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[ August 29, 2026 ] Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review Crossover Jazz
[ August 22, 2026 ] Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell, For All Your Flowers Review Chamber Jazz
[ August 22, 2026 ] Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Fool’s Fate Review Fusioneers
[ August 8, 2026 ] Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown, A Supreme Blue Review Jazz
[ July 18, 2026 ] Kenny Barron Trio, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon Review Jazz

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Dinner Party, Whatchu Bringing? Review

Crossover Jazz

August 29, 2026 0

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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Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell, For All Your Flowers Review

Chamber Jazz

August 22, 2026 0

Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell, For All Your Flowers Review Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell — For All Your Flowers: The Motion In Quiet By Nolan DeBuke Quiet music presents a peculiar compositional problem: how [...]

Fusioneers

Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Fool’s Fate Review

August 22, 2026 0

Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Fool’s Fate Review Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces — Fool’s Fate: Freedom Inside the Form by Ferell Aubre Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces covers considerable stylistic ground on Fool’s Fate: contemporary jazz-rock fusion, [...]

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Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown, A Supreme Blue Review

August 8, 2026 0

Nicholas Payton + Butcher Brown, A Supreme Blue Review A Supreme Blue: Payton and Butcher Brown Speak the Same Language By Nolan DeBuke How much of a composition can change before it stops being itself? [...]

Jazz

Kenny Barron Trio, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon Review

July 18, 2026 0

Kenny Barron Trio, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon Review Keeping the Melody in Sight: Kenny Barron Trio’s So Many Lovely Things By Ferell Aubre Archival jazz releases often earn their value by uncovering [...]

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Pete Mills, This Is Now Review Pete Mills’ This Is Now: Ensemble Design as Musical Expression By Nolan DeBuke On This Is Now, tenor saxophonist Pete Mills leads a flexible ensemble featuring Kenny Banks Jr. […]

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Agua Con Gas Review

May 23, 2026 0

Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Agua Con Gas Review Dave Schumacher & Cubeye’s Agua Con Gas Swings on Both Sides of the Rhythm By Ferell Aubre Dave Schumacher’s Agua Con Gas, performed by Cubeye, is an [...]
Robert Jospé Quartet, The Night Sky Review

April 24, 2026 1

Robert Jospé Quartet, The Night Sky Review Robert Jospé Quartet, The Night Sky: Rhythm Is The Core By Nolan DeBuke On The Night Sky, the Robert Jospé quartet treats rhythm as a distinction that matters. [...]
Dan Moretti & Brazilia, Live at the Pump House: Celebrating Wayne Shorter Review

January 16, 2026 2

Dan Moretti & Brazilia, Live at the Pump House: Celebrating Wayne Shorter Review Where Groove Meets Legacy: Dan Moretti & Brazilia Honor Wayne Shorter Live by Nolan DeBuke Dan Moretti & Brazilia brings us a homage [...]
Heather McKay, Life Got In The Way Review

January 2, 2026 0

Heather McKay, Life Got In The Way Review Heather McKay: Being Productive When Life Got In The Way By Sylvannia Garutch Heather McKay’s album arrives with an aura of being created patiently, carrying the weight [...]

Fusioneers

Marc Ciprut, Blue House Review

Marc Ciprut, Blue [...]
Crossover Jazz

Adam Rogers, David Binney R&B

by Ferell Aubre [...]
Jazz

Josh Lawrence, Call Time Review

Josh Lawrence, Call [...]
Avant

Maria Grand, TetraWind

By Sylvannia Garutch [...]
Vocal Jazz

John Pizzarelli, Dear Mr. Bennett Review

John Pizzarelli, Dear [...]
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Eric McGarry, As I Am, As You Were Review

Eric McGarry, As [...]

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Chicago Jazz Orchestra, More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery Review

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Chicago Jazz Orchestra, More Amor: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery Review Chicago Jazz Orchestra featuring Bobby Broom: Montgomery, remembered in technicolor by Nolan DeBuke Wes Montgomery was a genre-defining jazz guitarist with his stylistic revolution, […]

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