jazz
28 posts on EveryDejaVu
interviewInterview with Imani Nichele: the poet and artist who’s becoming, not arriving"My only job in this life is to be open to everything I'm supposed to become."
reviewInterview with Sunglasz Vendor: the self-effacing three-piece soundtracking existential hesitation“There are two ends of the political compass. There's anarchy and 'Guitar Hero,' and I guess we're centrists in that.”
reviewMary Sue and the Clementi Sound Appreciation Club question everything on ‘Porcelain Shield, Paper Sword’Defying categorization at every turn, the collaborative album pushes forward, exploring and experimenting.
reviewOn the proggy ‘Rerun,’ Eric Mayson thinks too damn muchMinneapolis-based aviator and music maker Eric Mayson’s latest album explores the nature of a wandering mind through wandering genres.
reviewY’s self-titled debut EP resembles a sonic hurricaneElements of jazz, post-punk, and pop swirl around each track, chaotic and frenzied, but, at their core, the London-based band…
reviewA flare for the snare: drummer & composer Jumpei Kamiya’s ‘Numbnuts’ is a disarmingly cute foray into electro-popThere’s sugar, spice, and a whole lot of nice on this Japanese artist’s musical metric.
reviewPERZona, Austin Wilson, and Phelt search for meaning on gritty ‘Lost Satellite’The collaborative album isn’t for everyone but for those questioning or on a path to reinventing their fate in life.
reviewDeantoni Parks takes cosmic jazz further into the stratosphere on ‘Stargate’The renowned drummer and producer pushes his drums to the red signaling chaotic rides and his synths sound like air…
interviewInterview with Seigfried Komidashi: the visionary artist who is an amalgation of his past, present, and future“My musical identity is a chaotic patchwork of different points of reference… a way of forcing people to question what…
reviewOn ‘Soft Echoes,’ Sharada Shashidhar takes you through a jazz adventure of the mindThe Los Angeles-based singer’s latest EP feels like one big survey of the surreal as it twists, turns, soothes, and…
reviewTiril Jackson’s soulful EP ‘Who Are You?’ invites reflection while keeping things hopefulWith a voice that can do anything and a band that can play everything, Jackson's sound is exciting and moreish.
reviewA diary in song: Shanuka finds herself in ‘A Safe Return Back’A blue-grey wistfulness lingers on the Toronto-based artist's debut EP, giving the project a melancholic yet comforting mood to soothe…
