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The Afterglow from Vocals That Dance: Sandra Marlowe’s New Release “The Heart Always Remembers”
Like that first morning pot of coffee, you just gotta have your java and keep filling it up to the brim. There’s no reason to stop pouring when the enjoyment level is so high. And thus we have the magnetic Sandra Marlowe’s new release, “The Heart Always Remembers,” in which her fount of energy and... Continue Reading →
Creating Sparks as We Touch – Aldo Bagnoni’s Latest CD “The Connection”
Drummer Aldo Bagnoni addresses the isolation of social distancing with a beautiful answer: human connection, which, musically, translates easily with his new album, “The Connection.” Smooth and gradual like a pinkening sunrise, “Glide” has the subtlety of breathing life in; becoming the strength of a positive affirmation. In “Lipompo’s Just Arrived,” short bursts and harmonies... Continue Reading →
Two Days Steeped in Harmony: “Live at Barley Forge” from Jason Fabus
All about those clean sounds and so melodically driven - Jason Fabus’s latest CD “Live at Barley Forge” achieves its goal to honor the laid-back West Coast vibe. Though leader and sax player Fabus veered off early in his career to play for Disney theme parks, the experience has strongly informed his musical identity as... Continue Reading →
Lifting Sadness and Tragedy with Beauty – Casey Heyo and “Raw Session for the Names Remembered”
As a musically ambitious paean to honor the recent Black lives taken (and the joy of those lives), composer and pianist Casey Heyo has let the music bleed through every crack of her psyche in the new release called “Raw Session for the Names Remembered.” Heyo has taken a very complicated, emotional issue and transformed... Continue Reading →
Soul-Satisfying from Any Angle – Derek Brown’s “All Figured Out”
Soaring orchestral strings, clarion vibe work and a fat, juicy sax are not sounds you would expect to hear under one musical roof, but there you have it: a sparkling and spanking new album from “Beatbox Sax” musician Derek Brown called “All Figured Out” featuring his recent collab with the Holland Concert Jazz Orchestra. The... Continue Reading →
The Chef Is In: “Café Dynamite” Sizzles
Honoring Django’s spirit of unbridled joy that bubbles with optimism, the new CD “Café Dynamite” from Filippo Dall’Asta and Giulio Romano Malaisi [of the band Gypsy Dynamite, which has several iterations: duo, trio, quartet and quintet] is a worthy addition to the genre. While “Parisian Avenue” is smartly infused with shades of mystery in its... Continue Reading →
Overtones, Undertones and The Beauty of Harmonics: “Acuarel” by Rubén Reinaldo & Kely García
They use space, air, sound waves and timing, all to perfection. Two guitars are all there is…but in its minimalism is great substance. From Spain come Rubén Reinaldo and Kely García in a fully collaborative effort, their new CD called “Acuarel.” Each track shimmers, creating peace, ease and positive vibes. Their notes blend and bleed... Continue Reading →
Exploratory and Multi-Directional: NO BASE TRIO’s Newest CD
Ethereal and abstract, the improv tone poems contained in the eponymous new album by NO BASE TRIO are mood-inducing, thought-provoking and uncontainable. Tracks are differentiated by number; their description and nomenclature are up to the listener. The music explores all corners, offering, for example, electronica that might feel like next-next gen Emerson Lake & Palmer;... Continue Reading →
Hiro Honshuku & Yuka Kido – All Aglow in “Love to Brasil Project”
The newest EP to come from flutist Hiro Honshuku has him paired with flutist Yuka Kido where they've created righteous bop inspired by a Latin vibe. Just out this past July, the six tracks on "Love to Brasil Project" traverse the emotions from pensive to whirlwind to hip and hearty. Always remaining melodic and in... Continue Reading →
