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This mandolin trio delivers some fine jazz, interpreting standards, pop, and classical.
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Music Review: TriBeCaStan – ‘New Songs From the Old Country’
TriBeCaStan isn’t world music. TriBeCaStan is WORLD MUSIC.
Read More »Music Reviews: Harold Lopez-Nussa – ‘New Day’ & Bill O’Connell – ‘Zocalo’
New albums from Harold Lopez-Nussa and Bill O'Connell offer different takes on Latin jazz.
Read More »Music Review: Joshua Bell – ‘Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell and Friends’
The violinist and friends deliver a sackful of gifts for music lovers of all stripes.
Read More »Music Review: The Modern Jazz Quartet – ‘The Modern Jazz Quartet: Germany 1956–1958: Lost Tapes’ [Remastered]
Early music of The Modern Jazz Quartet provides a good road map to the ensemble's aesthetic.
Read More »Music Review: Scott Jeppesen – ‘El Guapo’
This West Coast saxophonist's new album is both edgy and listenable.
Read More »Music Review: Dizzy Gillespie – ‘Dizzy’s Big 4’ [Expanded & Remastered]
Even approaching 60, Dizzy Gillespie shows he hasn't lost the touch.
Read More »Music Review: Ahmad Jamal – ‘Saturday Morning’
Ahmad Jamal is a virtuoso in terms of his technique – he just chooses how and when to put that virtuosity on display.
Read More »Music News: WVIA’s Chiaroscuro Records Releases Two New Albums
Jazz flourishes on public radio's WVIA.
Read More »Music Review: Tony DeSare – ‘PiANO’
The triple threat's impressive new release has the piano doing everything but the vocals.
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