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Anne Mette-Iversen – ‘Round Trip’

May 2, 2017 By Ben Gray

Bassist Anne Mette-Iversen's new quintet album, Round Trip, is described as a set of tunes designed "to return to the starting point via a different road", and the tunes on the album succeed at doing just that. Each song on the album has a feeling of movement and fluidity. At times, that makes for an almost cinematic listening experience.The quintet on Round Trip is … [Read more...]

Smells Like Teen Spirit: A Critical Analysis of Covers

February 12, 2016 By Ben Gray

Bringing outside influences into jazz and bringing jazz to other genres has been going on probably since there was a concept of jazz as a genre. Witness hip-hop and electronic producers sampling from jazz records and Robert Glasper playing J Dilla tunes. Witness David Bowie backed by a group of incredible jazz musicians, DJ Logic joining Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Miles Davis … [Read more...]

Kendrick Scott Oracle – “We Are The Drum” (Stream)

September 2, 2015 By Anthony Dean-Harris

Drummer Kendrick Scott is a modern marvel as a performer and as a composer. Every one of his releases with his band, Oracle, have been extremely impressive, and his latest, We Are The Drum continues in that same trend. The album featuring the always impressive saxophonist John Ellis, keyboardist Taylor Eigsti, guitarist Mike Moreno, and bassist Joe Sanders keeps the same … [Read more...]

Aidan Carroll – “Apollo Song” (Video)

June 12, 2015 By Sébastien Hélary

Bassist Aidan Carroll released his debut Original Vision last March. Check out a live version of Carroll’s “Apollo Song” filmed at Rockwood Music Hall last April during the album release party. The band is John Ellis on tenor sax, Godwin Louis on alto sax, David Bryant on piano and Justin Brown on drums. … [Read more...]

Aidan Carroll Set To Release Debut Album ‘Original Vision’

February 12, 2015 By Sébastien Hélary

Bassist Aidan Carroll, originally hailing from Oklahoma City, had a vision when he was 8 years old. "When I was 8 years old, I had a vision and a feeling wash over me in which I knew that I’d be playing music for the rest of my life - it wasn’t so much a choice but a reality of my life to come." Carroll went on to move to New York to study under the tutelage of John Patitucci … [Read more...]

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