The Beveled Edges, I Guess We’re Not Alone Review The Beveled Edges: Genre-Fluid Music Across Borders and Emotions By Sylvannia Garutch The debut album by The Beveled Edges, I Guess We’re Not Alone, is the […]
Danny Grissett, Travelogue Review Danny Grissett’s Travelogue: A Sense Of Pacing by Nolan DeBuke Danny Grissett’s Travelogue is an album built on destinations and their transitions, those subtle, often imperceptible shifts where memory, rhythm, and […]
Randy Hoexter, Tomorrowsville Review Randy Hoexter’s Tomorrowsville: Writing A Modern Jazz Scene by Ferell Aubre Randy Hoexter’s Tomorrowsville emerges as an impressively structured modern jazz statement, offering a vibrant tapestry of compositional brilliance and ensemble […]
Masha Campagne, Alegre Menina Review Masha Campagne: Today’s Brazilian Jazz with Alegre Menina By Sylvannia Garutch In Alegre Menina, vocalist Masha Campagne crafts a luminous musical journey that bridges continents, cultures, and idioms as she […]
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, […]
Renee Rosnes, Crossing Paths Review The Rhythms of Connection: Crossing Paths with Renee Rosnes By Sylvannia Garutch In Crossing Paths, pianist-composer Renee Rosnes crafts a tribute to Brazilian music that is imaginative and performed by […]
Hiromi feat. Sonicwonder, Out There Review Fusion in Flight: Sonic Conversations from Hiromi’s Out There By Ferell Aubre With Out There, Hiromi Uehara and her ensemble Sonicwonder dynamically explore the jazz fusion landscape. Building on […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
The Jazz Word 2021
