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Zach Rich – Solidarity (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:01 minutes | 964 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © OA2 Records
In a nutshell this is brightly voiced chamber jazz from Denver trombonist and composer-arranger Zach Rich on an album of his own music recorded in a Colorado studio at the end of 2021 for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra.
We liked the scurrying sax to-and-fro on the ‘Anthem’ track and Julian Carey’s vocal on his own lyrics to ‘What is the World Rated’ mainly spoken as a kind of homily rather than sung and where the song examines what cinema rating the world would be given is explored.
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Vanessa Peters – Flying On Instruments (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:57 minutes | 911 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Idol Records
Co-produced by Grammy Award-winner Joe Reyes, “Flying on Instruments” showcases Vanessa at her best, effortlessly weaving her shimmering folk/rock melodies with memorable, thought-provoking lyrics. The album was recorded with her band in Dallas, TX and features nine tracks, including the singles “Halfway Through”, “Better” and “Pinball Heart”.
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The Long Winters – Putting The Days To Bed (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:45 minutes | 426 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Barsuk Records
Pitchfork described the album as “[missing] the masterful mark” but still “a solid effort—a step in a promising new direction” and “not so much power pop or even necessarily powerful pop—just powered up pop, all horns and echoes and toe-tapping parties”, while Paste Magazine called it, “Roderick’s strongest work to date”.
Many reviews remark on Roderick’s songwriting, calling him “a master storyteller”, as well as the album’s stylistic continuity despite the band’s lineup changes. Keith Phipps, writing for the A.V. Club, said, “changing has meant growing into a band that’s tougher to ignore than ever.
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Sylvie Carbonel – Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 – Schumann: Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:07 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Skarbo
Vitality, assurance, musicality : with what she has, Miss Carbonel will go far ». This was the reaction of The New-York Times critic Peter Davis, after hearing the pianist play the formidable Liszt “ Totentanz “ at Carnegie Hall.
Sylvie Carbonel, studied at the Paris National Conservatory with the renowned pianist and pedagogue Pierre Sancan. She was awarded the First Prize with honors in piano, musical analysis and chamber music. She is a laureate of the George Enesco International Competition in Bucharest and winner of the International Messiaen Prize.
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