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    Sunna Gunnlaugs, Cielito Lindo (SunnySky Records)

    by Ferell Aubre Yet another lovely offering from the unassuming Icelandic pianist, Sunna Gunnlaugs, Cielito Lindo is a solid, colorful and rhythmically fresh sound, that lingers with you long after your first listen. “Cielito Lindo,”captivates [...]
  • Vocal Jazz

    Yvette Moore, Burning in My Heart

    by Roland Freerier Hawaii is a special place and vocalist-songwriter Yvette Moore draws on Hawaii’s energy and musical talent to create an enjoyable project she calls, Burning in My Heart. With eleven songs on the [...]
  • Electronica Jazz

    Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics

    by:  Ferell Aubre Searing horn lines, thumping beats and unique concepts are all uniquely wrapped up in a new and exciting term EDM Latin Jazz, and who other than the legendary Mac Gollehon, trumpeter to [...]
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    Julphan Tilaportputt, Regards to You II

    by Ferell Aubre It should come as no surprise that some of the most viscerally exciting music should come from parts unknown – not just as far removed as Southern India and Azerbaijan, but more [...]
  • Avant

    Jamie Branch, Fly or Die

    by Nolan DeBuke Chicago based trumpeter Jamie Branch is a product of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, as an apt composer and trumpet player Branch is the best of what the city has to offer, [...]

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Flying Horse Big Band, Big Man On Campus

June 21, 2017 0

by Jon Ward The University of Central Florida’s Flying Horse Big Band has just released their eighth album on Flying Horse Records entitled, Big Man On Campus.  Directed by saxophonist, composer and arranger Jeff Rupert, […]

Jazz

Daniel Dickinson, A Gathering Foretold

June 14, 2017 1

by Jon Ward A debut offering with a line-up that features players like; Christian Sands, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Jr., certainly will make you take a second look, but even with this stellar backing cast […]

Jazz

The Fred Hughes Trio, Matrix

May 30, 2017 0

by Raul da Gama There is no substitute with an album full of luscious, no-nonsense swinging music played with fierce dedication to the idiom, unadorned chiseling of classic Jazz tempo; juxtapositioning of rhythm close to, […]

Fusioneers

  • Quantum Trio, Duality: Particles & Waves

    June 22, 2017 0
    by Nolan DeBuke A sound that stems from improvised music, inspired by classical music, jazz, avantgarde, with a dapple of pop.  Michal Jan Ciesielski, offers a muscular saxophone approach, while Kamil Zawislak’s reassuring piano and [...]

  • Simon Sammut, Crossing

    June 4, 2017 0
    by Sylvannia Garutch Born into a musical family, the son of Maltese orchestra conductor, bassist and composer Joseph Sammut, Simon Sammut has taken his years of exploration and culminated them into a weighted project that [...]

  • David Bandman, Burn Notice

    May 21, 2017 0
    by Sylvannia Garutch David Bandman’s CD Burn Notice is sure to make more than a ripple in the music world.  This euphonium player has compiled a collection of high-energy jazz/rock/funk on this recording that demonstrates [...]