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Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins Changes Course, Delivers Meditative Suite With ‘Blues Blood’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes October 9, 2024 No Comments
Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins’ multi-media work, Blues Blood, marries nostalgia with concepts of ancestry, all with a keen awareness of Black struggles and the need for peaceful reflection. At
Violinist Jenny Scheinman Convenes Elite Quintet, Adds Julian Lage & Nels Cline For Teeming ‘All Species Parade’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes October 9, 2024 No Comments
All Species Parade is a jazz album, and it may well be the versatile Jenny Scheinman’s best across a multi-genre career that now counts eleven. It’s her first in six
Samara Joy Takes Leap As Bandleader/Risk Taker on Vibrant & Innovative ‘Portrait’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes October 8, 2024 No Comments
Seldom has an album come with more anticipation given young jazz vocalist Samara Joy’s Grammy win as Best New Artist in 2023. Arguably, much of Joy’s meteoric rise was attributable
Michelle Malone’s Bluesy Folk Delivery Leads ‘Southern Comfort’ Along With Special Guests (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes October 2, 2024 No Comments
In the mid-2010s, slide guitar-wielding blues rocker Michelle Malone was as raucous as any on the scene. Yet, Malone has always had the sweeter singer-songwriter, country soul side, too, as definitively evidenced
Saxophonist Walter Smith III Convenes New Quartet on ‘three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 26, 2024 No Comments
There is an off-the-cuff nature to several of Walter Smith III’s album titles – “casual,” “return to casual,” and now this latest one – “Three of us are from Houston, and Reuben is not.” Yet,
Christian Sands’s ‘Embracing Dawn’ Hits On Soul, Gospel, Swing & Classical Variations (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 26, 2024 No Comments
Breakup albums are so common among singer-songwriter types that it’s fair to call them a genre staple. While several jazz vocal albums may be in that same category, it is
Guitarist Bill Frisell, Pipe Organist Kit Downes, and Drummer Andrew Cyrille Convene for ‘Breaking the Shell’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 25, 2024 1 Comment
It seems like hyperbole to suggest that the trio of electric guitarist Bill Frisell, pipe organist Kit Downes, and drummer Andrew Cyrille have opened up a whole new sonic vista, but Breaking the Shell is
Randall Bramblett Pits Beauty & Hope Against Pain Vividly On ‘Paradise Breakdown’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 24, 2024 No Comments
When Bettye LaVette proclaimed Randall Bramblett “the best writer I have heard in thirty years” on the fully Bramblett-penned, Grammy-nominated LaVette!, she likely turned more than a few heads and
Guitarist Mike Stern Delivers Fusion Raveup Featuring Christian McBride, Chris Potter & More On ‘Echoes and Other Songs’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 12, 2024 No Comments
Mike Stern’s Echoes and Other Songs is a celebratory toast to overcoming adversity. While it doesn’t necessarily mark new ground in fusion, it is significant for several reasons. Despite career-threatening
Kevin Gordon Returns With Autobiographical, Nostalgic & Outspoken ‘The In Between’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Jim Hynes September 11, 2024 No Comments
It’s been six years since we’ve heard from literate and poetic singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon. His conquering throat cancer explains the longer-than-usual hiatus. These kinds of interrupted albums are challenging, especially
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