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Nick Lombardelli: Secret Suite

Read "Secret Suite" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Nick Lombardelli's debut recording as a leader heralds the arrival of a prodigious composer, arranger and instrumentalist. Secret Suite is a five-part work that deftly fuses composed material and the improvisations of nearly everyone in an eight-piece band, including drummer Matt Scarano who initiates “Solid Ground" and caps off “A New View," the suite's final movement. Utilizing jazz and classical techniques, Lombardelli writes vivid melodies that evoke a variety of moods, often stretches his compositions beyond easily ...

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Nick Lombardelli: Secret Suite

Read "Secret Suite" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


It's easy to see the influence of blues and popular music in jazz. After all, many jazz standards were originally popular songs, and blues is where jazz music originated. Classical music, though, has also featured prominently in jazz, but it doesn't always get the same level of recognition. However, some of the greatest jazz musicians and composers, such as Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and Dave Brubeck have all been influenced by classical music. In keeping with this tradition, Nick Lombardelli's ...

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U.S.E. Trio: Twilight

Read "Twilight" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Stealing conspiratorially under your feet, the dark balladry of Twilight speaks modal, stark, humorous. Then perhaps it recoils and rebuilds. Shifts shapes and defines. Says yes when it means no and vice versa. So, at the behest of their own slippery, interior curvature, U.S.E. Trio, saxophonist Andrew Urbina, drummer Matt Scaranoand bassist/leader Sandy Eldred, follow-up the enjambments of Impact (LabelWhoAble, 2020) with the rhizome like Twilight. A boisterous, worthy successor, Twilght opens with “Tonal Gravity," and maybe your ...

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U.S.E. Trio: Impact

Read "Impact" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


There is an underlying, unsettled tone in the music of Philadelphia bassist Sandy Eldred which can only be likened to earthquakes and their subsequent tremors. Just when you think you are on solid ground the whole landscape shifts, the whole perspective tacks left, bends right, veers down the wrong center lane and u-turns. It is quite intriguing really, which makes listening to Impact--the third release by Eldred and his U.S.E. Trio of drummer Matt Scarano and saxophonist Andrew Urbina--a truly ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Adhyâropa Records
2022

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Watch You Walk

Self Produced
2021

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U.S.E. Trio - Impact

LabelWhoAble
2020

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Impact

LabelWhoAble
2020

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The Straggler

From: Secret Suite
By Matt Scarano

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