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Continue reading →: Brandon Sanders: The Game ChangerSAVANT RECORDS 2235 (RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2026) Much of the music on The Game Changer harkens back to the hard bop grooves drummer Brandon Sanders grew up hearing. His fourth release as a leader is a collection of soulful originals, straight-ahead standards, Latin-flavored compositions and an Ellington/Strayhorn classic. For the…
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Continue reading →: Jim Snidero: House of TraneSAVANT RECORDS 2237 (RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2026) There has been a plethora of new recordings recently celebrating the centennial year of John Coltrane’s birth. Many have recast, reinterpreted, or simply attempted to replicate his music. That is not the case with House of Trane, the newest release from alto saxophonist…
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Continue reading →: Ernesto Cervini: Water Pistols at DawnTPR RECORDS 0020 (RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2026) For Water Pistols at Dawn, Canadian drummer Ernesto Cervini surrounded himself with Toronto’s younger generation of jazz musicians — trumpeter Kae Murphy, guitarist Andrew Marzotto and bassist Mark Godfrey. Cervini drives the trio through three of his originals and new arrangements of existing…
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Continue reading →: Jacob Do: First ChorusBENT RIVER RECORDS (RELEASED NOVEMBER 6, 2026 It seems that one of the few Canadian exports unaffected by the recent trade wars is jazz recordings! The latest addition to the growing list of Canadian jazz musicians making their way into the U.S. market, thanks to Canadian record companies, is tenor…
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Continue reading →: Tyler Henderson: The Long GameCELLAR MUSIC 21826 (RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2026) Since relocating to New York City from his native Canada, pianist Tyler Henderson has absorbed what he calls “The New York Sound.” According to Henderson, that sound is rooted in the soulful playing of his heroes, including John Hicks, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris…
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Continue reading →: Jocelyn Gould: So DelightedJOCELYN GOULD MUSIC 1026 (RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2026) For her fifth recording, Canadian guitarist Jocelyn Gould returns to a time when few sounds in jazz were more soulful and joyful than the organ trio of organ, guitar, and drums. Drawing inspiration from guitar greats Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, and Kenny…
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Continue reading →: Shai Jaschek: PortraitJAZZ BIRD RECORDS (RELEASED OCTOBER 9, 2026) Remember the British Invasion of the 1960s, when musicians from England transformed rock and roll in America? Beginning in the 1990s, jazz experienced its own influx of musicians from Israel. While they may not have transformed jazz in America, they certainly added a…
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Continue reading →: Shirantha Beddage: DeparturesRHEA RECORDS (RELEASED OCTOBER 15) What a coincidence. I had just finished reading Gary Carner’s Pepper Adams: Saxophone Trailblazer when a CD from Canadian baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage arrived in my mailbox. Like Adams, Beddage exhibits blazing speed, a deep sound and the ability to shift effortlessly from soft-spoken passages to aggressive…
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Continue reading →: Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Duologue 7: DistillationSQUID NOTE (RELEASED OCTOBER 2) Duologue 7: Distillation confirms that saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp are the double helix of jazz. Like the strands of a DNA molecule, the two complementary voices of Perelman’s direct, often intense and expressive sound and Shipp’s genre-blending abstractions intertwine, creating an ongoing…
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Continue reading →: Dennis Mitcheltree: Seeing RedDENGOR MUSIC — RELEASED OCTOBER 2, 2026 Why doesn’t saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree have wider recognition in the jazz world? For several years now, he has been developing a distinctive voice with his post-bop quartet of pianist Johannes Wallman, bassist Jesse Crawford, and drummer Bill McClellan. With more than eight recordings…
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I started reading Cadence in the early 1980s. Since that time, I have come to respect editor and jazz critic Robert Rusch for his intelligent, succinct and unbiased reviews. Over the past twenty years, it has been my pleasure to get to know Robert and his family, making frequent trips from our home in Iowa to New York’s North Country. Several years ago, I was honored to be asked to help edit Robert’s Papatamus column.
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