The Ska and the Abstract Truth album review @ All About Jazz
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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 ” […]
Jingle All The Way album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Jingle All The Way Originally released in 2008 on Rounder Records, ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Bela Fleck‘ Jingle All The Way is an accurate microcosm of the deceptive whimsy the group displays on stage during the best moments of their live performances. Its uplifting […]
Homecoming Revisited album review @ All About Jazz
Dan is a jazz journalist, jazz advocate, music educator, and lover of sounds. Senior ContributorSince 2010New York City, NY Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:1,633 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences African JazzBeyond JazzBig BandBluesBrazilian / Bossa Nova / SambaClassical / ChamberDixieland / New Orleans / SwingElectronicaFree […]
The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings (Remastered 2025) album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Bill Evans Trio: Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside … On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile, a barrier many believed human beings could never break. Today, any elite miler can run that time, which makes Bannister’s accomplishment harder for modern sports fans to […]
Olhos de Gato album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, featuring Petros Klampan… Rachel Eckroth and ” data-original-title=”” title=””>John Hadfield were in Greece to record Speaking In Tongues (Adhyâropa Records, 2025). The freewheeling piano-drum duo found themselves with an extra day in Athens after finishing the recording, so they decided to enlist […]
Many Moons album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Markus Rutz: Many Moons Orson Welles once quipped, “I’m not such a fool as to not take the moon seriously.” Journeyman Chicago trumpeter Markus Rutz takes this sentiment to heart with his fine recording, Many Moons, which finds him under the spell of our silvery satellite, leveraging […]
Red Garland Revisited! album review @ All About Jazz
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Next Spring album review @ All About Jazz
A former newspaper writer / editor who has been writing about jazz for more than thirty-five years. Senior ContributorSince 1997Albuquerque, NM Preferred album format:CD/Vinyl MY ARTICLES | ALBUM REVIEWS | PROFILE PAGE Total published articles:3,041 Contact Me Follow Me Musical Preferences Big BandStraight-ahead (Bop, Hard bop, Cool) Source link
Traveling Light album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Rafael Toral: Traveling Light Jazz has a difficult time wrestling with its own history. All genres do, but jazz, specifically in the lethargic modern era, cannot but find itself somewhat directionless. Rock, pop, and electronica all advertise their frontrunners as “the next big thing” or “revolutionary,” or […]