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Music Review: The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp – ‘Good Merlin’
The debut effort from Lipp and Malakar achieves what masters of the jazz craft have pursued throughout their lifetime: music that moves people emotionally.
Read More »2017: Celebrating 100 Years of Recorded Jazz
The influence of jazz is everywhere, even though it’s more subtle in some places. The improvisational aspect of jazz is what has allowed it to evolve so creatively over the last century, as each new era and musician adds a new flavor.
Read More »Music Review: Joe Mongelli and the Cape Jazz Crew – ‘WashAshore’
Mongelli and the Cape Jazz Crew take cool jazz principles into the second decade of the millennium.
Read More »Music Review: 3Divas – ‘3Divas’
3Divas produce a dynamic synergy that is magnetic and perceptibly mature.
Read More »Music Review: Flying Horse Big Band – ‘Big Man on Campus’
The band fuses decades of melodic jazz into a single recording, regaling audiences with their multi-faceted brew.
Read More »Music Review: Calabria Foti – ‘In the Still of the Night’
Calabria Foti's stylized vocals amplify the introspective arc of Cole Porter's signature pieces.
Read More »Music Review: Sylvia Bennett – ‘For You’
Sylvia Bennett is a connoisseur of fine jazz and a contemporary of electro-pop fusion.
Read More »Music Review: Marius Preda – ‘Mission Cimbalom’
The compositions explore the technique of creative expression at its best.
Read More »Music Reviews: Polly Gibbons – ‘Is It Me?…’ and Brian Kastan – ‘Roll the Dice on Life’
Two new albums feature opposite extremes of jazz vocalizing.
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