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Eri Yamamoto Quadraphonic – Fly with the Wings

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Harking back to her studies at The New School in the mid-nineties, the Osaka-born pianist Eri Yamamoto recalls the legendary bassist Reggie Workman giving her a piece of advice. 'You know Eri, for your style playing in a trio will be best. Just stop practising now and go out, walk around the school and find a bassist and drummer'...

Tracks of the Week 12.11.22

Tracks of the Week
The Chicago native and veteran bandleader Kahil El'Zabar guides his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and special guests on a rhythmic tour de force in celebration of the legendary jazz trumpeter Don Cherry. Locating the middle ground between his British roots and the Occitan part of his family in the southern French department of Aveyron, the percussionist and sound artist Sébastien...

Tracks of the Week 01.10.22

Tracks of the Week
Following sessions with Francisco Mela and William Parker for the Brooklyn-based jazz bastion 577 Records, the Tennessee transplant Zoh Amba turns closer to home on her searing and searching solo album Bhakti. Twisting her tenor through windswept songs of devotion alongside Micah Thomas on the piano, Tyshawn Sorey on drums, and finally Matt Hollenberg on the guitar, in a...