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Gerald Cleaver

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Drummer Gerald Cleaver was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and is a product of the rich music tradition found there and also in his home. Inspired by his father, John Cleaver, also a drummer, he began playing the drums at an early age. He also played violin in elementary school and switched to trumpet during junior high and high school. While in his teens, he gained early working experience with Ali Muhammad Jackson, Lamont Hamilton, Earl Van Riper, and Pancho Hagood and later with Marcus Belgrave, Donald Walden, Rodney Whitaker, A. Spencer Barefield and Wendell Harrison. Cleaver earned a B.A

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2026

Read "Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2026" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain


Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, QC May 11-17 2026 The theme of the 42nd edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville was change. This was the third edition of the festival under the artistic and general direction of Scott Thomson. The 40th edition in 2024 was ...

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Article: Interview

Rob Mazurek: The Abstractivist

Read "Rob Mazurek: The Abstractivist" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni


Dalle registrazioni ambientali dei pesci elettrofori nel Rio delle Amazzoni alle sculture di specchi che catturano l'alba nel deserto di Marfa (Texas), la carriera di Rob Mazurek è un'infinita stratificazione di esperienze. Ha fatto della risonanza la sua bussola, mescolando cornetta, tromba, sintetizzatori modulari, pittura e scultura in un unico, potente, linguaggio. Erede dello ...

Article: Live Review

Rob Mazurek Earth Sun Sky Cloud Quartet

Read "Rob Mazurek Earth Sun Sky Cloud Quartet" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Rob Mazurek Earth Sun Sky Cloud Quartet Nuovo Teatro Lippi Brillante Firenze 4 aprile 2026 Nel corso di una tournée con il suo nuovo quartetto Earth Sun Sky Cloud, l'estroso trombettista statunitense Rob Mazurek ha fatto tappa a Firenze, suonando al Nuovo Teatro Lippi Brillante sabato 4 aprile e fermandosi poi per ...

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Article: Album Review

Eva Novoa: Solo (I)

Read "Solo (I)" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Pianist-composer Eva Novoa can be a difficult listen from time to time. Her modulations. Her incantations. Her dynamic agility to take any moment behind her instrument can be disconcerting to an audience that has not learned to think or imagine broader horizons for themselves. So let us be thankful Novoa took to Manhattan's Sear Sound Studios ...

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Article: Album Review

Yelena Eckemoff: In The Shadow Of A Cloud

Read "In The Shadow Of A Cloud" reviewed by Tyran Grillo


Following her successful quintet outing, Blooming Tall Phlox, pianist Yelena Eckemoff retains the ensemble's name while quietly reshaping its interior life, recalibrating the personnel for another generous two-disc statement. Joined this time by Chris Potter on reeds and flute, Adam Rogers on electric guitar, Drew Gress on double bass, and Gerald Cleaver on drums, Eckemoff unfurls ...

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About (or On), First Visit

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: About (or On)...Rumination (Ellery Eskelin) Memories of You (Eubie Blake); About (or On)...Monk (Ellery Eskelin) Off Minor (Thelonious Monk); About (or On)...Conjuring (Ellery Eskelin) Witchcraft (Cy Coleman); About (or On)...Desire (Ellery Eskelin) Lover Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg); About (or On)...Endless (Ellery Eskelin) How Deep is the Ocean (Irving Berlin); About (or On)...Celestial (Ellery Eskelin) The Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton & Sonny Burke); About (or On)...Happenstance (Ellery Eskelin) Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter); About (or On)...Monk (Ellery Eskelin) We See (Thelonoius Monk); About (or On)...Aspiration (Ellery Eskelin) My Ideal (Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase); About (or On)...Regret (Ellery Eskelin) After You've Gone (Turner Layton); About (or On)...Flame (Ellery Eskelin) Flamingo (Ted Grouya & Edmund Anderson).

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Around You Is A Forest

Label: Loveland Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Around You Is A Forest; Eddies; Dream Sequence; Through The Trees; In The Dark; Assembly Of All Beings; Rising From The West; Murmuration; Here.

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Anchors

Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2024
Track listing: Anchor I; Boon; Crystalline; Cold Water; An Origin; Holding Breath; Anchor II.

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Article: Album Review

Thomas Morgan: Around You Is A Forest

Read "Around You Is A Forest" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Il valore, la sensibilità e la duttilità musicale di Thomas Morgan lo ha portato a essere uno dei contrabbassisti maggiormente richiesti della scena contemporanea. Ora, con questo lavoro, il primo a proprio nome dopo tanta attività nei contesti più differenti, documentata in una copiosa serie di album fondamentali del jazz contemporaneo, Morgan ha deciso di affermare ...


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