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Music Review: The Laura Dubin Trio – ‘Introducing The Laura Dubin Trio’
Meet the Laura Dubin Trio and you’ll meet some excellent jazz.
Read More »Three New Albums from Smoke Sessions Records – Cyrus Chestnut, Orrin Evans, Eric Reed
Three new quality albums in the Smoke Session series.
Read More »Music Review: Audrey Martin – ‘Living Room’
Audrey Martin is a singer who sings in service of the lyric, never trying to upstage it.
Read More »Music Review: Charles Davis – ‘For the Love of Lori’
If the album is cathartic for the artist, it is no less cathartic for the sensitive listener.
Read More »Interview: Somi on Her Major Label Debut, ‘The Lagos Music Salon’
Somi's "New African Jazz" style comes out of her lengthy stays in Lagos, Nigeria.
Read More »Music Review: Somi – ‘The Lagos Music Salon’
'The Lagos Music Salon' offers not only some beautiful music, but some important ideas as well.
Read More »Music Review: Yves Leveille – ‘Essences Des Bois’
All in all, 'Essences Des Bois' is an album of contemporary mainstream jazz that offers a lot of very fine listening.
Read More »Music Reviews: The Lindsey Blair Quartet, Paul Jost, and Viper Mad Trio
Three new jazz albums offer a lot of variety.
Read More »Music Review: Dr. John – ‘Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit of Satch’
A baker’s dozen of songs honor the great man’s memory not through imitation, but by taking the Armstrong vibe into the new century.
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