Jazz

A fitting title for an album lost for more than four decades. Hermeto Pascoal recorded Viajando Com O Som – Travelling with Sound in English – with Grupo Vice Versa in two days at Vice Versa Studios in São Paulo. A reissue from London’s Far Out Recordings landed on Friday. Don’t be put off by…

AllAboutJazz.com was kind enough to add me to its list of contributors last month. My first post focused on the great jazz drummer Abbey Rader, who has two terrific new albums out. I’ve just submitted a review of Kodian Trio’s II, a strong six-track effort scheduled for a Nov. 17 release. The band features Dirk…

Pharaoh Sanders fans will recognize Dwight Trible’s name for his association with the great avant-gardist. So too will Kamasi Washington followers, who heard Trible’s contribution to The Epic in 2015. Safe to say that Gondwana Records founder Matthew Halsall is among those admirers. His press office announced the signing of Trible by describing him as…

Two extraordinary new releases landed on Friday from A New Wave of Jazz, both featuring the great guitarist Dirk Serries. One’s a studio recording; the other a double live album. Innocent as Virgin Wood features Martina Verhoeven and Serries, collaborating as a duo in a studio setting for the first time. Verhoeven performs on a…

Can expert musicianship compensate for a listener’s dislike of a genre? Put another way, is it possible to dig an electric jazz record – after years of loathing electric jazz – due solely to the strength of its performances? Radio Galaksy’s Free Ride LP, released in November of last year, is proof positive that no…

Jazz is not a timeless music. It has had its periods like any other; some definable by style, others by recording technology. The music’s progression is a big part of its appeal. While there is plenty to distinguish the small combos of the 1930s from modern day greats like Kamasi Washington and Christian Scott aTunde…