ECHOS (Sunnyside) 9/10 The mystery continues. It’s a thread of music in which each note is laden with subtext, so every listening reveals something new: a quality inherent in the work of the likes of Miles Davis, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian. Now US pianist Dahveed Behroozi espouses comparable mysteries…
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LOVE FOR SALE (Universal) 7/10 Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga would make good poker players. By waiting seven years to record their second album together, they also waited until Bennett was 94 (he’s since turned 95). Think about that for a moment. The credulity-defying achievement of still having a voice…
JESUP WAGON (TAO Forms) 9.5/10 The inspiration is moving enough, and that’s before we reach the music, itself. Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has penned a suite in tribute to US visionary, scientist, inventor, educator and artist George Washington Carver. In 1906 Carver hit upon the idea of the Jesup Agricultural…