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Eric Alexander: Chicago To New York
by Jack Bowers
Eric Alexander, widely praised for years as one of the jazz world's foremost tenor saxophonists, greets listeners with an unforeseen yet tantalizing curve ball on his latest album, Chicago to New York, employing his luminous soprano sax to enhance the first two numbers, John Coltrane's “Afro Blue" and “Wise One," before unleashing his trustworthy and perceptive ...
Jeong Lim Yang: Synchronicity
by Jerome Wilson
Bassist Jeong Lim Yang is a member of the Brooklyn jazz scene who has worked with many different musicians such as Jason Palmer, Oscar Noreiga, and Kenny Wollesen. On her third album as a leader, she uses a quartet combining motion and atmosphere with melodic beauty elements. The quartet has Mat Maneri on viola, ...
Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments
by Artur Moral
Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963), Chris Ware's Building Stories (2012), and Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000) are novels--both written and graphic--that stand out, not just for their literary merit, but also for the various ways readers can engage with them. A similar phenomenon occurs on the listening level with A Chain Of Moments: Suite in ...
Phil Haynes / Ben Monder: Transition (s)
by Dan McClenaghan
The call of the electric guitar has enticed drummer Phil Haynes to revisit his early passion for the instrument. Two albums have resulted: Return to Electric (review here), and now Transition (s), both on Corner Store Records. The former is a trio album that has Haynes teamed with guitarist Steve Salerno and bassist Drew Gress, the ...
Organ Freeman: Busywork
by Ian Patterson
Not to be confused with the jny:Los Angles-based organ trio of the same name--though it is hard to see how confusion will not reign--this Organ Freeman hails from jny:Dublin, Ireland, where guitarist/vocalist Charlie Moon, organist Darragh Hennessy and drummer Dominic Mullan have held a Sunday residency at The Big Romance since 2018. For its debut album, ...
Matteo Pastorino: Lightside
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Once again A.MA Records hits the jackpot with a Matteo Pastorino album, Lightside, which it released in March 2025. Whether a novice or seasoned musician, the Italian label has a knack for promoting engaging musical gems. Lightside showcases Pastorino's talent as a clarinetist and composer. The album offers listeners an intimate journey through compositions inspired by ...
Ute Lemper: Pirate Jenny
by Scott Gudell
Germany's optimistic yet fragile Weimar Republic period was wedged between two brutal wars during the early 20th century. Extending from 1918 to 1933, it was proudly called the Jazz Age and the Golden Twenties and offered an abundance of free-flowing entertainment choices. It was also a time of inflation, chaos and conflict dominated by economic instability ...
Adrian Galante: Introducing Adrian Galante
by Jack Bowers
The late Phil Woods used to argue that of all the members of the woodwind family, the clarinet is by far the most difficult to manage, saying it was “designed by six guys who had never met one another." If Australian-born, New York-based clarinetist Adrian Galante has any problems with the instrument, they are in no ...
Phil Haynes: Return to Electric
by Dan McClenaghan
The band Return to Forever was a seminal jazz fusion group led by pianist Chick Corea. The eponymous first album, on ECM Records, was released in 1972, opening doors for scores of other like-minded ensembles. Electricity was a main aspect of the move away from acoustic jazz. The Fender Rhodes piano and plugged-in bass and guitars ...
The Hemphill Stringtet: The Hemphill Stringtet Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
by Mark Corroto
Let us borrow a famous tagline from the dairy industry: Got Hemphill? If not, it is time to take a closer listen. Julius Hemphill (1938-1995) was a towering figure in the creative music scenes of both jny: St. Louis, where he co-founded the Black Artists' Group (BAG), and jny: New York's vibrant loft jazz scene of ...
