Jazz
Quite properly, Miles Evans evokes rather than mimics his dad’s arrangements on this excellent disc.
“Now I’m retired, but I still look forward to honoring the legacy of John Coltrane.”
With two able bandmates, Fred Hersch is inspired to unwind a nice set of standards and a few originals.
Sophisticated Giant paints a convincing picture of an extremely charming, intelligent, resilient, and talented man.
How will others in the Southern hip-hop scene react to this embrace of tradition by a Southern rapper with his feet firmly in the Gangsta Rap arena?
Kelly Green and her trio are essentially mainstream players, but they explore a lot of challenging territory within that framework.
This set is surely one of the finds of the year.
Christopher Hollyday’s Telepathy is a keeper, Chris Pasin’s Ornettiquette is an excellent outing, Jake Ehrenreich’s A Treasury of Jewish Christmas Songs is uneven, and for some long winter nights Abigail Rockwell’s Autumn Noir might be just the ticket.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of this set is the smart, energetic, and ever-changing, relationship between bass and drums.
In this album, saxophonist Ethan Helm has achieved a very personal balance between highly composed sections and solos rooted in harmony and free playing.
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