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Dan Rosenboom – ‘Polarity’ (2023)

Dan Rosenboom – ‘Polarity’ (2023)

Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas from an all-star quintet, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the no-compromises ‘Polarity.’

John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’ (2022)

John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’ (2022)

John Escreet’s first trio album ‘Seismic Shift’ is that rare record where both massive chops and innovative harmonic ideas both come in spades.

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John Escreet – Sound, Space and Structures (2014)

Anglo-American outside jazz achieve near-perfect symmetry and empathy when pianist John Escreet expands his trio with the great Evan Parker. You May Also Like: John Escreet – ‘Seismic Shift’ (2022) In celebration of the Evan Parker’s complex, trippy The Moment’s Energy Evan Parker + Matthew Shipp – ‘Leonine Aspects’ (2021)

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Antonio Sanchez – New Life (2013)

When I attended a Pat Metheny Unity Band concert last October, I often focused on what the drummer Antonio Sanchez was doing. Not so much when he soloed but his drumming from behind the front lines. You May Also Like: Pat Metheny, “You Are” from ‘From This Place’ (2019): OneRead More

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Half Notes: Nat Janoff – Come Together Move Apart (2010)

Nat Janoff’s guitar sounds pretty good on a leisure listen; it’s downright revelatory on closer listen. His single line runs are so brisk, clean and vibrant, the notes feel like 3-D for the ears. Janoff took an unusual route to get that perfect tone and phrasing: he started on piano,Read More

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Half Notes: Tyshawn Sorey – Oblique-I (2011)

Drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey is said to one of up-and-comers whose due for an arrival. Gaining notice as a member of Steve Coleman’s Five Elements, Steve Lehman’s combo as well as Pete Robbins’ sILENT Z, Sorey’s also studied under Anthony Braxton and is currently studying under George Lewis. ButRead More

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Half Notes: John Escreet – The Age We Live In (2011)

A quick glance at the credits on Britsh ex-pat keyboardist John Escreet’s new album The Age We Live In indicates a knack for bringing together some of today’s most prominent forward thinking New York jazz musicians: David Binney, Wayne Krantz, Marcus Gilmore, Tim Lefebvre, and so on. But listening toRead More