Kenny Wheeler Legacy, Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores Review Elegance and Edge: Rediscovering Kenny Wheeler’s Some Days Are Better by Ferell Aubre Kenny Wheeler’s music has always carried a touch of mystery with [...]| The Jazz Word
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, [...]| The Jazz Word
Royce Campbell and the Vosbein Magee Big Band, Vagabond Review Royce Campbell’s Vagabond: A Guitarist’s Voice in Flight with Big Band Fire By Nolan DeBuke Royce Campbell is no journeyman guitarist as he’s the rare [...]| The Jazz Word
Emma Smith, Bitter Orange Review Bitter Orange: Emma Smith’s Swing, Soul, and Subtle Fire By Sylvannia Garutch Bitter Orange is Emma Smith’s debut for American jazz audiences and a confident artistic statement from a vocalist [...]| The Jazz Word
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 [...]| The Jazz Word
Fred Hersch, The Surrounding Green The Art of Listening: Fred Hersch’s The Surrounding Green By Ferell Aubre Fred Hersch’s The Surrounding Green, on ECM records, is an expression in trio subtlety and musical conversation. Marking [...]| The Jazz Word
Kieran Brown, Loving You Review Where Voice Meets Vision: Kieran Brown’s Cohesive Loving You By Sylvannia Garutch Kieran Brown’s Loving You is a program that is a showcase of collaborative musicianship, intelligent arranging, and the [...]| The Jazz Word
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 [...]| The Jazz Word
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 [...]| The Jazz Word
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