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RICOTTI & ALBUQUERQUE – First Wind

May 12, 2025

Pegasus 1971 / Think Like A Key 2025 Long overdue for rediscovery: rivetingly extravagant relic from elite English masters of extemporized grandeur. Despite his profile’s high visibility, Michael de Albuquerque has never had a proper solo career, as there was … Continue reading →

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BELEDO – Flotando En El Vacio

December 28, 2024

MoonJune 2024 When “void” and “vacuum” don’t mean the same, sound travels in most adventurous ways. If ever there was anything predictable about this Uruguayan guitarist’s journey, it’s his steady shift from progressive rock to jazz. While Bele Beledo’s 2016 … Continue reading →

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PAKT – No Steps Left To Trace

June 30, 2024

MoonJune 2024 Easy on the ear yet intellectually challenging and intrepidly tuneful exercises in telepathy by a fearsome foursome who refuse to lift off. “Spontaneous Combustion”: the title of this album’s blitz of a finale might be its best surface … Continue reading →

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GERALD GRADWOHL – .​.​. Or What?

May 30, 2024

Gtone 2024 Long-gestating project bears defiantly satisfying fruits that beg to get savored. Friendship must be one of the mandatory conditions for those eager to fashion a fusion album and share creative load with old buddies, brt there’s a fine … Continue reading →

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BOB HOLZ – Holz-Stathis: Collaborative

September 16, 2023

MVD Audio 2023 American master of imaginative stroke pursues the genius of melody in the company of high-flying kindred spirits. As an apprentice of Billy Cobham and Dave Weckl and more than a backbeat sidekick to the likes of Larry … Continue reading →

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