Émile Parisien, Floating Review Émile Parisien | Floating Review: Four Voices, One Musical Language By Ferell Aubre The unusual instrumentation of Émile Parisien’s Floating immediately suggests a quartet interested in exploring possibilities beyond conventional jazz […]
Linda Sikhakhane, LINDA Review Linda Sikhakhane’s LINDA: The Music Makes the Name Plural. By Ferell Aubre There is something revealing about a musician placing his own name on an album and then repeatedly making room […]
Wanees Zarour, Silwan Review Modal Architecture With Tempered Jazz Structures: Wanees Zarour’s Silwan By Nolan Debuke In Silwan, Wanees Zarour undertakes a creative structural task of integrating maqam-based modal language into a modern jazz harmonic […]
Gaia Wilmer, Dancing with Elephants Review Gaia Wilmer: The Architecture of Emotion: Jazz, Counterpoint, and World Influence in Dancing with Elephants by Ferell Aubre At the heart of Dancing with Elephants lies a compelling experiment in […]
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 […]
Alex Apolo Ayala, Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz Review Architectures of Rhythm: Alex Ayala’s Blueprint for Afro-Caribbean Jazz by Nolan DeBuke With Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz, bassist-composer Alex “Apolo” Ayala pays homage to his roots as he reshapes […]
Silvano Monasterios, The River Review The Architecture of Flow: Inside Silvano Monasterios’s The River By Nolan DeBuke Silvano Monasterios is a pianist, composer, and orchestrator whose work reflects deep cultural roots and an expansive musical […]
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 […]
Marina Albero, A Nomad of Sound Review A Nomad of Sound: Marina Albero’s Bold New Chapter by Sylvannia Garutch There is a quiet magic in the concept of a nomad. A life unbound by fixed […]
Dharma Down, Owl Dreams Review Echoes of Tradition: The Classical Arabic Influence in Dharma Down’s Owl Dreams by Nolan DeBuke Bringing music fans the musical fusion of jazz and Classical Arabic music to achieve the […]
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