Tigran Hamasyan Playfully Reinterprets American Jazz Standards on ‘StandArt’
If jazz is America’s only original art form, Tigran Hamasyan shows that these excavations are still as relevant today as they were when they first appeared.
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Ambrose Akinmusire Muses ‘on the tender spot of every calloused moment’
The most notable trumpet player in jazz today, Ambrose Akinmusire, creates a major recording focusing on his quartet leaping from mode to mode.
Justin Brown Takes a Fresh, Synthesizer-heavy Approach to Jazz Fusion on ‘Nyeusi’
Drummer Justin Brown constructs 21st century fusion on Nyeusi using texture and density rather than precision and virtuosity.