Jazz
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Serious music for a serious time; Ryan Cohan explores his Arab-Jewish heritage with six detailed, referential compositions. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Brazil’s Chico Pinheiro is among the world’s premier jazz guitarists right now; this new one is both a nod to his home and a broadly accessible, beautifully performed disc. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Ben LaMar Gay, JayVe Montgomery – Freedom Day 0.00 Lean Left – Medemer Part 1 3.11 Yves Charuest – Exquisite Corpus Callosum 11.27 Yannick Chayer – Organisation Off 21.16 Nikolaj Nikitin & Lubos Sramek – Kunzo 27.12 David Gilmore – Free Radicals 33.26 Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Joel Futterman, William Parker, Hamid Drake – A Tribute…
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Another heavy multi-disc jazz debut; this one comes from Cape Town drummer Asher Gamadze and his four band mates – this richly detailed spiritual jazz session points to the new relevance of the subgenre in the here and now. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new…
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A precisely executed, wonderfully crafted jazz recording with too many reference points to detail in this small space – the album successfully examines our relationships with one another and with music. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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The trio’s third album is another live recording; an approach that works for this avant-jazz group in the same way punk bands used to boast about recording live to tape – it’s a creative energy thing, which these guys have an abundance of. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word…
