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Emmet Cohen: Universal Truth
by Mike Jurkovic
There is an old-world saying that some folks are just born with an old soul. Pianist and social media conqueror Emmet Cohen--his pandemic- founded livestream, Live From Emmet's Place, has been viewed by millions across the globe--proves, positively, that the old wisdom still stands and forever will. For within the heart and soul of every jazzman and jazzwoman, the warm essence of the music's ever-painful, resilient, triumphal past resides. A compatriot who does not mind growing up alongside ...
Continue ReadingThe Dam Jawn featuring Jeremy Pelt: Triphasic
by Artur Moral
Philadelphians know 'jawn' well--a term embedded in their local slang that is not easily grasped by the uninitiated. So what are Joan Fort and Martin Diaz (two Catalans), Philip Lewin (a German), and Nitin Parree and Frank Groenendijk (two Dutch men) doing forming a band whose name fuses that Philly word with a wink at the Amsterdam dikes--the city where they actually live--and dedicating tracks to places like Venango, Master Street, or Fairmount Park? The answer is simple. ...
Continue ReadingNew Tunes from Jeremy Pelt, Harriet Tubman with Georgia Anne Muldrow, Aubrey Johnson and Remembering Willie Colon
by Hobart Taylor
This week soul jazz and jazz & salsa with soul. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 The Womack Sisters “You Went Away Too Long" from You Went Away Too Long (Daptone) 00:15 Mark Adams “Don't Look Back" from This is Neo-Soul (DownJazz) 03:30 Jeremy Pelt “ Brothas on the Corner" from Our Community Will Not Be Erased (HighNote) 08:35 Harriet Tubman/Georgia Anne Muldrow “When You Rise" from Electrical Field of Love (Pi) 15:03 Host Speaks 19:43 Champian Fulton/Klas Lindquist “If ...
Continue ReadingHarold Mabern: Afro Blue (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Bridget A. Arnwine
Pianist Harold Mabern (1936-2019) was talented beyond measure. Though he never received the honor and distinction of the prestigious NEA Jazz Master designation, his music and the musicians who knew him tell a different story. That story unfolds beautifully throughout the 10th anniversary reissue of Mabern's 2015 recording, Afro Blue (Smoke Session Records). The newly remixed and remastered recording features performances from some of the most celebrated names in vocal jazz, including Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit, ...
Continue ReadingJoe Farnsworth: The Big Room
by Karan Khosla
The Big Room is about holding the fort and also about opening doors. Joe Farnsworth has logged time with Pharoah Sanders, McCoy Tyner, and Cedar Walton, but here he calls on the rising generation: alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Emmet Cohen, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura. Recorded live at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club in January 2025, Farnsworth invites his fellow bandmates to contribute compositions; the album captures an intergenerational sextet that knows how to ...
Continue ReadingAlex McLaughlin: A Brand New State
by Jack Bowers
After spending years as a performer and educator, bassist Alex McLaughlin has recorded his first album, A Brand New State, on which he leads an able quartet whose front-line spokesperson is the renowned trumpeter Jeremy Pelt. At the insistence of its initiator and producer, drummer Ulysses Owen Jr., the album comprises eight of McLaughlin's original compositions, which was either a splendid idea or an unintended misstep, depending on one's point of view. As is true of most ...
Continue ReadingDayna Stephens: Closer Than We Think
by Jack Bowers
A few brief observations: first, New York-based Dayna Stephens is an excellent saxophonist. Second, the other members of his quartet on Closer Than We Think, Stephens' twelfth album as a leader, are similarly proficient. Third, Stephens clearly had a specific plan in mind before entering GB's Juke Joint to record the album in May 2023, one whose purpose, he writes, was to nurture a spirit of togetherness as an answer to today's divisive and fractured landscape. While ...
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