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ARTIST Ledisi ALBUM TITLE "For Dinah" LABEL Candid ______________________________________________________________ This is not merely a tribute to Dinah Washington, but a statement of artistic continuity that, on the one hand, acknowledges the...

ARTIST Julia Hülsmann ALBUM TITLE "While I Was Away" LABEL ECM ______________________________________________________________ Julia Hülsmann does not stand still – she doubles down. After a trilogy of quartet albums – beginning in...

ARTIST Fabrizio Bosso Spiritual Trio ALBUM TITLE "Welcome Back" LABEL Flying Spark ______________________________________________________________ “Welcome Back” (also available on vinyl) marks the fourth recording chapter of a group active since 2011. Over...

ARTIST Jordan Williams ALBUM TITLE "Playing By Ear" LABEL Red Records ______________________________________________________________ Jordan Williams is one of those musicians whose voracious training is immediately apparent. Born in Philadelphia, he immersed himself...

ARTIST Gonzalo Rubalcaba ALBUM TITLE "Gonzalo Plays Pino" LABEL Itinera ______________________________________________________________ Lately, Pino Daniele has not been allowed to rest. His name is invoked with suspicious frequency, as though it were...

ARTIST Plains Peak ALBUM TITLE "Someone to Someone" LABEL Irabbagast Records ______________________________________________________________ This new quartet gathered around saxophonist Jon Irabagon – one of the most compelling voices on the New York...

ARTIST Aruan Ortiz ALBUM TITLE "Créole Renaissance" LABEL Intakt ______________________________________________________________ The first aspect that strikes the listener in this new solo work by the fifty-two-year-old Cuban pianist Aruán Ortiz is the...

ARTIST Joel Ross ALBUM TITLE "Gospel Music" LABEL Blue Note ______________________________________________________________ A project that interweaves biblical narrative, spiritual reflection, and the language of contemporary jazz. The fifth chapter in the Blue...

ARTIST Sun Ra ALBUM TITLE "Supersonic Jazz" LABEL Cosmic Myth ______________________________________________________________ Let us say it – perhaps with a fair dose of hyperbole – but let us say it nonetheless: there...

AUTHOR Moon Unit Zappa BOOK TITLE «Earth to Moon» PUBLISHER Dey Street Books, 2024 Having an overbearing father can be suffocating. One need hardly explain: you grow up in the...