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Anyone who has seen the Pat Metheny Group in concert knows how the brilliant keyboard artistry of {{m: Lyle Mays =
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integral to their sound. While Mays has made his mark in the jazz idiom, he counts Bartok, Stravinsky, Berg, and Ravel
among his musical inspirations.
As a key collaborator with Metheny on their multi-Grammy winning albums and record-breaking Pat Metheny Group
tours, Mays found the time to step out to feature his own solo work. When he does, as his “Solo “ Improvisations For
Expanded Piano” illustrated, Mays stands out as one of the masters of the instrument
Aubrey Johnson, Joe Henderson, Bévort 3, Noé Huchard, Björn Meyer
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is another edition of Mondo Jazz, celebrating today's creative music and musicians, and musicians celebrating the musicians that inspired them, from Joe Henderson to Lyle Mays. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Bévort 3 “Speak Up" A Cup of Joe (Self-produced) 0:16 ...
Airelle Besson & Lionel Suarez: Blossom
by Ian Patterson
Trumpet-accordion duos are rare enough to be filed under 'endangered species,' so infrequent are sightings. Dave Douglas and Guy Klucevsek broke cover with a number of duets on the quartet album Charms of the Night Sky (Winter & Winter, 1998), but it was another quarter of a century before the population doubled with the appearance of ...
Airelle Besson, Lionel Suarez: Au Lait
by Ludovico Granvassu
On Blossom, Airelle Besson and Lionel Suarez offer a compelling illustration of how instrumentalists can be storytellers just as eloquent as singers. The choice of material highlights the French duo's distinctly cinematic sensibility, with an inspired selection of originals, freely improvised pieces and compositions by kindred spirits with a strong narrative voice, such as Carla Bley. ...
Dan Pitt | Noah Franche-Nolan: Arid Landscapes
by Glenn Astarita
In the capable hands of Toronto guitarist Dan Pitt and Vancouver pianist Noah Franche-Nolan, the self-titled debut from arid landscapes proves that ambient electroacoustic music need not be either precious or ponderous. Recorded across two sessions in November 2024, this ten-track collection is a work of atmospheric intelligence that knows the difference between space and emptiness. ...
Joni Jazz, Part 2
by Chuck Lenatti
Part 1 | Part 2 As a young woman growing up in Canada, Joni Mitchell was fond of American popular music and bought records whenever she could afford them. She would sometimes swap painting jobs for jazz albums. Among her favorite jazz artists were Duke Ellington and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She ...
Denver Jazz Fest 2025
by Geoff Anderson
Denver Jazz Fest Denver and Boulder, CO April 3-6, 2025 The inaugural Denver Jazz Fest unfurled over four days from April 3 to 6, 2025. The sprawling festival presented 32 concerts at 12 different venues throughout the Denver and Boulder area. The timing was meant to coincide with Jazz Appreciation Month as ...
Randy Hoexter: Tomorrowsville
by Jack Bowers
Several words spring to mind when listening to the music of Atlanta-based composer, arranger and pianist Randy Hoexter. Colorful is one, wide-ranging is another. Not to mention creative, robust and well-ordered. Each of those traits and more are deftly combined in Hoexter's latest album, Tomorrowsville, on which he leads a high-grade ensemble through its paces on ...
Alex Kautz: Where We Begin
by Katchie Cartwright
Born and raised in São Paulo, drummer Alex Kautz moved to Mexico City with his parents in 1996. His sound world growing up included his parents' MPB (música popular brasileira), bossa nova and samba, along with North American rock and a bit of classical music. Jack DeJohnette's New Directions (ECM, 1978)--with Lester Bowie, Eddie Gomez and ...
Brian Eaton's New Single Covers Pat Metheny Group’s 'Travels'
Brian Eaton’snew 2-track single, Travels, features a cover of the title track from the Pat Metheny Group’s Grammy-winning live album Travels as a tribute to the late Lyle Mays. The musician/producer’s new single, which is out now on Eatin’ Records, also includes the track “Detour Ahead,” Eaton’s version of the timeless jazz standard as the B-side ...
