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5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (384+ words) Summary: A review of John Beasley's Invisible Piano, a surrealist jazz album inspired by Max Ernst and performed with the SWR Big Band. John Beasley Translates Surrealism into Sound in Invisible Piano with the SWR Big Band Over the years,…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (87+ words) Summary: At 80, Joachim K'hn defies nostalgia with Young Lions, a bold new album and ensemble blending youthful energy with masterful, forward-looking jazz. Thierry De Clemensat Member at Jazz Journalists Association USA correspondent for'Paris-Move'and'ABS magazine Editor in chief "Bayou Blue Radio,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (232+ words) Summary: A newly unearthed 1969 Paris concert captures Cecil Taylor and his quartet at the height of the Free Jazz revolution, delivering a raw, boundary-breaking performance at Salle Pleyel. The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts: Cecil Taylor's Free Jazz Breakthrough in Paris…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (148+ words) Summary:Freddie King's 1975 live performance is restored in full by Elemental Music, capturing the blues legend at his most powerful and authentic. Freddie King Live 1975 Review " Elemental Music Restores a Blues Legend On that night in Nancy, the audience understood…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (69+ words) Summary: Ben Markley's latest big band album blends original compositions and bold arrangements, delivering precise orchestration, inspired solos, and jazz brilliance. Ben Markley's Latest Big Band Album: A Journey Through Tradition, Innovation, and Pure Musical Genius Thierry De Clemensat Member…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (343+ words) Summary: Hometown by Jared Hall is a refined, lyrical jazz album that blends post-bop tradition with modern sensibility, brought to life by a cohesive quintet featuring Troy Roberts. Hometown " Jared Hall's Intimate Cartography of Sound There is, inevitably, a sense…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (332+ words) As Caroline says: "I made everything you hear on this recording in a zone where I forgot myself and the expectations placed on me by internal and external forces. I re-imagined without limits. Sometimes I didn't feel like I was…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (648+ words) Catherine Russell at Lincoln Center: A Voice That Revives the Golden Age of Jazz and Blues A leading interpreter of the traditions that bind jazz and blues together, Russell brings to the microphone a voice steeped in lived truth. Each…...