The trio's body of work targets mainstream jazz idioms and a contemporary zest to plot their own melodic improvisations.
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Music Review: The Hughes Smith Quintet – ‘Motion’
The quintet's collection of all original tunes sculpts a playful interaction, composing dialogues that affect the listener positively.
Read More »Music Review: Betweenzone – ‘You Give Your Life Away’ Offers Dazzling Electro-Pop
Betweenzone definitely has it going on. 'You Give Your Life Away' is worth your time and attention and, if the rest of the album is just as tasty, it promises to be excellent.
Read More »Music Review: Sunny Day Real Estate’s Jeremy Enigk – ‘Ghosts’
Jeremy Enigk's newest offering has the same lush orchestration and anthemic songwriting that has marked all of his solo records, but there are more hints as to his hardcore punk roots than before.
Read More »Music Review: John Williams – ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’
At 85 years old, John Williams continues his prolific musical career with the quality original motion picture soundtrack to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the second film in the new Star Wars film trilogy and eighth overall in this popular film series. This musical score yields many galactic goosebumps with emotional movements …
Read More »Music Review: Acute Inflections – ‘The Brave’
The twosome's debut release is an impressive recording.
Read More »Concert Review: Neave Trio – ‘From America to the Moon’ (NYC Jan 5, 2018)
A highly pictorial survey of American music for piano trio by Leonard Bernstein, Russell Steinberg, and Robert Paterson
Read More »Music Review: Scott Ramminger – ‘Alive and Ornery’ [2-CD Set]
Ramminger accomplishes to compose earthy arrangements with lyrics that intimate a candid off-the-cuff banter.
Read More »Music Review: Justin Piper – ‘Transcend’
Justin Piper fuses multiple influences and music breeds on his recording. The result is a melodic tapestry of idyllic figures and balmy ambiences.
Read More »Music Review: Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa – ‘Black Coffee’
A collection of (mostly) obscure songs by familiar artists, Bonamassa and Hart's new album features earthy, electrified reinventions that breathe new life into old numbers while giving the guitarist and the singer plenty of room to show off within icy-tight arrangements.
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