Slowfox combines cleverness and consideration to find “Freedom”
The music of Freedom, the new album from Cologne, Germany jazz trio Slowfox, wasn’t created around the band’s own unique interpretation of the idea of…
The music of Hannah Baiardi’s new album comes “Straight from the Soul”
Though Hannah Baiardi’s sophomore release, Straight from the Soul bears a title that implies a sense of directness, of being blunt in its musical personality,…
There’s refreshing beauty in Flowering Branches’ “Blossom and Decay” (Premiere Play)
What better way is there for a band born in late 2020 to identify themselves, than though the wholesome beauty and hopeful promise of something…
Creative energy flows freely on Aura’s debut
So much time over the past year can be described by a perceived feeling of “never-ending”: incessant chaos, incessant uncertainty, incessant loneliness and, most fundamentally,…
Connie Han’s “Iron Starlet” shimmers with skill and humility
It feels like jazz pianist Connie Han has been an actively heralded musician in the music scene for years, despite only unveiling her sophomore release,…
Tiny Circus’s debut makes a big show of flexibility in jazz
Cataloged as “modern jazz” and “improvisatory” music with Bandcamp’s tagging feature, the self-titled debut of Newburyport, MA jazz quintet Tiny Circus, certainly fits both of…
Patrick Wolff’s Quartet brings “Hi-Fidelity Bebop” without bravado
There’s a dash of irony in Patrick Wolff’s disclosure that his quartet’s newest LP, Hi-Fidelity Bebop, was “recorded in a studio, with a really nice…
Don’t panic and “Stay Calm” with The Beat Freaks’ new album
Together with a four piece band containing no instruments outside the staples of typical jazz performance and an album titled Stay Calm,The Beat Freaks set…
Prepare for many “Phases” of enjoyment with Hexcut’s new EP
The search for new music has never led to a more wide, deep, and vastly colorful array of sounds than now. Boundaries relating to genre…
Ishi No Hoden instills intrigue around jazz and Japan
Decide to go looking for some new jazz to listen to and what one might end up finding can translate to a cornucopia of polyrhythms,…