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“With a really great artist, it’s not actually coming from them, it’s coming from their environment,” said Chris Wood, shown at right with his brother Oliver Wood (center) and Jano Rix (left). “They’re just open to reflecting what’s happening around them, and they just have the ability to intuitively recognize what’s good. It’s the beautiful mystery of the creative process, and we’re just constantly trying to surrender to it.”

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The Slyly Ambiguous Music of The Wood Brothers

Through nine studio recordings since 2006, along with two live albums, The Wood Brothers — guitarist Oliver and bassist Chris — have established the kind of indelible…





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Steve Rosenbloom Big Band

San Francisco 1948
(Glory)


Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring
Split Decision
(Smoke Sessions)


Lauren Scales/Mike Flanagan/Chris Grasso
Many Rivers
(Truth Revolution Records Collective)


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Soundtrack
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Miguel Zenón

Música de Las Américas
(Miel)


Jon Irabagon
Rising Sun
(Irabbagast)


Brian Charette
Jackpot
(Cellar Live)


Harish Raghavan
In Tense
(Whirlwind)


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Eddie Palmieri: Fire on the Clave

Eddie Palmieri is a dynamo at the piano: digging deep into a solo, rolling out the complex pattern of a montuno, and leaping from his keyboard to urge on his jazz-hot Afro-Caribbean orchestra as it tears through hip harmonic motifs set in rock-steady claves to thrill smart listeners and swirling dancers alike. As he has since the ’60s with such bands as La Perfecta and Harlem River Drive — and with successive generations of jazz players from vibist Cal Tjader to the final alumni of Art Blakey’s college of musical knowledge — Palmieri rejects…






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