Jazz – Page 2 – Warmth Highest

Good To Be Back In Reality by Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg

https://colinwebster.bandcamp.com/album/good-to-be-back-in-reality Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 🎷 released on bandcamp August 20, 2022 Webster and Grigg have released a free jazz record that pushes into the realm experimental noise. Resting somewhere on the horizon bringing to mind earlier pioneers like Borbetomagus and Keith Rowe. The tracks bubble with abstract unfolding sounds. TheContinue reading “Good To Be Back In Reality by Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg”

Compact ZZZoo by ZZZoo

https://eyevyberecordz.bandcamp.com/album/compact-zzzoo Genre: Psychedelic Rock Rating: 5/5 💚💛🧡❤️💙 Usually I don’t review compilations but since I hadn’t been introduced to this band and the cover art is so irresistible I decided what the heck, drive fast, take chances. Plus, Japanese things are usually fun. The first track is an instrumental with unfolding happy sound fractals. ItContinue reading “Compact ZZZoo by ZZZoo”

Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman

https://willredman.bandcamp.com/album/vibraphone-improvisations Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released on bandcamp March 29, 2022 This one is an austere, no gimmicks, no bullshit, no show off flash – vibraphone improvisation. It’s the right instrument done the right way. I’d be comfortable calling this third stream jazz just based off of the instrumentContinue reading “Vibraphone Improvisations by Will Redman”

AFRO TRANE by nat birchall

https://natbirchallmusic.bandcamp.com/album/afro-trane Genre: Spiritual Jazz Rating: Unrated / Favorable released on bandcamp May 27, 2022 It’s obviously a gigantic task. I know it’s jazz and playing standards and carrying torches and paying tribute is all part of the tradition. But I’m also going to say if your chops are up to it then fuck you. YouContinue reading “AFRO TRANE by nat birchall”

Pink Dolphins by Anteloper

https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/pink-dolphins Genre: Space Rock Jazz Fusion Rating: 5/5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ released on bandcamp June 17, 2022 First off, thanks to the band for making this available for free. It seems like every record that comes up on my bandcamp feed is missing half the record. Some of these musicians are so obscureContinue reading “Pink Dolphins by Anteloper”

Melted Into Air by DELUSIONAL MIND

https://boomslangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/melted-into-air Genre: Ambient Jazz Fusion Rating: 4/5 releases May 27, 2022 MIA is a mellow electronic jazz record with a drummer and bass player following the lead of German jazz pianist, Yannis Anft, who provides synth and composition. All in all, it’s smooth sailing comfortable listening. It is jazz but there’s a lot of ambientContinue reading “Melted Into Air by DELUSIONAL MIND”

8 years by Unleashed Cooperation

https://multikultiproject.bandcamp.com/album/8-years Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 27, 2022 Unleashed Cooperation is a Polish jazz sextet. The music on 8 Years is very diverse in terms of tonality but it is never frenetic or chaotic. In fact, one of the most appealing aspects of this record is how smooth it is. It’s likeContinue reading “8 years by Unleashed Cooperation”

Feeding The Machine by Binker and Moses

https://binkerandmoses.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-the-machine Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 25, 2022 Goddamn this is wild. This record does for free jazz what Spacemen 3 did for psychedelic rock. This record is the four minutes spent zooming on nitrous while you were already tripping on acid. Roots wise, the echo brings to mind Bitches BrewContinue reading “Feeding The Machine by Binker and Moses”

Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fertile-garden Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 Brown and Carletti have created a laid back free jazz release consisting of two tracks that combine to make a little under an hour’s worth of solid music. Both tracks are credited to alto saxophonist Brown. I’m pretty sure the majority of the jazz I listen to the saxContinue reading “Fertile Garden by Rob Brown / Juan Pablo Carletti”

Accidental Meeting by Nathan Blehar & Tony Falco

https://tonyfalco.bandcamp.com/album/accidental-meeting Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp March 11, 2022 Reviewed these two just recently https://birdboyblizzard.music.blog/2022/02/07/this-far-by-nathan-blehar-tony-falco/ They’re really good. Really strong. It seems like I was in the mood for something more spiritual than the last record and brought it up as if that we’re relevant. Blehar plays sax and Falco plays drums.Continue reading “Accidental Meeting by Nathan Blehar & Tony Falco”

Markus Stockhausen, Vangelis Katsoulis, Arild Andersen – Across Mountains

Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 Released on Feb 4, 2022 I’ve been putting some time in with Stocky Jr recently and the more I listen the more I like. Straight to the point, he’s great at playing the trumpet. He goes straight to the heart of the instrument. There might be a word for it, butContinue reading “Markus Stockhausen, Vangelis Katsoulis, Arild Andersen – Across Mountains”

A Time For Healing by Kahil El’Zabar Quartet

https://kahilelzabar-is.bandcamp.com/album/a-time-for-healing Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 4, 2022 I’m more inclined to call this soul jazz than spiritual jazz. Kahil El’Zabar takes a laid back everything is gonna be alright approach to the sound. His voice and his style suggest impenetrable defenses. He’s going to be who he is and do whatContinue reading “A Time For Healing by Kahil El’Zabar Quartet”

The Winter Concert by Chloe Jackson-Reynolds

https://sr3323.bandcamp.com/album/the-winter-concert Genre: Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp January 5, 2022 17 year old CJR pulls off a jazz masterpiece completely of our time. One of the first things I want to be clear about is that I love this album and although it was made by a (presumably) female teenager, there’s no preferential treatmentContinue reading “The Winter Concert by Chloe Jackson-Reynolds”

Dreams by Matt Cliffe

https://mattcliffe.bandcamp.com/album/dreams Genre: Spiritual Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp February 1, 2022 Cliffe plays every instrument on Dreams except for the piano on the second track. His style reminds me of several greats including Don Cherry, Charles Lloyd, Eric Dolphy, Aaron Copland. He also applies minimalist techniques on the piano. He very successfully pulls fromContinue reading “Dreams by Matt Cliffe”