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Miles Okazaki Quartet – ‘Thisness’ (2022)

Miles Okazaki Quartet – ‘Thisness’ (2022)

With ‘Thisness,’ Miles Okazuki and his nimble, astute and funky quartet take yet another significant artistic step forward.

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Matt Mitchell – ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ (2019)

Even if the music isn’t so simple, the intricacy on Matt Mitchell’s ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ makes it so absorbing.

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Miles Okazaki – ‘The Sky Below’ (2019)

Miles Okazaki constructs songs that go against convention, telling a different, engaging musical story with each piece.

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Dan Weiss – Fourteen (2014)

Fourteen (March 25, 2014, Pi Recordings) isn’t Dan Weiss’s fourteenth record (it’s his fifth), nor is it the number of tracks on the album, nor does it pertain to the year it’s out (as in “’14”). You May Also Like: Dan Weiss Starebaby – ‘Natural Selection’ (2020) Dan Weiss TrioRead More

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Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense – Moment and the Message (2013)

Amazon.com Widgets Very soon, Jonathan Finlayson will lose his distinction as jazz’s best trumpet player on the scene today without a record under his name. You May Also Like: Liberty Ellman – ‘Last Desert’ (2020) Miles Okazaki Quartet – ‘Thisness’ (2022) Miles Okazaki – ‘The Sky Below’ (2019)

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Steve Coleman and Five Elements – Functional Arrhythmias (2013)

“Every beat on the album was original,” said Herbie Hancock about his game-changing funk-jazz album Head Hunters. It’s the one aspect about that record that has stood out to me over everything else, and made Harvey Mason a drum hero in my book You May Also Like: Michael Coleman +Read More

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Quickies: Medeski, Martin & Wood, Miles Okazaki, Helge Lien Trio

by Pico So what do these three albums getting the spotlight on this Quickies have in common? For one, they all fall on the jazz side of things (no surprise there). For another, these are all April releases. Oops, it’s already May, isn’t it? It’s still not too late toRead More