Pianist, composer Olivia Pérez-Collellmir released her debut full-length album OLIVIA (Adhyâropa Records) on September 15, 2023. A wonderfully nuanced and diverse collection of music spanning many of Olivia’s...
During the course of your mission as a music critic you might come across numerous recordings that are really good – even great. But every once...
His sixth album, Ugandan Suite (Tapestry), has been described by jazz guitarist extraordinaire Lionel Loueke as follows: “This is one of the best progressive works I...
Few practicing musicians in the Jazz idiom have perfected the composition of a suite in the manner that the great Duke Ellington did in his lifetime....
The beauty of ReContraDoble lies in its exquisite counterpoint that pits the brass against the woodwinds; the guitar against the piano with the drums and percussion...
It might be tempting to compare Felipe Salles’ tone on Departure on tenor saxophone with the depth and warmth of tenor Joe Henderson, but that might...
The angularity of Thelonious Monk melodies together with his idiosyncratic harmonic architecture, surrounded by rhythms that revolve and echo - bouncing off clouds and air. Sheets...