By Don Berryman Some great jazz albums were released in 2025. Some are brand new, others are older recordings recently discovered, and a few are updated reissues. Here are some of my favorites. After the Last Sky – Anouar Brahem with Anja Lechner, Django Bates, and Dave Holland (ECM) This poignant and beautiful musical statement […]
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Chicago-based trumpeter-vocalist-composer Rob Mazurek will lead his 10-piece Exploding Star Orchestra, Friday, December 5 at 7:30 at the Walker Art Center. Inspired by the sounds of “meta-versal transformation,” the orchestra consists of drummer Mikel Patrick Avery (drums), vocalist-sampler Damon Locks (voice, samplers), Mazurek (director, compositions, trumpets, voice, bells, video), flutist Nicole Mitchell (flutes, electronics), cellist […]
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