Wayne Alpern, Gotham Review Wayne Alpern’s Gotham: A Soundtrack for the City That Never Sleeps by Nolan DeBuke Wayne Alpern’s Gotham is an excellent album that charts the fascinating intersection of Alpern’s writing with elements […]
Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real? Review The Shuffle Demons Are for Real By Ferell Aubre Forty years in, thankfully, Toronto’s Shuffle Demons refuse to mellow out. Are You Really Real? bursts from the speakers […]
Lucia Sarmiento, Escape Review Lucia Sarmiento’s Afro-Peruvian Soul: Escape by Sylvannia Garutch Lucia Sarmiento is not here to play it safe. With Escape, her debut album, the Peruvian-born saxophonist delivers a modern jazz sound unbound […]
Russ Anixter’s Hippie Big Band, What Is? Review Funk, Blues, and Jazz Collide: What Is? by Russ Anixter’s Hippie Big Band by Ferell Aubre Russ Anixter is a seasoned New York arranger who adores rock […]
Stan Harrison, Some Poor Soul Has a Fire Review Genre Interplay and Inventive Spirit: Stan Harrison’s Some Poor Soul Has a Fire By Nolan DeBuke Stan Harrison, a seasoned saxophonist and composer, is no stranger […]
Al Di Meola, Twentyfour Review Al Di Meola’s Twentyfour and the Art of Storytelling Sounds by Ferell Aubre Al Di Meola returns with a cinematic album, Twentyfour, which documents his evolution as a composer and […]
Jesus Molina, Selah Review Exploring the Horizons of Fusion: Jesus Molina’s Selah by Ferell Aubre Jesus Molina’s latest offering, Selah, finds the artists seamlessly bridging the old and the new, the earthly and the divine. […]
Scott Emmerman, Spheres Review Scott Emmerman’s Spheres Unites Jazz Fusion and Global Sounds by Ferell Aubre Spheres by Scott Emmerman, self-released on October 15, 2023, offers Emmerman’s creative sounds in the jazz-fusion domain. Recorded in […]
Kinga Glyk, Real Life Review Beyond the Bass: Kinga Glyk’s Real Life – A Fusion of Jazz, Funk, and Storytelling by Ferell Aubre Real Life, Kinga Glyk’s latest offering, shows her virtuosity as a bassist […]
Bryan Lubeck, Welcome Winter Review Holiday Harmonies: The Elegance of Bryan Lubeck’s Welcome Winter by Sylvannia Garutch In contemporary instrumental music, Bryan Lubeck has established himself as a maestro of melding romantic Spanish guitar with […]
The Jazz Word 2021
