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...“Little Song” is an appealing light-touch frolic with a strong narrative drive and “Volon” returns to abstract concerns. The range is wide throughout, the playing is sensitive and the logic grips....
...Pianist Jeremy Corren combines the strong left hand of modal jazz with fleet-fingered investigations and is in control of gospel inflections and the blues....
...But at this gig, standout solos and strong personalities ensured lines were clear and emotional focus remained high....
...Themed on the search for optimism in the daily grind, the four-part Gratitude suite finds sweeping strings juxtaposed with angular brass and a strong pulse....
...And, as with her compositions, a strong sense of narrative drive propels. That opening tune, “Rangwali”, shaded mixed emotions before a long Ivo Neame piano solo bought the piece to a peak....
...Like most of today’s trumpeters of note, the influence of Miles Davis is strong — it was Harrold’s trumpet that graced Don Cheadle’s biopic Miles Ahead....
...Not surprisingly, the evening had strong 1970s roots though the spread of influences was much wider. Virtuosic musicianship and hip production skills make his music bang up to date....
...“Females are Strong as Hell”, a propulsive up-tempo homage to the TV character Kimmy Schmidt, ended the set....
...But it is exemplary musicianship, strong personalities and closely attuned minds that make the music come alive. ★★★★☆ ‘Internal Melodies’ is self-released...
...The Davis recording combined a strong collaborative aesthetic with technical flair, but here the musicians seemed to hold back....
...International in outlook but with strong local roots, the festival provides a snapshot of current jazz as well as a showcase for homegrown talent. Here is my selection of the very best events. 1....
...But what impressed most was the way these three strong personalities united as one and refreshed a set of evergreen songs....
...It was a performance of controlled virtuosity held together by a strong group ethic....
.... ★★★★★ Elsewhere, a strong jazz strand ranged far and wide, skirted extremes and gave jazz newcomers a dedicated space....
...Fifteen strong voices are melded into this disciplined jazz orchestra, and each one is capable of giving a century of jazz history a twist, both in their playing and in their original work....
...This first-house gig at Ronnie Scott’s captured the recording’s common cause and grand design with a series of musical vignettes that drew on a 14-strong cast including three drummers, two drum kits, brass...
...Strong musical personalities, brash commitment and London’s melting pot of free jazz, international connections and UK blues and soul added a distinctly British slant....
...The set continued with sharp twists and turns, strong moods and bursts of abstraction, all held together by Ribot’s iron will....
...This performance, mixing new material with compositions from last year’s Zeitgeist² album, delivered the intimacy of two strong technicians sharing a common bond....
...The quartet is built on strong melodies, firm harmonic structures and more than a decade of mutual support....
...But now, Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon added hints of Latin with a light touch and drummer Nasheet Waits delivered elliptical rhythms with a strong inner pulse....
...Trumpeter John Daversa and tenor saxophonist Troy Roberts are strong soloists, pianist Tal Cohen has a sensitive touch and voices beautifully, and the rhythm section plays with passion and drive....
...He released the first of about 50 albums a decade later, by which time he had drawn a range of influences into a strong personal voice....
...The muscular, no-frills modernism of The Heavy Hitters sextet celebrates the tight themes, strong solos and joyous beats of the Jazz Messengers tradition....
...Ches Smith: Interpret It Well Pyroclastic Records American drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith conducts this free-flowing ebb-and-flow set with minimalist precision, vibrant tones and a strong collective will...
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