By NQ Jazz This week’s theme is sounds from around the globe. Read more here.
The Listening Guide: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol “An Elegant Ritual” – NQ Jazz
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The Listening Guide: Dave Liebman “Selflessness” – NQ Jazz
By Editor, NQ Jazz This week we have the latest edition of our tributes and continuations theme, featuring albums that recognise the importance of, or sometimes represent a continuation of the ethos of, a jazz luminary. Read more here.
Album of the Week: Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould “In Her Words” – NQ Jazz
By Editor, NQ Jazz Our NQ Jazz album of the week is the debut collaborative album from vocalists and songwriters Lucy Yeghiazaryan and Vanisha Gould. A collection of originals and ‘carefully curated standards’, the twelve-song album ‘offers a glimpse into the private lives of women told from their unique perspectives’. Read more here.
The Listening Guide: Haeun Joo “We Will Find” – NQ Jazz
By Editor, NQ Jazz Pianist Haeun Joo completes our list with her first album of fantastic original compositions, entitled We Will Find. Joo, who plays piano and sings on the recording, is joined by Matt Holman on trumpet and flugelhorn, Doug Weiss on bass, Ronen Itzik on drums. Read more here.
The Listening Guide: Bruce Harris “Soundview” – NQ Jazz
By Editor, NQ Jazz his week’s theme is quartets. Trumpeter Bruce Harris strikes an elegant balance between traditional and contemporary jazz styles on his sophomore album, Soundview. Leading a quartet which features Sullivan Fortner on piano, David Wong on bass, and Aaron Kimmel on drums, the Wynton Marsalis-touted composer and leader covers a couple of … Read More