All About Jazz Album Reviews

Mette Henriette: Drifting (Sun, 02 Apr 2023)
Dreamlike in construction and execution, Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette's second distinctive statement for ECM exudes a warm, innate ability to imbue the everyday and the invisible with a sense of calm that neither sedates nor fatigues... [ read more ]
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Albert Ayler: Summertime To Spiritual Unity Revisited (Sun, 02 Apr 2023)
This landmark reissue contains consummately remastered cuts of the killer (among killers) track from Albert Ayler's relatively unknown My Name Is Albert Ayler (Debut 1964) plus the justly celebrated Spiritual Unity (ESP-Disk, 1965) in its entirety. Summertime To Spiritual Unity Revisited starts with "Summertime" from the 1964 album... [ read more ]
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Javier Red's Imagery Converter: Life and Umbrella (Sun, 02 Apr 2023)
Chicago pianist Javier Red and his quartet, Imagery Converter, follow their stimulating debut Ephemeral Certainties (Delmark, 2019) with the equally superb Life and Umbrella. Red dedicates the current release to spreading love and understanding for individuals with autism. The dozen originals which comprise it do not have traditional starting and ending heads, as concepts flow from one to the other... [ read more ]
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