Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Harpist Brandee Younger and her cohorts find a perfect balance in the repertoire that composes Soul Awakening, her fourth album as a leader, which was completed … Read More
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REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Michael Eaton’s “Dialogical”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Brooklyn-based saxophonist Michael Eaton creates absorbing narrative tapestries on Dialogical, the long-desired follow-up to Individuation (Destiny Records, 2014). Inspired by dialogical thinking and multiplicity, this solid … Read More
REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”
by Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Label: Greenleaf Music, 2019 Personnel – Greg Ward: alto saxophone; Matt Gold: guitar; Dave Miller: guitar; Matt Ulery: bass; Quin Kirchner: drums. Saxophonist Greg Ward … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTrail Reviews Russ Johnson’s “Headlands”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Russ Johnson is a cutting-edge trumpeter whose thoughtful approach to music makes him a distinguished composer and instrumentalist. After spending 23 years in New York, Johnson … Read More
REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Gabriel Zucker’s “Weighting”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Weighting, the fourth studio album by pianist Gabriel Zucker consists in an extended composition divided into eight movements. The music, inspired by excerpts of Rachel Kushner’s … Read More
REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Ilhan Ersahin’s “Istanbul Sessions – Solar Plexus” – OUT TODAY!
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail New York-based Swedish-Turkish saxophonist Ilhan Fredrik Ersahin is not only an eclectic musician and composer but also a successful club owner since 2002, the year he … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTrail Reviews Charles Pillow’s “Electric Miles”
Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail Besides being a sought-after sideman in both pop and jazz genres, saxophonist Charles Pillow is also a qualified bandleader whose musical adroitness shines through on his latest … Read More
REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Jeff Siegel’s “London Live”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Drummer Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel, a sculptor of rhythm with a tendency to spiritual post-bop and gospel-inflected modalism, showcases London Live, an 8-track album recorded at the Pizza … Read More
REVIEW: Jazz Trail Reviews Geof Bradfield’s “Yes, and…Music For Nine Improvisers”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Boasting an impeccable tonal control and range, saxophonist Geof Bradfield hires a sterling cast of musicians to give wings to his seventh album of originals, Yes, and…Music … Read More
Jazz Trail Reviews Meg Okura’s “IMA IMA”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Japanese violinist Meg Okura records for the fourth time with her Pan-Asian Chamber Ensemble, this time having first-rate improvisers Rez Abbasi and Tom Harrell in the … Read More