Post Tagged with: "Jazz"

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Charlie Carter – ‘Every Ounce of Love’ (2019)

Charlie Carter’s ‘Every Ounce of Love’ was written from the soul, sung from the heart and delivered with quality.

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Ken Fowser – ‘Right On Time’ (2019)

Sax players with “bag full of soul” qualities always thrive in an organ-and-guitar combo, and a that’s just what Ken Fowser does here.

Bernard Fowler, Oz Noy, Grupo Fantasma + Others: Preston Frazier's Best of 2019 (So Far)

Bernard Fowler, Oz Noy, Grupo Fantasma + Others: Preston Frazier’s Best of 2019 (So Far)

Preston Frazier’s mid-year new music survey includes Best of 2019 candidates Bernard Fowler, Grupo Fantasma and Oz Noy, among others.

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Tom Pierson – ‘Last Works’ (2019)

Tom Pierson’s ‘Last Works’ features some of the best and most listenable music with a traditional bias I have heard for a long time.

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Whit Dickey Tao Quartets – ‘Peace Planet’ and ‘Box of Light’ (2019)

Whit Dickey uses his drums not to merely set a rhythmic pulse of the song, but the spiritual pulse, too.

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Sarah Gail Brand – ‘All Will Be Said, All to Do Again’ (2019)

Sarah Gail Brand has been described as “the most exciting trombone player for years,” and I agree.

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Fabian Almazan on ‘This Land Abounds With Life,’ and the Beauty of Our World: Something Else! Interview

Fabian Almazan joins Preston Frazier for a Something Else! Sitdown that includes an in-depth song-by-song analysis of the pianist’s forthcoming album.

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Fabian Almazan – ‘This Land Abounds With Life’ (2019)

Fabian Almazan’s nature-inspired ‘This Land Abounds With Life’ is an album with something for everyone.

Could Jazz Be More Inclusive?: Commentary

Could Jazz Be More Inclusive?: Commentary

Jazz is an inclusive music. So why did an established British journal publish a piece containing a gay slur?

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Dave Douglas, Uri Caine + Andrew Cyrille – ‘Devotion’ (2019)

Strong musical personalities impose themselves on these Dave Douglas originals, and it makes for a riveting trio that sounds like no other.