Pianist/composer Andy Milne and trumpeter/composer Alex Sipiagin turn themselves inside out on their latest offerings, packed with feeling and command.
Exceptionally Musical New Releases from Andy Milne and Alex Sipiagin
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Singer/Songwriter Ynana Rose Tours NM and CA on the Strength of Her Latest Album
On Under a Cathedral Sky, award-winning singer/songwriter Ynana Rose distills well-earned wisdom into captivating songs of the heart, and audiences in New Mexico and California will have a chance to hear her live over the next few weeks.
New Albums from Top-Drawer Vocalists Andrea Wolper and Roxana Amed
Two accomplished female vocalists, Andrea Wolper and Roxana Amed, backed by superlative musicians, each have a new album in which they address the pleasures and pains of being human.
3 X 2 = Wow
New releases from the piano trios of Marta Sánchez and Matthew Shipp carve out unique sonic territories.
New Music from Unexpected Quarters
For their latest release, Project Earth: The Blue Chapter, the Iris Trio, which can typically be found in the classical music neighborhood, offers a suite of suites composed in a genre-crossing style by pianist and composer Florian Hoefner, best known for his work as a jazz artist, with accompanying poems by Don McKay. From Swiss jazz vocalist Nina Reiter come audacious arrangements for her tentet group, MetaLogue, of the music of the late Swiss composer Mani Planzer, who refused to allow the strictures of any particular genre to impede his self-expression.