On My Own Time album review @ All About Jazz
Don Ball is retired from the National Endowment for the Arts, where he worked for nearly 24 years, focusing on programs such as the NEA Jazz Masters. ContributorSince 2025Washington, DC MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:10 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences African JazzAmbient / New AgeBluesClassical / ChamberFree Improv […]
Bram De Looze, Felix Henkelhausen, Eric McPherson: Vice Versa II
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Bram De Looze, Felix Henkelhausen, Eric McPherson: Vice … Belgian pianist Bram De Looze’s Vice Versa project is one that gradually becomes visible, the way a constellation appears only after your eyes adjust to the night. The music feels as if it had always been orbiting somewhere […]
Landings album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Ingrid Jensen: Landings Ingrid Jensen has emerged as a unique trumpet player with a distinctive sound that defines her and proclaims her nonpareil gifts. The album opens with “Handmaiden’s Tale,” a virtual duet with ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gary Versace that clearly demonstrates the beauty of Jensen’s tone. The […]
State Fête album review @ All About Jazz
” data-original-title=”” title=””>John Zorn in his Cobra ensembles, all while exploring instrument design, filmmaking, and visual art. His 2026 project, State Fête, unites him with multi-instrumentalist Matt Glassmeyer multi-instrumentalistb.1975 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Matt Glassmeyer and guitarist Jonathan Goldberger guitarb.1976 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Jonathan Goldberger in a captivating exploration of live-composed soundscapesthink of it as a sonic state […]
The Summit album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Jerry Weldon: The Summit ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Jerry Weldon consistently giving his best in honour of the hard-swinging values of mid-century hard bop while keeping the music vibrantly alive in the moment. In addition to Weldon, the front line of trumpeter ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Alonzo Demetrius and trombonist ” […]
Rhythm People album review @ All About Jazz
A former newspaper writer / editor who has been writing about jazz for more than forty years. Senior ContributorSince 1997Albuquerque, NM Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:3,077 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences Big BandStraight-ahead (Bop, Hard bop, Cool) Source link
Backlash of Uncertainty album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Lorenzo De Finti Qrt: Backlash of Uncertainty ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Lorenzo De Finti formed his quartet in 2016, with Backlash of Uncertainty marking the ensemble’s fourth studio release. The group features De Finti on piano, ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Alberto Mandarini on trumpet and flugelhorn, ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Stefano Dall’Ora on […]
The Architects album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Dan Bruce: The Architects Sometimes, an in-the-pocket groove is just what the doctor ordered, and guitarist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Dan Bruce delivers with The Architects. The album marks the debut of Ohm!, a power trio led by Bruce alongside bassist ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Jordan McBride and drummer ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Gabe […]
The Ska and the Abstract Truth album review @ All About Jazz
Jazz advocate, lover – heck my Kansas liscense plate was JAZZMAN! ContributorSince 2017Portland, OR Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:105 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences BluesClassical / ChamberFree Improv / Avant-GardeFringes of JazzFusion / Progressive RockModern JazzStraight-ahead (Bop, Hard bop, Cool) Source link
Duo Réflections album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Duo Réflections: Duo Réflections Piano and guitar duos walk a fine line. Too much harmony, and the sound collapses into density; too little, and the music drifts apart. In the hands of the French group Duo Réflections, this fragile balance becomes something alive and breathing. Pianist ” […]