GADALETA/VANCHERI/FIORAVANTI “Fluet”
ARTIST
Gadaleta/Vancheri/Fioravanti
ALBUM TITLE
"Fluet"
LABEL
Dodicilune
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Fluet is music in motion—fluid, shape-shifting, and rich in texture. Marta Gadaleta's voice, versatile and theatrical, traverses languages, techniques, and expressive registers, dissecting...
THE FURY “Live in Brooklyn”
ARTIST
The Fury
ALBUM TITLE
"Live in Brooklyn"
LABEL
Giant Step Arts
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While their name nods to Faulkner and Shakespeare, The Fury play with control, restraint, and architectural rigor. This...
JASON PALMER “The Cross Over – Live in Brooklyn”
ARTIST
Jason Palmer
ALBUM TITLE
"The Cross Over - Live in Brooklyn"
LABEL
Giant Step Arts
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Jason Palmer opens this formidable double album unaccompanied—an emblem of his deeply personal yet...
JEREMY PELT “Woven”
ARTIST
Jeremy Pelt
ALBUM TITLE
"Woven"
LABEL
HighNote
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Pelt opens with Invention, a metaphysical prologue where his electronically treated trumpet engages in spectral dialogue with Jalen Baker’s vibraphone. Then comes...
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AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE “Honey from a Winter Stone”
ARTIST
Ambrose Akinmusire
ALBUM TITLE
"Honey from a Winter Stone"
LABEL
Nonesuch
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Akinmusire’s trumpet, underscored by the melancholic filigree of Sam Harris’s piano, introduces Muffles Scream—a track that envelopes the...
AVISHAI COHEN “Ashes to Gold”
ARTIST
Avishai Cohen
ALBUM TITLE
"Ashes to Gold"
LABEL
ECM
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A confirmation – and a step closer to the hour of true feeling. With his sixth release for ECM, Avishai...
FRANÇOIS COUTURIER / DOMINIQUE PIFARÉLY “Preludes and Songs”
ARTIST
François Couturier / Dominique Pifarély
ALBUM TITLE
"Preludes and Songs"
LABEL
ECM
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The piano–violin duo is a classic format – at least on paper – and it has appeared...
BILL EVANS “In Norway”
ARTIST
Bill Evans
ALBUM TITLE
"In Norway"
LABEL
Elemental
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Almost eighty minutes of previously unreleased Bill Evans is always a gift – and in recent years, we’ve been fortunate to...
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BENJAMIN LACKNER “Spindrift”
ARTIST
Benjamin Lackner
ALBUM TITLE
"Spindrift"
LABEL
ECM
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Brad Mehldau was right to take on the role of mentor to Benjamin Lackner. We last discussed the German-American pianist in the...
TOM HARRELL “Alternate Summer”
ARTIST
Tom Harrell
ALBUM TITLE
"Alternate Summer"
LABEL
HighNote
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Now approaching eighty, Tom Harrell continues to ennoble a language as codified – and at times stereotyped – as post-bop. The...