Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Rotem Sivan is a brave new – and brand new – voice of the amplified guitar. His playing is profound and his style novel … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews Rotem Sivan’s “Antidote”
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JazzdaGama Reviews Dave Liebman & Joe Lovano’s “Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane”
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Whether it’s his repertoire from the mid-1950s or the “sheets of sound” music of the late 1950s onwards or the “spiritual explorations” of 1962 … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews Jarrett Cherner’s “Expanding Heart”
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama This music by Jarrett Cherner is innovative and profound, and while Cherner makes everything he plays sing with bardic lyricism and echo with lush … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews Mike Casey’s “The Sound of Surprise”
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Young virtuosos are not always proof that the future of music is in good hands. Their yammering, often faster than the speed of light … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews Mark Whitfield’s “Grace”
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama After fourteen celebrated albums, Mark Whitfield has been considered at the top of his game for a very long time; a true acolyte of … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews The Baylor Project’s “The Journey”
Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama The wedding-day glow on the face of Jean Baylor shines through her voice, a pristine, soaring soprano. Supping at the same table of glory … Read More
Jazz da Gama Reviews Jeff “Siege” Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”
by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Jeff “Siege” Siegel and the diaspora of the Xhosa people? Absolutely. Siegel is family to the Xhosa; not simply musical family, but in … Read More
Jazz da Gama Round Up: Matt Ulery, Scott Tixier and Fabrizio Sotti
by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Matt Ulery’s Loom/Large: Festival Every Matt Ulery performance, live or recorded, is an event. It’s like reading JD Salinger, or watching Ingmar Bergman … Read More
Shunzo Ohno’s ‘ReNew’ reviewed by Raul da Gama
by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama The renowned Japanese musician and trumpeter Shunzo Ohno has celebrated life in extraordinary ways both in his native Japan as well as in … Read More
Jazz da Gama Round Up: Jazz da Gama features Brandee Younger, Jackie Gage & Shunzo Ohno for April Edition
by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Jackie Gage, ‘Siren Songs’. Jackie Gage may be young but she is a miraculous vocalist, a woman-child born into Jazz in the way … Read More