Review: “AGRA” from Brian Landrus’ “Plays Ellington & Strayhorn” All About Jazz, 14 July, 2024
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Review: “Flatland” from John Kameel Farah and Nick Fraser’s “Farahser,” All About Jazz, 5 July, 2024
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Review: “Departure No. 1” from John Escreet’s ‘the epicenter of your dreams,” All About Jazz, 3 July, 2024
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Before the comments section, before digital sampling, before AI large language models, there was after. As seen in titles, it signals the venerable practice of a poet responding or replying to, elaborating on, refuting or outright imitating the work of another poet. And it’s the organizing principle behind the music that multi-instrumentalist Aaron Irwin will bring to BOP STOP Sunday.
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Not long ago, I would receive several CDs a week by female jazz singers who hoped to be the next big thing. These releases announced themselves by their packaging: over-the-top glam shots on the front cover and credits for wardrobe, hair and makeup on the back, and they were almost uniformly dreary affairs.
Alyssa Allgood may or may not be the next big thing, but the Chicagoan who makes her Cleveland debut at BOP STOP Friday, is assertively not one of those jazz singers.
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