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Category: Editors’ Picks

New Piano Music in Review

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Post date May 1, 2021

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Shai Maestro, Human (ECM); Vijay Iyer Trio, Uneasy (ECM); Hafez Modirzadeh, Facets (Pi)

Tags Burnett Music Foundation, Craig Taborn, David R. Adler, Facets (Pi), Hafez Modirzadeh, Human (ECM), Jazz Artistry Now, Jazz Journalists Association, Jorge Roeder, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Ofri Nehemya, Shai Maestro, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy (ECM), Vijay Iyer Trio

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REVIEW: Standards, Vol. 1 by Dan Arcamone

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Post date April 2, 2021

“Rather play earlier standards from the Great American Songbook, Arcamone mostly plays jazz tunes from the 1960s including numbers from Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, and McCoy Tyner, along with a later song apiece by Pat Metheny and Allan Holdsworth.” — Jazz Artistry Now

Tags Allan Holdsworth, Artists Recording Collective, Best of Jazz, CANTON CUSTOM INSTRUMENTS, Dan Arcamone, Jazz Artistry Now, Joe Henderson, MARKTRONICS OVERDRIVE PEDALS, McCoy Tyner, Pat Metheny, Rich Zurkowski, Scott Yanow, Steve Pruitt

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Guitar Albums in Review

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Post date March 8, 2021
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Tom Guarna’s penchant for sonic exploration is closer to Mr. Loueke than to Mr. Pinheiro, though his warm, overdriven guitar tone is nothing like either of theirs.

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BIRD AND THE BLUES

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Post date January 30, 2021
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I already know what I want for Christmas, “Charlie Parker: The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection.”

Tags afro-cuban, al haig, albert hammond, Album, an oscar for treadwell, anniversary, arthur schwartz, benny harris, Best of Jazz, big band, bird, Bird and Diz, bird in la, bloomdido, boxed set, Buddy Rich, Cassandra Yany, Centennial, Charlie Bird Parker, Charlie Parker, charlie parker plays south of the border, Charlie Parker with strings, charlie parker with strings (vol. 2), Christopher Burnett, cole porter, collection, confirmation, Curly Russell, Dancing In the Dark, David Ritz, david stone martine, Dizzy Gillespie, easy to love, estrellita, Ethan Iverson, Everything Happens to Me, george gershwin, hank jones, Henry Threadgill, howard dietz, I didn’t know what time it was, ira gershwin, Jazz Artistry Now, jazz at midnite, John Klenner, Just Friends, laird baird, Latin, lead frog, Los Angeles, LP, machito, machito jazz with flip and bird, manuel ponce, maxroach, now’s the time, oscar gomez, percy heath, saxophone, teddy kotick, The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection, thelonious monk, they can’t take that away from me, tico tico, un poquito de tu amor, verve, vinyl

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PAIRED REVIEW: Josh Johnson + Morgan Guerin

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Post date January 6, 2021

… they’re both saxophonists whose multi-instrumental skills give their music textural variety and depth, something they’ve highlighted in their work as leaders

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JAN Best of Jazz 2020

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Post date December 28, 2020

As with earlier works, the music today continues to inculcate the avant garde but it’s also grounded in the innovations of the great modern jazz pioneers like Mr. Charlie “Bird” Parker. Jazz Artistry Now presents our “Best of …” list for 2020 recordings that reflect the positive evolution of the music and the premium state of the art in our times. Listen.

Tags ARTEMIS, Artemis (Blue Note), Arthur White and MERGE, Best of Jazz, David Berkman, Editor's Picks, El Suelo Mío (T-Town), Event Horizon (Giant Step Arts), Fred Hersch, Immanuel Wilkins, Jazz Artistry Now, Jazz Journalists Association, Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra, Joana Queiroz, Jorge Roeder, Logan Richardson, Michael Thomas, Omega (Blue Note), Pasquale Grasso, Patrick Cornelius, Plays the Music of John Coltrane and Pete Seeger (Without Records), Roger Lin, Solo Bud Powell (Sony Masterworks), Songs from Home (Palmetto), Steve Lehman, Tempo Sem Tempo (YP Music), The Planets: Reimagined (OA2), Way of the Cairns (Whirlwind Recordings), When You Find It... (ARC), Whisper of the Isolated Ones (Self-Released), Xenakis and the Valedictorian (Pi)

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SOLO JAN

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Post date November 26, 2020
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It’s no mystery why the year 2020 would prompt a good number of solo albums. And yet 2020 isn’t unique in that regard: jazz has a legacy of unaccompanied performance stretching back to Jelly Roll Morton, the stride pianists, Art Tatum and so many others.

Tags David R. Adler, El Suelo Mío, F-35 Jet, Fred Hersch, Jan Solo, Jazz Artistry Now, Jorge Roeder, Palmetto Records, Pasquale Grasso, Pi Recordings, Solo Album Roundup 2020, Solo Albums, Songs from Home, Sony Masterworks, Steve Lehman, T-Town, Xenakis and the Valedictorian

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WINTER JAN

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Post date November 15, 2020
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Here are several 2020 releases that should be on everyone’s playlists. Featuring the new works of Logan Richardson, Patrick Cornelius, Arthur White and MERGE, and Marcus Lewis Big Band our Editor’s Picks cover a relatively broad modern spectrum.

Tags Arthur White, Editor's Picks, Jazz, Jazz Artistry Now, Jazz Education, Jazz Journalists Association, Listen, Logan Richardson, Marcus Lewis Big Band, New Music, Patrick Cornelius

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REVIEW: The Planets: Reimagined by Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra

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Post date October 31, 2020

These creatively conceived jazz variations on the well-known classic movements by Holst are artfully done and listening fun. Outstanding indeed.

Tags Gustav Holst, Jazz, Jazz Artistry Now, Jazz Journalists Association, Jeremy Levy, Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra, The Planets Reimagined

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REVIEW: Whisper Of The Isolated Ones by Roger Lin 林煒翔

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Post date October 26, 2020

“Whisper Of The Isolated Ones is a strong start in the career of Roger Lin, a guitarist and composer who has great potential for the future.” — Jazz Artistry Now

Tags Album, Best of Jazz, Jazz Artistry Now, Michael Perez-Cisneros, Nick Groat, Peter Kontrimas, Phil Grenadier, Review, Rin.Kan, Roger Lin, Ryosuke Tsutsui, Scott Yanow, Soso Gelovani, Whisper Of The Isolated Ones, 林煒翔, 筒井良佑