Quartets album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Kevin Sun: Quartets Saxophonist Kevin Sun goes big again. Sustain Of Memory (2020) and 2023’s Depth of Memory, both on his Endectomorph label, were two-disc offerings. And now we have Quartets, another two CD set. He is an artist with a lot to say. Each disc features […]
Slang Spirituals album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Lady Blackbird: Slang Spirituals In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing in 2020, the relatively unknown Marley Munroe dropped a cover of Nina Simone’s 1966 song “Blackbird.” Having adopted the title into her new stage name of ” data-original-title title>Lady Blackbird, she took sombre pride in seeing […]
Breaking the Shell album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Bill Frisell / Andrew Cyrille / Kit Downes: Breaking the Shell ” data-original-title title>Bill Frisell, pipe organist Kit Downes keyboardsb.1986 ” data-original-title title>Kit Downes and drummer Andrew Cyrille drumsb.1939 ” data-original-title title>Andrew Cyrille would rise to the distinct occasion and create something equally anomalous. A grand host of […]
In These Hills, Beyond album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Chad McCullough: In These Hills, Beyond Trumpeter Chad McCullough started his recording career in Seattle at Origin Records, releasing five albums between 2009 and 2015 under his name or as a co-leader with pianist ” data-original-title title>Bram Weitjers. It was a successful run that earned him the […]
Afro-Harping Deluxe Edition album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping Deluxe Edition There are certain instruments that struggled for attention in the years when the jazz ecology was an overwhelmingly male preserveor rather, when many men perceived jazz to be a male preserve, and a heterosexual, alpha male one at that. Exhibit A, the […]
Painter Of Dreams album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Misha Tsiganov: Painter Of Dreams A mainstay musician in the vibrant and exciting jazz scene of New York City, Russian-born pianist ” data-original-title title>Misha Tsiganov presents his fifth Criss Cross album, Painter of Dreams, which features six original compositions and two familiar reimagined standards, with every piece […]
Everything You Could Be album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Christopher Parnis: Everything You Could Be ” data-original-title title>Kenny Wheeler influences and you have Everything You Could Be, the debut album from Canadian bassist Christopher Parnis bassb.1999 ” data-original-title title>Christopher Parnis. Parnis has been involved as a bandleader and sideman in the Canadian jazz circuit for many […]
Awakening album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Andrew Vogt: Awakening ” data-original-title title>Andrew Vogt‘s Awakening is a profound exploration of the bass guitar’s potential as a melodic and rhythmic force. The album highlights Vogt’s exceptional musicianship and compositional skill as he delves into a rich sonic palette. It is a jazz album that feels […]
Silver Shadow album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Slowly Rolling Camera: Silver Shadow ” data-original-title title>Slowly Rolling Camera‘s self-titled debut (Edition, 2014) to Silver Shadow feels like hearing two different bands entirely. Granted, just about any outfit might sound completely changed after switching from vocal songs to all-instrumental pieces. Besides that obvious shift in tone, […]
Live at the Poster Museum album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Robby Ameen: Live at the Poster Museum There are pluses and minuses to all recordings, the attributes stacking up like cordwood due to the virtuosity of the musicians, the compositional value of the tunes and the basic, primary aim of the leader. In this case, the leader, […]