to learning that, in 1504, during his fourth transatlantic voyage, Christopher Columbus had used his knowledge of an upcoming Blood Moon eclipse to manipulate reluctant indigenous Jamaicans into granting him food […]

Camera Obscura album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Felipe Salles: Camera Obscura “I’ve been wanting to do a project like this for decades,” Amherst-based Brazilian composer and multi-reedist Felipe Salles writes of Camera Obscura. The album combines jazz and classical quartets in a program of original music inspired by the physical phenomenon of the same […]

The Cosmic Piano album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Matthew Shipp: The Cosmic Piano Pianist Matthew Shipp has a mathematical side: The Multiplication Table (hatOLOGY, 1998) and The Piano Equation (Tao Forms, 2020) hint at this. He has a metabolic side: DNA (Thirsty Ear, 1999) and Right Hemisphere (Rogueart, 2008). And he has a solar system […]

The Surrounding Green album review @ All About Jazz

Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Fred Hersch: The Surrounding Green ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Fred Hersch‘s The Surrounding Green , his third release for ECM Records, is a testament to the art of the piano trio, combining lyrical introspection with sophisticated interplay. Recorded in May 2024 at Lugano’s Auditorio Stelio Molo under Manfred Eicher’s […]

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