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Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review

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Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review Takashi Matsunaga’s Ride Five: Form Without Repetition by Ferell Aubre How can two improvisers create the feeling of form without depending on literal repetition? On Ride Five, pianist Takashi Matsunaga [...]
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Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review

Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review Dinner Party: Whatchu Bringing? The Soul By Sylvannia Garutch Dinner Party’s Whatchu Bringing? works because it never treats jazz, hip-hop, R&B, soul, and funk as separate ingredients that need to [...]

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Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review

Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review Takashi Matsunaga’s Ride Five: Form Without Repetition by Ferell Aubre How can two improvisers create the feeling of form without depending on literal repetition? On Ride Five, pianist Takashi Matsunaga […]

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George Cables, I’m All Smiles

by Sylvannia Garutch Pianist George Cables has been recording as a leader or co-leader since 1975.  He was initially taught piano by his mother and garnered his training at the High School of Performing Arts […]

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Eleonora Strino, I Got Strings Review

Eleonora Strino, I Got Strings Review Strings of Tradition: Eleonora Strino’s Jazz Odyssey by Ferell Aubre Eleonora Strino’s I Got Strings is a set of seven songs that form a luminous beacon where tradition intertwines with innovation. Released on […]

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Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review

Takashi Matsunaga, Ride Five Review Takashi Matsunaga’s Ride Five: Form Without Repetition by Ferell Aubre How can two improvisers create the feeling of form without depending on literal repetition? On Ride Five, pianist Takashi Matsunaga […]

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Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review

Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review Dinner Party: Whatchu Bringing? The Soul By Sylvannia Garutch Dinner Party’s Whatchu Bringing? works because it never treats jazz, hip-hop, R&B, soul, and funk as separate ingredients that need to […]

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