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Mitch Towne - 2025 - Refuge

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(43:46; Cross Towne Records) Track list: 1. Wolverine 5:08 2. Refuge 7:22 3. Better Now Than Never at All 5:19 4. Ode to Kenny 5:28 5. Steepian Faith 7:58 6. Some Work of Noble Note, May Yet Be Done 7:00 7. Act As If 5:31 Line-up: Mitch Towne - organ Tetsuya Nishiyama - guitars Jeffery Johnson - drums US artist Mitch Towne has a career as a band member as well as a band leader, using his skills as a keyboard player in a number of different styles, genres and traditions over the years. This spring he released his first solo album "Refuge" on the imprint Cross Towne Records. One fact that is crystal clear right from the start of this production is that this is a jazz album that revolves around the role of the organ as a supporting and lead instrument. With the Hammond the organ of choice. Hence those who really enjoy the organ as an instrument used in a jazz context can safely track this album down for a listen straight away. But getting a bit more into the details here, this w...
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Patricio Morales - 2025 - La Tierra Canta

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(38:18; Northsouth Records) Track list:  1. La Tierra Canta 4:47 2. Armando 5:08 3. Tale of Tales 3:28 4. Canción Para Despedir A Emilia 4:18 5. Rural Reflections 5:14 6. Papascal 3:24 7. 4 De Diciembre 4:21 8. Realismo Mágico 4:32 9.  Keep in Touch 3:06 Line-up: Patricio Morales - guitars Vitor Goncalves -  piano, accordion Sebastián De Urquiza - bass Rodrigo Recabarren - drums, percussion Rogério Boccato - percussion Daniel Zamalloa - mandolin Kahil Nayton - cavaquinho with: Pablo Menares - bass  US based composer and musician Patricio Morales has been around the block a few times, with a career that spans four decades and numerous involvements in many types of music and aspects of the music industry. As a solo artist he hasn't been all that active though, with two solo albums released in 1989 and 1994 respectively to his name. This spring saw him release his third solo production "La Tierra Canta" through the imprint Northsouth Records. While I guess that quite a ...
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Daniel Garbin - 2025 - Rising

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(49:51; 6X20 Records) Track list: 1. Rising 9:00 2. Simi's Bossa 6:05 3. Rolling Hills 5:04 4. Anomisericordo 5:50 5. DSD 7:35 6. Almost Forgotten - Like Satch 7:49 7. Into the Sunset 8:28 Line-up: Daniel Garbin - guitars, sitar Scott Litroff - saxophone Camila Cortina Bello - piano, keyboards Eddy Khaimovich - bass Brian Woodruff - drums US based artist Daniel Garbin has been active as a musician in a number of bands in Europe as well as in the US, and while his professional career is in academics, music has obviously been a central aspect of Garbin's life all along. In the spring of 2025 he released the album "Rising" through the imprint 6X20 Records, and unless I have missed some vital information this is Garbin's first album as a solo artist. It is an all instrumental affair we get on this production, and jazz is the style of choice throughout. Garbin's speciality is to create elegant and flowing landscapes, and unlike many musicians he will often let his ...
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Adrianne Munden-Dixon - 2025 - Vision Mantra

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(55:38; Neuma Records) Track list: 1. Vision Mantra [Marcos Balter] 5:17 2. For Adrianne I [Martín Gendelman] 4:22 3. For Adrianne II [Martín Gendelman] 5:22 4. For Adrianne III [Martín Gendelman] 2:36 5. For Adrianne IV [Martín Gendelman] 3:02 6. In a Snowstorm of Moths [Gemma Peacocke] 9:23 7. Disentangling [Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi] 7:54 8. Changing Light [John Thompson] 10:27 9. Shadow in the Garden [Inti Figgis-Vizueta] 7:15 Line-up: Adrianne Munden-Dixon - violin, electronics with: Carrie Frey - viola Julia Henderson - cello Composer and musician Adrianne Munden-Dixon have been an active musician in her scene for at least a decade, rising to some prominence with the Desdemona ensemble and later on also with her solo productions. This in addition to being an active concert musician. This year she released her second full length studio album "Vision Mantra" on US label Neuma Records.  If I have understood matters correctly, the six compositions explored by Munden-Dixon on...
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Anders Hagberg - 2025 - With Hope

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(56:28; Prophone) Track list: 1. Elasticity of Trees 4:23 2. Elegy 6:30 3. Ruins 6:38 4. Welcome for Allie 5:05 5. Circle No. 2 4:36 6. With Hope 4:57 7. Arctic Call 6:41 8. Evening Hymn from Gammelsvenskby 4:05 9. Sisters for Lo & Ebba 4:12 10. Woods in Blue 5:17 11. O Magnum Mysterium 4:04 Line-up: Anders Hagberg - flutes, saxophone, singing bowl Johannes Lundberg - bass, vocals, Oberheim, effects Joona Toivanen - piano, synthesizer, effects Helge Andreas Norbakken - drums, percussion Swedish composer and musician Anders Hagberg has a recording career that goes back to the first half of the 1980s, with a number of band constellations and cooperations on his resume in addition to a substantial amount of solo albums over the years. The most recent of the latter is the album "With Hope", which was released through Swedish label Prophone in the fall of 2025. It is a mainly instrumental variety of jazz we are treated to on this production, with only a token few nonverbal voc...
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Voodoo Ramble - 2025 - In the Heart Of The City

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(35:44; Voodoo Ramble) Track list: 1. In the Heart of the City 3:27 2. Take You Home 3:45 3. Midnight Ride 4:15 4. I’m a Bluesman Baby 3:22 5. 4000 Years Old 3:08 6. Don’t Leave Me 4 Good 3:44 7. Walk Away 3:22 8. Cold Hearted Woman 3:56 9. I Refuse (To Feel the Blues) 3:35 10. Addicted to the Rush 3:10 Line-up: Boris Dugi-Novacki (Zamba) - vocals, guitars, bass Damir Somen - drums Neven Resnik - keyboards Zeljko Kambic - trumpet Goran Jurkovic - saxophone Nikola Fabijanic - saxophone Ana Cakovic - backing vocals Ana-Maria Ocvirk - backing vocals with: Muddy Manninen - guitars Mick Pini - guitars Marcus Flynn - guitars Pete Feenstra - lyrics Croatian band Voodoo Ramble has been a going entity since 2010, and following some years as a more strict cover band they started to record and release their own, original material a few years back. From what I can see they have four full length albums to their name as of 2025. The most recent of these is "In the Heart of the City", which...
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Thomas Ciufo - 2025 - The Rising Moon

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(57:42; Neuma Records) Track list: 1. The Rising Moon 6:01 2. Still Arriving 5:18 3. Motion/Stasis 7:10 4. The Day After the Day Before 3:24 5. Out of Silence 5:09 6. Light and Shadows 3:53 7. Bardo (The Space Between) 7:15 8. Turning the Wheel 6:26 9. The Quiet Sun 4:55 10. Loss and Acceptance (Still Listening) 8:11 Line-up: Thomas Ciufo - all instruments US composer and sound artist Thomas Ciufo has been creating music and soundscapes since the 1980s or thereabouts, and has a number of released albums and composed works to his name over the years. His most recent production dates back to the summer of 2025. This album is called "The Rising Moon", and was released through US label Neuma Records. Slow moving landscapes of sound is what we get on all of the compositions at hand here. This is music that comes with an automatically relaxing feel and attitude. Nothing is in a hurry in the soundscapes created here, as pace and movements are gradually developing without any dramati...
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