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Author: Charlie Melville

Ravita Jazz - Alice Blue cover artwork. The band name and album title over a blue background.
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Ravita Swings the Blues: Alice in Azure-Land

Charlie Melville October 8, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzRavita Jazz

Ravita Jazz – Alice Blue (Ravita Jazz, 2025) Like Stravinsky, bassist-composer Philip Ravita’s Alice Blue (2025), builds on tradition to conjure something fresh, balancing rigor…

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The album cover shows a 1940s San Francisco street scene. A vintage blue car and a cable car move down a hill lined with colorful houses, while the Golden Gate Bridge rises in the background. On the right, a red sign marks a jazz club. At the top, bold red lettering reads San Francisco 1948. The bottom corner identifies the artist: Steve Rosenbloom Big Band.
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Rosenbloom Swings for the Fences with San Francisco 1948

Charlie Melville September 26, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzSteve Rosenbloom Big Band

Steve Rosenbloom Big Band – San Francisco 1948 (self-released, 2025) The Steve Rosenbloom Big Band’s San Francisco 1948 presents an engaging brass fanfare: grand, bristling,…

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The album cover features tiki-inspired design. At the top, Polynesian motifs frame the title: “Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without a Key” in lime and cream against a deep blue background. Below, swirling tree branches and floating lanterns flow into an illustrated fish. At the bottom, the band’s name, The Waitiki 7, appears in blocky, retro lettering.
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Mai Tais And Blue Notes: Waitiki 7 Pours A Fresh Mix Of Exotica

Charlie Melville September 23, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzexoticaThe WAITIKI 7

The WAITIKI 7 — Exotica Reborn: In Studio And Live At House Without A Key (Waitiki International, 2025) WAITIKI 7 plants a tiki torch back…

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The album cover for Lumen by Bill Laurance features vertical stripes in pastel pink, teal, yellow, and gray. Wavy shapes of the same colors flow through the stripes, creating a rhythmic, optical effect. The artist’s name appears in black at the top left, with the album title in teal just beneath it, while the ACT label logo sits in the bottom left corner.
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Bill Laurance Finds New Light in “Lumen”

Charlie Melville September 15, 2025 No Comments Bill Laurancecontemporary jazzjazzwestern classical music

Bill Laurance – Lumen (ACT, 2025) In April 2025, pianist and composer Bill Laurance spent several days recording alone inside St. Faith’s Church in Dulwich,…

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Jamile with Miki Yamanaka and her trio plus Steve Wilson - Pursuit of a Pulse cover artwork. A side profile photo of Jamile wearing a colorful dress.
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Pulse Check: Jamile Finds The Jazz Beat

Charlie Melville September 9, 2025 No Comments Brazilian musiccontemporary jazzJamileworld jazz

Jamile with Miki Yamanaka and her trio plus Steve Wilson – Pursuit of a Pulse (Cellar Music, 2025) On Pursuit Of A Pulse, gifted vocalist-composer…

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The album cover shows a scene with a winding staircase splitting the image in half. A silhouetted figure ascends toward a radiant light at the horizon, framed by cosmic skies on one side and trees on the other. The title Above, Beyond, Within floats at the top, while the artist’s name, Juanjo López, and logo sit at the bottom.
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Juanjo López Channels Faith and Migration in ‘Above, Beyond, Within’

Charlie Melville September 1, 2025 No Comments jazzJuanjo López

Juanjo López – Above, Beyond, Within (Desafío Candente Records, 2025) Mexican guitarist and composer Juanjo López presents Above, Beyond, Within, a three-part suite of original…

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Diego Piñera - Evidence cover artwork. The silhouettes of the three musicians.
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Monk Business: Diego Piñera Reworks a Classic with Jazz Heavyweights

Charlie Melville August 19, 2025 No Comments Diego Piñerajazz

Diego Piñera – Evidence (self-release, 2025) Berlin-based drummer and composer Diego Piñera (Uruguay) brings an intrepid, rhythmically complex voice to modern jazz. Known for fusing…

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The album cover for Source features an abstract, colorful, and fragmented design resembling stained glass shapes outlined in black, set against a light textured background. The title “Source” appears in large bold gray letters at the bottom left, while the artists’ names: Lorenzo Bellini, Luca De Toni, Matteo Padoin, and Andrea Dionisi, are listed in smaller gray text to the right. The GleAM Records logo is positioned in the upper left corner.
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A Contemporary Jazz Statement Based in Collaboration and Vision

Charlie Melville August 13, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzLorenzo Bellini

Lorenzo Bellini – Source (GleAM Records, 2025) Pianist and composer Lorenzo Bellini leads a quartet formed during his time at Berklee College of Music. Alongside…

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Lauren Henderson - Sonidos cover artwork. A black and white photo of the artist.
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Singer Lauren Henderson Explores Sound in Deeply Personal ‘Sonidos’

Charlie Melville August 2, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzLauren Henderson

Lauren Henderson – Sonidos (Brontosaurus Records, 2025) Lauren Henderson’s Sonidos is a refined, elegant and seasonally framed exploration of sound, identity, and cultural lineage. Rooted…

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The album cover for Koren by Tereza Catarov features an image of a woman's face partially obscured by an ornate, beaded textile with gold fringe. Only her lips and bare shoulders are visible beneath the richly embroidered fabric. The artist's name appears above in serif lettering, with Tereza Catarov in red and Koren in gold.
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Jazz Singer Tereza Catarov Unearths Balkan Tradition on ‘Koren’

Charlie Melville July 30, 2025 No Comments contemporary jazzjazzTereza Catarovworld fusionworld jazz

Tereza Catarov – Koren (PKmusik, 2025) Tereza Catarov’s debut album, Koren offers an inventive and fearless synthesis of Balkan folk traditions and contemporary jazz. The…

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