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Kassa Overall’s ‘I THINK I’M GOOD’ Album Reviewed

January 8, 2020 By Rob Shepherd

Kassa Overall I Think I'm Good

The human brain is incredibly powerful. It controls every function of our bodies, allows us to reason, and permits us to both create and appreciate art. To do so, it uses 100 billion neurons, each of which fires around 200 times every second. Given its necessary complexity, it should come as no surprise how frequently the organ malfunctions. According to the US Center for … [Read more...]

Anthony Dean-Harris’ Favorite Jazz Albums of the Decade

December 23, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Anthony Dean-Harris Favorite Jazz Albums Decade

There's a fullness in ten years. A lot of work, if rather relentlessly done, can really make a discernible impact. Ten years ago, folks were making all the talk as rather cyclically that jazz was dead. It was such an exhausting conversation. Folks were around making this music, obviously. It couldn't be that dead. The problem was in the awareness and the tweaking of the … [Read more...]

Stream Vocalist Emma Frank’s Cover of Aaron Park’s “Lilac” From Her New Album ‘Come Back’ (Premiere)

September 5, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary

Vocalist Emma Frank has made the move to Montreal-based label Justin Time with her fourth album, Come Back, scheduled for a September 6th release. The record sees Frank deepening her musical relationship with pianist Aaron Parks who graced her previous outing, Ocean Av, last year. Rounding out the band is bassist Zack Lober and drummer Tommy Crane as well as producer and … [Read more...]

Stream Two New Songs of Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s Upcoming Double Album, ‘Waiting Game’

August 23, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington is always ahead of the curve. She's endlessly innovative and makes music that often seems to have deeper meaning at its core. On her upcoming new double album, Waiting Game, with her group Social Science of pianist Aaron Parks, guitarist Matthew Stevens, emcee & DJ Kassa Overall, vocalist Debo Ray, and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, is … [Read more...]

Aaron Parks ‘Little Big’ Remixes (Stream)

May 9, 2019 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Last year, Aaron Parks dazzled us with his inventive, eclectic Little Big, continuing in the spirit of his highly lauded debut, Invisible Cinema. In a similar sense of that 2008 work still living on through covers and reinterpretations by others over time, Parks took the stems of the songs off Little Big, tossed them online,and let the music community at large have a chance to … [Read more...]

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