Track of the day: First Light by Jacques Schwarz-Bart

From Soné Ka-La 2: Odyssey ''gwoka jazz'' and ''voodoo jazz'' Guadeloupean innovator and tireless explorer saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart (RH Factor, D'Angelo) turns to epic Greek poetry for a fertile new seam of inspiration. 'First Light' draws …

Published: 28 Oct 2020. Updated: 3 years.

From Soné Ka-La 2: Odyssey ''gwoka jazz'' and ''voodoo jazz'' Guadeloupean innovator and tireless explorer saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart (RH Factor, D'Angelo) turns to epic Greek poetry for a fertile new seam of inspiration. 'First Light' draws vocals and sax together as one mesmerisingly in a highly syncopated scalar display. On Enja-Yellowbird.

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Early-2021: Emmet Cohen's Future Stride

With pianist Emmet Cohen on Mack Avenue release Future Stride to be issued on 29 January 2021 are bassist Russell Hall, drummer Kyle Poole, trumpeter Marquis Hill and saxophonist Melissa Aldana. A trio treatment of 'Dardanella,' a song that dates …

Published: 28 Oct 2020. Updated: 3 years.

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With pianist Emmet Cohen on Mack Avenue release Future Stride to be issued on 29 January 2021 are bassist Russell Hall, drummer Kyle Poole, trumpeter Marquis Hill and saxophonist Melissa Aldana. A trio treatment of 'Dardanella,' a song that dates back however in a very different vocals incarnation to at least 1920 and whose later versions most relevantly include a dazzling solo piano treatment by Art Tatum in the late-40s, is streaming ahead of Future Stride's release. Cohen's style ingredients in this instance dart progressively on within the prism of his own sound. If you like Adam Makowicz on the Tatum side and Cohen's label mate Aaron Diehl in terms of a roster then discover Emmet Cohen for sure on your way to the Harlem heritage heard in his sound explored on the album.