Post Tagged with: "Jazz"

Mostly Other People Do the Killing - 'Disasters Vol. 1' (2022)

Mostly Other People Do the Killing – ‘Disasters Vol. 1’ (2022)

Even now, no one else in jazz compares to Moppa Elliot’s returning Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Audacity with the chops to make it work remains the basic recipe.

Dan Weiss Trio - 'Dedication' (2022)

Dan Weiss Trio – ‘Dedication’ (2022)

Dan Weiss’ innate understanding of tradition picked up from key influences made it possible to move forward in the salient, discriminating way that he did for ‘Dedication.’

Ivo Perelman + Joe Morris - 'Elliptic Time' (2022)

Ivo Perelman + Joe Morris – ‘Elliptic Time’ (2022)

Ivo Perelman and Joe Morris are hardly the first saxophone-guitar duo, but they take that combination to its highest possible level with ‘Elliptic Time.’

David Murray, Brad Jones + Hamid Drake - 'Seriana Promethea' (2022)

David Murray, Brad Jones + Hamid Drake – ‘Seriana Promethea’ (2022)

On ‘Seriana Promethea,’ David Murray, Brad Jones and Hamid Drake swagger their way through seven Murray originals and one really cool cover with relaxed confidence.

Michael Leonhart, Bobby Broom, Simon Phillips + Others: Preston Frazier's Best Jazz of 2022

Michael Leonhart, Bobby Broom, Simon Phillips + Others: Preston Frazier’s Best Jazz of 2022

Preston Frazier’s countdown of the best jazz of 2022 includes Michael Leonhart, Bobby Broom, Simon Phillips, Michael Leonhart, Jeff Denson, Mark Wade and others.

Ivo Perelman - 'Reed Rapture in Brooklyn: Joe McPhee' (2022)

Ivo Perelman – ‘Reed Rapture in Brooklyn: Joe McPhee’ (2022)

Joe McPhee’s got earnest humanity and spirituality coming out of his tenor sax by the buckets, qualities that for certain attracted him to Ivo Perelman.

RJ LeBlanc, "Flamme / Heyday / Childlike" (2022): Something Else! video premiere

RJ LeBlanc, “Flamme / Heyday / Childlike” (2022): Something Else! video premiere

Here is the video premiere of three songs from bassist RJ LeBlanc’s just-released album ‘Heyday.’

Dan Costa - 'Beams' (2022)

Dan Costa – ‘Beams’ (2022)

Dan Costa and an all-star cast celebrate light in key physical and metaphysical forms on ‘Beams,’ and the result is a beautiful, peaceful listen.

Ivo Perelman - 'Reed Rapture in Brooklyn: Roscoe Mitchell' (2022)

Ivo Perelman – ‘Reed Rapture in Brooklyn: Roscoe Mitchell’ (2022)

Hearing Roscoe Mitchell on ‘Reed Rapture in Brooklyn’ is a feast. Doing so with another vanguard saxophonist in Ivo Perelman makes it all the more special.

Satoko Fujii - 'Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams' (2022)

Satoko Fujii – ‘Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams’ (2022)

Satoko Fujii’s genius can be difficult to encapsulate on a single record. We may finally have a good starting point with ‘Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams.’