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Allen Lowe & The Constant Sorrow Orchestra – Louis Armstrong’s America

Albums
Allen Lowe's short bio says that the veteran saxophonist and guitarist 'spans the history of jazz in his music in a way that few have'. While sharing bebop idioms and offering an especially gritty take on the avant-garde, some of his earliest records incorporated not only roots music in the form of nascent jazz and blues but tango theatrics...

Tracks of the Week 27.01.24

Tracks of the Week
Back in 2008 as Jon Irabagon prepared for his first album as a leader, his plans were as simple as they were ambitious: to take his main three horns in the alto, tenor and soprano saxophones and compose an album for each, focusing on the monumental figures in the history of each instrument. Inevitably the eclectic Filipino-American saxophonist, who...

Jon Irabagon – Recharge the Blade

Albums
Back in 2008 as Jon Irabagon prepared for his first album as a leader, his plans were as simple as they were ambitious: to take his main three horns in the alto, tenor and soprano saxophones and compose an album for each, focusing on the monumental figures in the history of each instrument. Inevitably the eclectic Filipino-American saxophonist, who...