By Aaron Cohen, The Chicago Reader Trombonist Papo Vázquez had plenty of reasons to feel reflective this past spring. He was about to record Breaking Cover, his tenth album under his own name, and he’d spent more than 40 years performing with some of New York’s top Latin ensembles, among them Jerry Gonzalez’s Fort Apache … Read More
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REVIEW: Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall Trio “General Semantics” – Downbeat
By Aaron Cohen, Downbeat Saxophonist Geof Bradfield, clarinetist Ben Goldberg and drummer Dana Hall keep things compact here. But the group’s energy, sharp writing and quick thinking across 11 relatively short tracks on General Semantics offer a plethora of ideas. Read more here.



