Progressive - CD Reviews (378)
Prologue is the debut recording for New York-based vibraphonist/composer Michael Pinto. For the session, Pinto, a member of saxophonist Greg Osby's working group, …
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This perennially hip progressive jazz crew garners the services of Alt-rock diva Wendy Lewis for a gala that is about as genre busting as one could imagine. Yet the key …
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Swiss composer/keyboardist Nik Bartsch’s resounding inventiveness and stylistic jazz vernacular presents a stature that rings something like a gladiator garbed in silk a…
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Better late than never: Ralph Lalama has given us an altogether challenging and entertaining CD. His latest, Energy Fields, seems to use the least instrumentation…
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After paying his dues, but absorbing all that he can from invaluable experiences, with Charles Earland, Freddie Hubbard, Jimmy Cobb and other jazz leaders after moving to N…
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From The Mile High City and within it is Ninth + Lincoln, both a progressive jazz orchestra and a street intersection, both bustling with energy from the city’s street life…
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Progressive rock has had somewhat of a resurgence over the past decade due in no small part to innovative, genre-busting artists such as the Danish multi-instrumentalist…
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Drummer Fred Taylor, a longtime veteran of the Seattle-area music scene, has been recording as a leader and sideman for more than thirty years. Currently residing in New Je…
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Japanese reared and New York City-based guitarist Gene Ess was a child prodigy and performed at clubs around Okinawa commencing at the tender age of fourteen. Fast-forwa…
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With previously unreleased live tracks culled from 1980 performances at the legendary New York City venue "CBGB's, and the band's first album complete with bonus cuts, we n…
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This piano-less trio is subtly misleading, because you can listen to it and groove to Carr’s sinuous tenor sax phrasing accompanied by the nuanced, modern rhythm unit of Le…
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Pianist/composer Satoko Fujii divides her time between New York City and Japan while communicating multicolored perspectives via her East and West, large ensemble record…
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I first became aware of Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans back in 1999 when I received a review copy of his critically praised album Bitches and Fairy Tales, featuri…
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Nicaraguan-born pianist Donald Vega first gained national attention by winning Down Beat Magazine's 2007 Student Soloist Award. In 2008 he took first place at the Universit…
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The story behind the Nachbar jazz venue can be traced back to the late 1800’s emigration of German immigrants, mainly skilled laborers, to Louisville, KY. Over …
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For over three decades pianist/composer Mike Garson has been best known for his association with pop star David Bowie. Along the way, the multi-faceted musician has pursued…
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Saxophonist/composer Rent Romus formed this band when attending the University of California in 1986 yet has also built a solid reputation with his avant approaches to m…
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An interesting title, has guitarist Ryan Blotnick's first CD. In his liner notes he basically uses it to answer the age-old question, "If a young, very talented jazz qui…
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Fusion jazz guitarist David "Fuze" Fiuczynski, known best for his work with Screaming Headless Torsos, has a discography list as long as an arm and has worked with more art…
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This progressive-rock band hailing from the Philadelphia area partakes in slanted iterations of social consciousness amid elements of the macabre, while seamlessly fusin…
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