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Rick Roe, Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill Review

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May 13, 2025 0

Rick Roe, Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill Review The Architect’s Songbook: Gregg Hill’s Structural Imagination By Ferell Aubre Rick Roe’s Tribute: The Music of Gregg Hill is a study in compositional elegance. Hill, a [...]

Jo-Yu Chen, Rendezvous: Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More Review

Chamber Jazz

May 12, 2025 0

Jo-Yu Chen, Rendezvous: Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More Review Reflections in Two Keys: Jo-Yu Chen’s Nocturne Between Worlds By Ferell Aubre Jo-Yu Chen’s latest album, Rendezvous: Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More, released on [...]

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Cyrus Chestnut, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony Review

May 9, 2025 0

Cyrus Chestnut, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony Review Precision and Pulse: Inside the Architecture of Cyrus Chestnut’s Musicianship By Nolan DeBuke Cyrus Chestnut’s latest release, Rhythm, Melody and Harmony, is a trio-plus-one session that puts another [...]

Latin

Neff Irizarry, Cambio Review

May 9, 2025 0

Neff Irizarry, Cambio Review Latin Jazz Guitar Bridges and Cadence: Neff Irizarry’s Cambio By Ferell Aubre Neff Irizarry’s Cambio (Change) is an album that flows in Latin jazz performance and rhythmic, harmonic, and textural explorations. [...]

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Neff Irizarry, Cambio Review

May 9, 2025 0

Neff Irizarry, Cambio Review Latin Jazz Guitar Bridges and Cadence: Neff Irizarry’s Cambio By Ferell Aubre Neff Irizarry’s Cambio (Change) is an album that flows in Latin jazz performance and rhythmic, harmonic, and textural explorations. [...]
Alex Apolo Ayala, Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz Review

May 1, 2025 0

Alex Apolo Ayala, Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz Review Architectures of Rhythm: Alex Ayala’s Blueprint for Afro-Caribbean Jazz by Nolan DeBuke With Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz, bassist-composer Alex “Apolo” Ayala pays homage to his roots as he reshapes [...]
Silvano Monasterios, The River Review

April 4, 2025 0

Silvano Monasterios, The River Review The Architecture of Flow: Inside Silvano Monasterios’s The River By Nolan DeBuke Silvano Monasterios is a pianist, composer, and orchestrator whose work reflects deep cultural roots and an expansive musical [...]
Marina Albero, A Nomad of Sound Review

January 28, 2025 0

Marina Albero, A Nomad of Sound Review A Nomad of Sound: Marina Albero’s Bold New Chapter by Sylvannia Garutch There is a quiet magic in the concept of a nomad. A life unbound by fixed [...]