18+ hour, 41+ min ago   (276+ words) Summary: Satoko Fujii’s KoreKara with Orchestra Nagoya is an adventurous blend of jazz, improvisation and contemporary composition, driven by brass, cinematic atmospheres and a bold vision of the future. They eventually asked her to write a piece for the café’s…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (267+ words) Summary: Sakoto Fujii’s KoreKara with Orchestra Nagoya is an adventurous blend of jazz, improvisation and contemporary composition, driven by brass, cinematic atmospheres and a bold vision of the future. They eventually asked her to write a piece for the café’s…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (850+ words) Summary: Jakob Manz’s Supernova showcases a young saxophonist blending jazz, funk, rock and pop with remarkable energy, creativity and an impressive international cast. The presence of Nils Landgren on this album is therefore particularly appropriate. Manz belongs to a generation…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (198+ words) Summary: Ran Blake’s Voices is a striking solo piano album where jazz, gospel, blues, popular song and cinema converge. An album that makes familiar melodies sound strange again. This is where Voices becomes unmistakably cinematic. A familiar melody appears like…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (143+ words) Summary: George Garzone’s Themes for Good Friends brings together Randy Brecker and a stellar quintet for an adventurous, deeply expressive celebration of modern jazz. Thierry De Clemensat Member at Jazz Journalists Association USA correspondent for Paris-Move and ABS magazine Editor…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (195+ words) Summary: Gretchen Parlato returns with The Wise Ones, an intimate contemporary jazz album featuring Robert Glasper, Alan Hampton and Becca Stevens, blending jazz, soul, pop and Brazilian influences with remarkable sensitivity. Some will love this record immediately. Others may need…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (108+ words) Summary: Michael Blake transforms iconic Halloween themes by John Carpenter, Duke Ellington and Vince Guaraldi into a playful, atmospheric jazz journey filled with imagination, mystery and musical freedom. Thierry De Clemensat Member at Jazz Journalists Association USA correspondent for Paris-Move…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (162+ words) Summary: Jochen Baldes’s Bashō blends jazz and Japanese haiku, but its ambitious concept often overshadows the music. Perhaps that is the one lesson Baldes could have taken most directly from Bashō. Say less. Trust the listener. Let the image stand…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1787+ words) by Thierry De Clemensat Member at Jazz Journalists Association USA correspondent for Paris-Move and ABS magazine Editor in chief – Bayou Blue Radio An intimate conversation with the arranger, orchestrator and founder of Russ Anixter’s Hippie Big Band. There is an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1349+ words) Paris Move Cassandra Wilson, a Voice We Will Miss Born Cassandra Fowlkes, December 4, 1955, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. Some voices enter your life quietly, almost without warning, and then remain there for years. Cassandra Wilson had that kind of voice. For those of…...