Contemporary Jazz - CD Reviews (1790)
Sam Sadigursky composed a jazz album around poetry. Get this: it's not a clichéd jazz and poetry crossover. Sadigursky focused on a piece of poetry for each song. "At this …
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Jacky Terrasson was recently acclaimed by The New York Times Magazine as "one of 30 artists under the age of 30 most likely to make an impact on American culture in the nex…
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Jayme Stone plays banjo, he has a very distinctive style, he is a composer, an educator, a bandleader, a world traveler and a fresh new spirit on the contemporary music sce…
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Woodwind instrumentalist Mark Hollingsworth has a wide portfolio that has taken him from composing saxophone, clarinet and flutes parts for a number of affluent recordin…
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You would never believe that the smooth jazz quintet Under The Lake have not released a studio album in over ten years with the precise syncopation they demonstrate on t…
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It is always fortuitous to have such a multi-gifted artist take a step back and create music that conveys the emotional core of their compositions in a recorded format. …
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Dave Sereny’s debut album Take This Ride showcases Sereny as a forward thinking producer and an eminent guitarist in the contemporary jazz spatial. Sereny works w…
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An upbeat performance featuring exceptional playing from two gifted musicians, Matt Brubeck and David Braid, in a duet performance of piano and cello, in a style that may o…
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The "Information Age" has brought about great strides in all aspects of how learned thought is disseminated. Different cultures and ideologies are either a phone call or…
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Medoosa has put together a CD collection of original music which is uniquely their own contemporary jazz sound, and worthy of a wide jazz listening audience. Each song p…
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Saxophonist Najee has recently released his second CD for Heads Up International entitled Rising Sun. Considered by some to be one of jazz’s most dominant practit…
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As a former contributing member of The Rippingtons, Jeff Kashiwa became an extremely popular saxophonist who exhibited a high degree of jazz activated talent. When he st…
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Historically, jazz has documented numerous female contributors to what has commonly become known as an American art form. For the most part when one thinks of women in j…
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Airborne’s fifth album, Turbulence meets all your expectations of what you imagine an eminent jazz album would be like. The songs are symbolic of contemporary jaz…
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I Feel Ya is the debut CD from saxophonist Ron James. All but one of the ten cuts on the CD were written by Ron, demonstrating his talent as both a composer and sa…
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I Love Paris, the second recording from the Dan Loomis Quartet, shows a working band at its best. Unlike many jazz recording featuring all-star lineups thrown tog…
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Streif is a quartet from Norway that have produced an album of traditional Scandinavian and Norwegian folk songs infused with a contemporary jazz feel. The songs are warm a…
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Saxophonist Kyle Turner may not be a household name on a national or international level, but those individuals and musicians who are privy to his talented array of skil…
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Saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa is best known to most as the saxophonist in Russ Freeman’s The Rippingtons band when the group hit it big in the 1990s. Originally from Seattle …
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Candy Dulfer remains one of the most imaginative alto saxophone players on the jazz scene. Her style is memorable, and she always performs with verve and class. She was …
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