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Aubrey Johnson, The Lively Air Review

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April 11, 2026 0
Aubrey Johnson, The Lively Air Review Aubrey Johnson’s The Lively Air – A Composer’s Arrival by Sylvannia Garutch If Aubrey Johnson’s 2020 debut Unraveled felt like a promise interrupted by the sudden silence of the pandemic, her [...]
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Alex Sipiagin, Live at Smalls Review

March 28, 2026 0
Alex Sipiagin, Live at Smalls Review Alex Sipiagin: Form Creates Live at Smalls by Nolan DeBuke Alex Sipiagin’s Live at Smalls documents a working quintet of Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone), David Kikoski (piano), Boris Kozlov [...]
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Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ Review

February 28, 2026 0
Pat Metheny, Side-Eye III+ Review Pat Metheny’s Architecture on Side-Eye III+: Compositional And Improvisational Continuity by Nolan DeBuke The governing logic of Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye III+ is compositional continuity. Across eight Metheny originals, written melody [...]

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Griffin Woodard, Completion Review

October 7, 2022 1

Griffin Woodard, Completion Review by Nolan DeBuke Griffin Woodard is a composer and bass clarinetist that is releasing a powerful debut album, Completion. Woodard chooses to present ten original compositions and one arrangement, chronicling his experiences […]

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Alex Sipiagin, Mel’s Vission Review

January 30, 2023 0

Alex Sipiagin, Mel’s Vission Review by Nolan DeBuke Alex Sipiagin has returned with another Criss Cross album called Mel’s Vission, the 55-year-old thirteenth release as a leader. Also, I reviewed Sipiagin’s Posi-Tone records debut called Upstream. Sipiagin […]

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Pritesh Walia, Hopetown Review

January 21, 2025 0

Pritesh Walia, Hopetown Review Pritesh Walia’s Hopetown: A Journey of Jazz, Roots, and Boundless Expression By Nolan DeBuke Jazz is a language of relationships, a dialogue where musicians connect in real time to shape and […]

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Aubrey Johnson, The Lively Air Review

April 11, 2026 0

Aubrey Johnson, The Lively Air Review Aubrey Johnson’s The Lively Air – A Composer’s Arrival by Sylvannia Garutch If Aubrey Johnson’s 2020 debut Unraveled felt like a promise interrupted by the sudden silence of the pandemic, her […]

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