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Chema Peñalver • Sophisticated Clarinet
Chema Peñalver is an accomplished clarinetist and music professor in Spain but may be unfamiliar to our readers. That will hopefully change in coming months
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Digby Fairweather • Notes From a Jazz Life
A few months back Dan Barrett had an essay subtitled “What’s in a Name?” which listed off all the amazing jazzmen blessed with monikers that
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Klaus Lessmann • Euphonic Sounds
Klaus Lessmann’s trad chops are real: his other works have included a sextet tribute to Jelly Roll Morton and his Abbey Road Dixie Band plays
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Eyal Vilner Big Band • Live in Washington Square Park
One of the more successful big bands in NYC, certainly of those run by young people, the Eyal Vilner Big Band can be heard at
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Sarah Spencer’s Global Ramblers • The Trio Sessions, Vol. 1
This trio album is, broadly speaking, the most “traditional” of my reviews this month. That’s saying something considering a mere 18 months ago the means
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Michael McQuaid & Curtis Volp • Duets for No Reason at All
Michael McQuaid should be a household name among traditional jazz fans. He’s one of the top reedmen of this generation and a force behind many