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CD Reviews on projects by Jazz artists

Adonis Rose and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra feat. Cyrille Aimée Petite Fleur

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, new orleans October 15, 2021

Adonis Rose and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra feat. Cyrille Aimée Petite Fleur Storyville The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) under the direction of drummer Adonis Rose issues its second release, cementing the city’s French connection on a 10-song collaboration, Petite Fleur, with French vocalist, turned Crescent City resident Cyrille Aimée. It was she who […]

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Marilyn Crispell and Yuma Uesaka Streams

Jim Hynes jazz, making a Scene, marilyn crispell, roots, streams, yuma uesaka October 14, 2021

Marilyn Crispell and Yuma Uesaka Streams Not Two/Polyfold Music Avant-pianist Marilyn Crispell has built her distinguished career in the company of inventive saxophonists, from the AACM artists Anthony Braxton and Joseph Jarman to more recent outings with Joe Lovano’s Tapestries. She now teams in duo format with Yuma Uesaka, and emerging talent among multi-reed performers. […]

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Kurt Elling SuperBlue

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, kurt elling, making a Scene October 13, 2021

Kurt Elling SuperBlue Edition Recently this writer is pondering if there are any limits to Kurt Elling’s talent. We witnessed a two-hour radio play, Big Blind, at the virtual Detroit Jazz Festival held in the beginning of September. His 2020 project Secrets Are the Best Stories, with pianist Danilo Perez won a Grammy. Now we […]

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Mary LaRose Out Here

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, mary larose October 10, 2021

Mary LaRose Out Here little (i) Music Seldom has there been a more appropriate title for an album but it’s fascinating for fans of Eric Dolphy and the edgy music that he made in the early sixties. Vocalist Mary LaRose dedicates Out Here, a play on ‘out there,’ entirely to the music of Dolphy, using […]

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Q’d Up Going Places

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, q'd up October 9, 2021

Q’d Up Going Places Tantara This is for all the folks, and there are many, who say that there’s no jazz in Salt Lake City, let alone Utah, despite the name of its NBA team. This quintet, Q’d Up, is here to negate that statement. The founder is multi-instrumentalist Ray Smith who started a band […]

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Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio (with Benny Benack III)

Jim Hynes jazz, jazz CD, making a Scene, Michael Stephenson October 7, 2021

Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio (with Benny Benack III) Cellar Music Group Sometimes just a couple of highly recognizable names will draw one to an album. Although familiar with Claffy and Benck III, it was Executive Producer Cory Weeds and Producer Jeremy Pelt that caught my attention and neither plays on this album […]

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Mark Zaleski Band Our Time – Reimagining Dave Brubeck

Jim Hynes cd review, dave brubeck, jazz, jazz CD, making a Scene, mark zaleski October 6, 2021

Mark Zaleski Band Our Time – Reimagining Dave Brubeck Origin Our Time is far edgier than one might guess, considering that the Mark Zaleski Band is reimagining the music of Dave Brubeck. Mark Zaleski is featured here on alto and soprano saxophone alongside tenor saxophonist Jon Bean, pianist Glenn Zaleski, guitarist Mark Cocheo, bassist Danny Weller, and drummer Oscar Suchanek. […]

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Joe Farnsworth City of Sounds

Jim Hynes cd review, drums, feff Farnsworth, jazz, making a Scene October 3, 2021

Joe Farnsworth City of Sounds Smoke Sessions Drummer and composer Joe Farnsworth has done a great job of branding himself with ‘swing.’ His 2020 album and accompanying emblazoned merchandise are entitled “Time to Swing.” So, it’s that time again as Farnsworth reenlists pianist, NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron, and renowned bassist Peter Washington for another […]

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Miki Yamanaka Stairway to the Stars

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, piano October 2, 2021

Miki Yamanaka Stairway to the Stars Outside in Music This is our second entry for Miki Yamanaka, who’s stunning 2020 Human Dust Suite we covered on these same pages. She returns with a more intimate recording, Stairway to the Stars, her third album, this time with a drumless trio featuring returning bassist Orlando le Fleming […]

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Chet Doxas You Can’t Take It With You

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Sax October 1, 2021

Chet Doxas You Can’t Take It With You Whirlwind Tenor saxophonist Chet Doxas leads a drumless trio featuring bassist Thomas Morgan and pianist Ethan Iverson for You Can’t Take It With You, his twelfth album as leader or co-leader. Doxas plays in another esteemed band, Riverside, with his brother Jim and Dave Douglas and while […]

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Eric Wyatt A Song of Hope

Jim Hynes cd review, eric wyatt, jazz, making a Scene September 30, 2021

Eric Wyatt A Song of Hope Whaling City Sound Saxophonist and composer Eric Wyatt bursts out firing on A Song of Hope, his follow-up to 2019’s The Golden Rule, which was a tribute to his self-described godfather, Sonny Rollins. Here, with mostly different bandmates, he moves in a more eclectic direction, honoring Rollins at times, […]

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Raymundo Sodré Dengo

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots September 29, 2021

Raymundo Sodré Dengo Ropeadope Listening to the uplifting music of Raymundo Sodré for the first time evoked two references. His Brazilian music hails from the Nordeste (Northeast) and resembles the juju music from Nigeria. Casual listeners may in fact think that it is African music. Also, Charlie Musselwhite once explained to me in an interview […]

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Chick Corea Chick Corea Akoustic Band LIVE

Jim Hynes acoustix, chic corea, jazz, making a Scene September 24, 2021

Chick Corea Chick Corea Akoustic Band LIVE Concord We are still mourning the sudden, unexpected passing of Chick Corea earlier this year and his smiling face that adorns the cover and photos within, not to mention his spirited playing, deeply reminds us how much we miss him. However, not surprisingly there is Corea music left […]

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David Sanford Big Band (Featuring Hugh Ragin) A Prayer for Lester Bowie

Jim Hynes big band, jazz, making a Scene, roots September 23, 2021

David Sanford Big Band (Featuring Hugh Ragin) A Prayer for Lester Bowie Greenleaf Music We must warn you that this is so far from your father’s big band music, that you need to be ready for progressive, improvised jazz that weaves in modern classical and defiant flavors of both avant-garde and punk. Okay, so with […]

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Roseanna Vitro Sing a Song of Bird

Jim Hynes cd review, charlie bird, jazz, making a Scene September 22, 2021

Roseanna Vitro Sing a Song of Bird Featuring Sheila Jordan, Bob Dorough, Marion Cowings, Gary Bartz, Mark Gross Skyline Sing a Song a Bird is a collaboration of four vocal and two saxophone giants as they celebrate the music of the iconic Charlie Parker. The main mover here is Grammy nominee vocalist Roseanna Vitro who […]

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Marc Cary Life Lessons

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Marc Cary September 20, 2021

Marc Cary Life Lessons Sessionheads United Keyboardist Marc Cary is veteran who built his reputation backing such giants as Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Jackie McLean, and Randy Weston. Yet, with now 18 albums as a leader, this trio debut Life Lessons, with bassist Dan Chmielinski and drummer Diego Joaquin Ramirez reveals a very […]

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette Skyline

Jim Hynes jazz, Jazz Piano, making a Scene September 19, 2021

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette Skyline 5Passion Skyline is the first of a planned trilogy of piano trio albums for his own label, 5Passion Records, that the Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba founded in 2010. Rubalcaba tapped two living legends to deliver this inaugural foray, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette. They were two […]

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Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Within Us

Jim Hynes chuck owen, jazz, Jazz Surge, making a Scene, roots September 18, 2021

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Within Us Summit Chuck Owen reconvenes his 19-piece big band along with special guest Warren Wolf to commemorate the five-time Grammy-nominated band’s 25th anniversary with Within Us. This is the Florida-based ensemble’s seventh recording and marked the first time many had recorded with other musicians in the same room […]

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Ray Obeido Latin Jazz Project Vol. 2

Jim Hynes jazz, latin jazz, making a Scene September 15, 2021

Ray Obeido Latin Jazz Project Vol. 2 Rhythmus Latin Jazz Project Vol. 2 is the tenth release by the Bay Area guitarist and composer Ray Obeido, his originals plus one from producer/arranger Gerald Wilson. Of the 29 musicians in the credits, 15 of them return from Volume 1, they being mostly Bay Area veterans but […]

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Pat Metheny Side-Eye – NYC (V1-IV)

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz guitar, making a Scene, New york, NYC, pat metheny September 10, 2021

Pat Metheny Side-Eye – NYC (V1-IV) Modern Recordings No ‘jazz’ musician except Chick Corea has amassed more Grammy awards than Pat Metheny but the use of quote marks around jazz indicates that both for Corea and Metheny, some of these awards were due to projects in other genres besides jazz. Our greatest artists are both […]

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Aakash Mittal Nocturne

Jim Hynes Aakash mittal, cd review, jazz, making a Scene September 10, 2021

Aakash Mittal Nocturne Self-released This unique project, Nocturne, from alto saxophonist and composer Aakash Mittal and his Awaz trio transports you to the nighttime streets of Kolkata, (formerly Calcutta), India. The instrumentation is unusual to say the least as Mittal fronts the trio of guitarist Miles Okazaki and percussionist Rajna Swaminathan (playing mridangam and Kanjira). […]

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Dave Zinno & Unisphere Fetish

Jim Hynes cd review, dave zinno, fetish, jazz, making a Scene September 5, 2021

Dave Zinno & Unisphere Fetish Whaling City Sound Bassist and composer Dave Zinno issues his third album, Fetish, with his group Unisphere. Zinno calls it the culmination of a year without live music and thus, it’s a huge, in some cases, unbridled release of energy for he and his band members – Mike Tucker (tenor […]

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Andy Farber and his Orchestra Early Blue Evening

Jim Hynes andy farber, cd review, jazz, making a Scene September 4, 2021

Andy Farber and his Orchestra Early Blue Evening ArtistShare Saxophonist, arranger, composer and bandleader Andy Farber issues his fourth album as a leader and second big band effort with Early Blue Evening. His is a 17-piece band that digs back to the original big bands and infuses those sounds with a more contemporary language. The […]

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Lisa Hilton Transparent Sky

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, lisa hilton, making a Scene, piano September 3, 2021

Lisa Hilton Transparent Sky Ruby Slippers Productions Composer/pianist/producer, Lisa Hilton is back less than a year later with her follow-up to her 2020 More Than Another Day, again featuring her longstanding bandmates: Rudy Royston on drums, and Luques Curtis on bass. Considering that this writer has covered Hilton twice previously for two different outlets, perhaps an introduction is appropriate for […]

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Carlos Henriquez The South Bronx Story

Jim Hynes Carlos Henriquez, cd review, jazz, making a Scene, South Bronx September 1, 2021

Carlos Henriquez The South Bronx Story Tiger Turn Carlos Henriquez is best known as the bassist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a position he has held for over two decades. Henriquez is also a composer and bilingual artist, stepped in the Latin music of his Puerto Rican heritage. Currently, many acknowledge him as […]

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Andrew Renfroe Ride in the Storm

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz guitar, making a Scene August 29, 2021

Andrew Renfroe Ride in the Storm Self-released Ride in the Storm is guitarist Andrew Renfroe’s first album as a leader with all original compositions. Renfroe has built a reputation as a first call guitarist for artists such as Braxton Cook, Tia Fuller, and Jonathan Barber, to name a few. Renfroe’s many references, based on his […]

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Kerry Moffit What Goes Around Comes Around

Jim Hynes jazz August 27, 2021

Kerry Moffit What Goes Around Comes Around Self-released Veteran composer, arranger, trumpeter Kerry Moffit has been playing professionally for 41 years, appeared on over 70 recordings as a sideman in many configurations, and is just now issuing his debut as a leader with What Goes Around Comes Around. Moffit leads his sextet, Turning Circles through […]

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Gary Meek Monterey Groove

Jim Hynes cd review, gary meek, jazz, making a Scene August 26, 2021

Gary Meek Monterey Groove Autumn Hill Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Gary Meek debuts a new band formed in and inspired by California’s central coast, as indicated in the title. The project began with no intention of a recording but simply to form a fusion band which was unique to the Monterey area, for playing locally. You’ve […]

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Tom Cohen My Take

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots August 21, 2021

Tom Cohen My Take Versa Music Philly drummer Tom Cohen leads the modern incarnation of the jazz organ trio across three different configurations on My Take, for extended versions of jazz classics from Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, and Vincent Youmans. Featured are master organist and fellow Philadelphian Joey DeFrancesco, tenor giants […]

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Leon Lee Dorsey Freedom Jazz Dance

Jim Hynes cd review leon lee dorsey, jazz, making a Scene August 20, 2021

Leon Lee Dorsey Freedom Jazz Dance Jazz Avenue 1 Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and legendary drummer Mike Clark are a tandem that just keeps on chugging, raising curiosity as to who will be the third member to join them on their next outing. Freedom Jazz Dance marks their fourth collaboration, having begun with 2019’s Monk […]

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Jeff Pearring Pearring Sound – Socially Distanced Duos

Jim Hynes free jazz, jazz, roots, saxophone August 13, 2021

Jeff Pearring Pearring Sound – Socially Distanced Duos Self-released Alto saxophonist Jeff Pearring usually leads groups ranging from trio to quintets under the group name Pearring Sound, but the pandemic intervened. So Pearring took a safe approach instead, deciding to play duos with six diverse musicians across eight selections, each recorded in a socially distanced […]

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Tim Motzer Many Ways Around the Sun

Jim Hynes ambient music, cd review, guitar, jazz, making a Scene, visual art August 6, 2021

Tim Motzer Many Ways Around the Sun Ropeadope Tim Motzer’s Many Ways Around the Sun is a true solo album with the multi-instrumentalist who has made nine solo soundscape albums now adding vocals to his compositions for the first time. Playing mellotron, guitars, bass, prophet synth, optigan, wood flute, cymbals, drums, reed organ, electronics, drum […]

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Billy Test Trio Coming Down Roses

Jim Hynes billy test trio, cd rev, ew, jazz, making a Scene, piano August 5, 2021

Billy Test Trio Coming Down Roses ATM His name is not yet widely known but this writer first became familiar with Pennsylvania-bred pianist and composer Billy Test when he and trio mates, bassist Evan Gregor and drummer Ian Froman backed Dave Liebman in last year’s Invitation by The Generations Quartet. Having studied with Liebman while […]

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System 6 Tales from the Backyard

Jim Hynes ben clatworthy, cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Sax, system 6 August 4, 2021

System 6 Tales from the Backyard Skipper Productions Bandleader and multi-reedist, the English-born and now L.A. based Benn Clatworthy, returns with does his long-standing sextet, the totally acoustic System 6, with Tales From the Backyard, a follow-up to last year’s Bennie’s Lament, which we covered on these pages. Initially this writer felt that this one […]

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Blue Reality Quartet

Jim Hynes Blue Reality Quartet, cd review, jazz, making a Scene July 25, 2021

Blue Reality Quartet Blue Reality Quartet! Mahakala In another time the album cover would come across as daunting with four men, each with his face covered with a mask. Yet, in these times, we quickly realize that these four musicians have recorded an album during the height of the pandemic. That’s a blue reality itself […]

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Keith Loftis Original State

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, keith loftis, making a Scene, Sax July 24, 2021

Keith Loftis Original State Long Tone Music Original State is saxophonist Keith Loftis’ fourth album as a leader. Loftis is the saxophonist for the three-time Grammy nominated Baylor Project, among his other pursuits. This is a new quartet for him in this lyrical, free blowing, mostly swinging session that features six originals in the nine […]

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Greg Ward, Rajiv Halim, Sharel Cassity Altoizm

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots July 18, 2021

Greg Ward, Rajiv Halim, Sharel Cassity Altoizm AFAR Music Usually any three-headed saxophone group comes together to honor a legend like Bird or Trane, notwithstanding bigger units such as the World Saxophone Quartet of Odean Pope’s Saxophone Choir. Yet this unit, self-dubbed Altoizm, is making their own music with all seven compositions composed by the […]

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Mehmet Ali Sanlikol An Elegant Ritual

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots July 17, 2021

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol An Elegant Ritual DÜNYA Last year one of our Top 30 Jazz albums was from multi-instrumentalist and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlikol leading a large ensemble featuring NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman for The Rise Up: Stories of Strife, Struggle, and Inspiration. This one, An Elegant Ritual, is almost entirely different as Sanlikol […]

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Mike Clark and Michael Zilber Mike Drop

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots July 16, 2021

Mike Clark and Michael Zilber Mike Drop Sunnyside Renowned jazz drummer Mike Clark and acclaimed saxophonist Michael Zilber have a decade-long musical relationship in the Bay Area. Although Clark spends more time now in New York, the two had such an inspiring week of performances in the Bay Area in 2018 that they decided to […]

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William Parker Mayan Space Station – Painter’s Winter

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, William Parker July 11, 2021

William Parker Mayan Space Station – Painter’s Winter AUM Fidelity This likely introduces some of our readers to William Parker for the first time. Parker is an edgy, free jazz, avant-garde composer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, griot, shaman, and community leader. His major instrument is the bass, but he plays such instruments as the trombonium and shakuhachi […]

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Art Hirahara Open Sky

Jim Hynes art hirahara, jazz, making a Scene, open sky July 10, 2021

Art Hirahara Open Sky Posi – Tone Pianist/composer/ and bandleader for his sixth outing on the Posi-tone label, Art Hirahara, furthers his appealing mix of straight-ahead jazz to standards to progressive jazz as he splits the selections between a trio and quartet on Open Sky, the title alone suggesting few, if any boundaries. The trio […]

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Samara Joy

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz vocalist, making a Scene, samara joy July 7, 2021

Samara Joy Samara Joy Whirlwind We first introduced our readers to jazz vocalist Samara Joy, who appeared on Bruce Harris’ Soundview, released just a few weeks ago. Now Joy delivers her self-titled debut, after winning the Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition. Consider that past winners include the likes of Jazzmeia Horn and it harbingers […]

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Daniel Herskedal Harbour

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots July 1, 2021

Daniel Herskedal Harbour Edition Chances are good that you have never heard an album where the music perfectly captures the song titles as well as this one. Close your eyes and conjure the images for Norwegian master of the tuba Daniel Herskedal and his trio for Harbour. His may well be the only trio of […]

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Will Bernard Ancient Grains

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots June 25, 2021

Will Bernard Ancient Grains Posi-Tone Guitarist Will Bernard’s musical history is truly versatile and Ancient Grains is his third as a leader for Posi-Tone, the label that tends to favor straight ahead jazz. However, Bernard, a Berkeley CA native and Brooklyn transplant, has recorded with avant –garde trumpeter Don Cherry, worked with Hindustani-influenced Jai Uttal, […]

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Horizons Quartet

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, quartet June 24, 2021

Horizons Quartet Self-titled PM Records As soon as we mention the Deer Head Inn, the jazz readers of these pages will realize that the Horizons Quartet are local to this writer. Yet, keep in mind that the venue is home to many reputable musicians and a gig location for many prominent NYC-based musicians. After all, […]

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Troy Roberts and Tim Jago Best Buddies

Jim Hynes Best Buddies, cd review, jazz, making a Scene, tim Jago, troy roberts June 18, 2021

Troy Roberts and Tim Jago Best Buddies Toy Robot Music The best buddies referred to in the title are indeed versatile saxophonist Troy Roberts and guitarist Tim Jago, both originally hailing from Down Under where the album was recorded last summer during the pandemic. Not only do these two co-leaders have origins in the same […]

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Lauren Henderson Musa

Jim Hynes jazz, Jazz vocals, Lauren Henderson, making a Scene June 16, 2021

Lauren Henderson Musa Brontosaurus Bilingual and multi-cultural jazz vocalist Lauren Henderson, who has appeared on these pages before, returns with an album that explores love and relationships in a blend of styles. The traditions that influence her sound, jazz, flamenco, and Afro-Latinx are here in a bigger way than they have been on her seven […]

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Tom Kennedy Stories

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, Tom Kennedy June 15, 2021

Tom Kennedy Stories Autumn Hill Bassist/composer Tom Kennedy has been working mostly in the fusion jazz realm for nearly five decades. Stories is his sixth album as leader and provides an opportunity to share his original songs inspired by his many global travels with those he has often played and formed lasting relationships with. Kennedy […]

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Madre Vaca Elements

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene June 13, 2021

Madre Vaca Elements Madre Vaca We have covered this imaginative quartet Madre Vaca (“Mother Cow”) before on these pages for 2020’s interpretation of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise. Elements is their fourth album and deals with four elements of earth in just four long extended pieces, each composed by a different member of the quartet. Yes, lots […]

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Ches Smith’s We All Break Path of Seven Colors

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene June 11, 2021

Ches Smith’s We All Break Path of Seven Colors Pyroclastic The music on Path of Seven Colors is likely unlike most anything we have heard. After all, how many of us are familiar with traditional Haitian Vodou music? The octet We All Break, led by forward-thinking drummer Ches Smith, take this foundation, and mix it […]

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