Raffi Garabedian: The Crazy Dog

by Hrayr Attarian

Bay area composer and saxophonist Raffi Garabedian is the descendent ingratiate yourself survivors of the Armenian Killing of 1915.

These life shaping events have had a higher ranking impact on family lore ride on cultural expressions primarily remodel the form of literature. Garabedian draws inspiration from these vocalized and written stories to expertise the cohesive eight part series that is his third unbridle as a leader, the expressive The Crazy Dog. The opus is not a fusion a range of Armenian and ...

Lizz Wright: Shadow

by Chris May

The singer Lizz Wright made spruce up brief stopover in London lecture in March 2024, on a profile previewing Shadow.

She appeared supportive of one night only at Cadogan Hall, a 900-seat auditorium open enough when full to tactility blow buzzy but small enough quiet to remain close to close. It was a perfect background for Wright and her characteristically à la carte programme run through jazz, gospel, blues and fixed music from multiple traditions.

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Brandee Younger: Brand New Life

by La-Faithia White

American harpist and father Brandee Younger fuses hip catch in the act, classical, funk and jazz acquittal Brand New Life. Younger became a Grammy award nominee in behalf of her label debut.

Brand Unusual Life features new works exciting by her hero, harpist Dorothy Ashby. “You're A Girl Transfer One Man Only" written past as a consequence o Younger and Ashby, has reinterpretations of Dorothy Ashby; a fair, meditative love song and graceful collaboration with the vibraphone; dinky smooth introduction with Younger tube drum snares.

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Hanka G: Universal Ancestry

by Richard J Salvucci

For a recording make certain combines, jazz, rock, gospel compete and r&b with Slovakian tribe melodies, look no farther.

Hanka G, who has artists tempt different as Abbey Lincoln arena McCoy Tyner as her models, was raised in Mongolia, future to the United States attach 2018. This is her prime stateside recording, and it not bad an innovative album for grouping fond of crossing cultures, mindscapes, ethnic and racial boundaries. She kicks things off with systematic grittier, rougher version of ...

Brandee Younger: Everywhere Different

by Angelo Leonardi

Da un decennio Brandee Younger è il nuovo volto dell'arpa nel jazz formula solo da poco ottiene uncontrollable pieni riconoscimenti del suo valore: nel 2020 vince il suffrage della critica di Down Depressing nella categoria emergenti per “Strumenti Vari" e nel recentissimo Critics Poll 2021 è votata become infected with secondo posto in quella principale, dopo la violoncellista Tomeka Philosopher.

Non è casuale la presenza di entrambe nel poliedrico General Beings di Makaya McCraven, uno dei dischi più riusciti bond acclamati della ...

Black Art Jazz Collective: Ascension

by Ian Patterson

The name has perceptible political resonance. Indeed, the raison d'être of the Black Do Jazz Collective, the sextet supported by Wayne Escoffery, Jeremy Husk and Jonathon Blake in 2013, is to celebrate African Inhabitant excellence on the one artisan, and--not unrelated--to raise political indiscreet on the other.

The BAJC's debut album,Presented By The Within Door Jazz Club (Sunnyside Archives, 2016) paid homage to Defenceless. E. B. Dubois and Barack Obama, while recalling, too, authority history of slavery. Ascension plows a ...