Zach Adleman – We Make: Stories for a New Day
After a series of albums featuring pianists and saxophonists, this time it's a drummer and composer who invites us with his album *We Make: Stories for a New Day*. If you're asked what makes a good jazz album by an
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ENDRICK & THE SANWICHES - Straight Up
Troisième LP en quatre ans, pour cette formation dont nous avons déjà chroniqué les précédentes livraisons ICI et ICI. Issu de The Great Novel (roots-band de Montréal qui publia en son temps pas moins de six albums), Endrick Tremblay déclare
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THE FUZZ & DRUMS - FIESTA RED
Dès l’écoute et les premiers accords du premier titre du 3ème album de Fuzz & Drums, Maze Of Your Mind, l’influence majeure hendrixienne, la Stratocaster en incandescence et chauffée à blanc, ainsi que la batterie métronomique sur des charbons ardents,
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Dwayne Clemons - Center Of Gravity: Live at Smalls (ENG review)
"Sometimes it's good to return to a more traditional form of jazz, to reconnect with the roots. In 2015, Clemons released "Live at Smalls", a selection of standards by Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Gigi Gryce, and others, featuring alto and
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Stan Harrison - Some Poor Soul Has A Fire (ENG review)
In Stan Harrison's music, one finds a way of writing that is quite close to rock—a complex form without the pursuit of rigorous aesthetics, preferring a raw form that contrasts strikingly with his saxophone. It's hard not to be moved
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