Modern Jazz

Rick Roe, Wake Up Call: The Music of Gregg Hill Review Wake Up Call: The Music of Gregg Hill: Rick Roe Wakes the Music Up By Nolan DeBuke From the first bars of Wake Up […]

John Scofield Dave Holland, Memories of Home Review Two Voices, One Groove: John Scofield & Dave Holland Find Home by Nolan DeBuke This duet album sounds like a conversation between two masters who have been […]

Chad Taylor Quintet, Smoke Shifter Review Chad Taylor Quintet: Textures in Motion in Smoke Shifter By Nolan DeBuke Chad Taylor’s Smoke Shifter is a modern jazz statement by an ensemble that knows exactly when to […]

Carl Schultz, The Road to Trantor Review Mapping the Modern Frontier: Carl Schultz’s Journey Through The Road to Trantor by Nolan DeBuke Modern jazz thrives on imagination and rhythms of today, and Carl Schultz approaches […]

Margherita Fava, Murrina Review Margherita Fava’s Murrina: Jazz as Mosaic by Sylvannia Garutch For Margherita Fava, the piano has always been both a vessel of transformation. Born in Italy to a family of baroque specialists, […]

Shawn Purcell, Oblivity Review Shawn Purcell’s Oblivity: Elegance in Motion By Nolan DeBuke Oblivity is Shawn Purcell leading and ensemble as a guitarist of fluidity and grace. He reveals he is a composer of rare […]

Alexa Tarantino, The Roar and the Whisper Review The Roar and the Whisper: Alexa Tarantino’s exploration of Contrast and Cohesion By Nolan DeBuke Alexa Tarantino has long been admired as a saxophonist, flutist, composer, teacher, […]

Geoffrey Dean Quartet, Conceptions Review Geoffrey Dean: The Dynamic Conceptions Of Collaboration by Ferell Aubre Geoffrey Dean makes it clear that his Conceptions is assembled with cohesion and is the product of deep knowledge of […]

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter, Eric Harland, Larry Grenadier, First Meeting Review The Geometry of Sound: Four Masters, One Meeting By Nolan DeBuke Representing a confluence of four giants meeting for the first time and sounding […]

Nick Biello, New America Review Unity in Motion: Nick Biello’s New America By Nolan DeBuke New America is Nick Biello’s third release as a leader and is an artistic statement from a saxophonist-composer steeped in […]