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Three Releases to Listen Closely to—from Sexmob, Lily Guarneros Maase, and the Ralph Alessi Quartet

Three new releases from Sexmob, Lily Guarneros Maase, and the Ralph Alessi Quartet offer wildly different but equally captivating musical experiences.

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Three Plus One

After a summer overstuffed with seven-day work weeks, I am now trying to catch up on my listening. To speed things along, I’m limiting myself to short reviews. So here are reviews of new albums from the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Dafnis Prieto (featuring Luciana Souza), and Steven Bernstein and the Millennial Territory Orchestra—plus a new single from Isaac Aragon.

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Steven Bernstein Explores the Eccentricities of the Late Pianist Henry Butler

Steven Bernstein. Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff.

Bernstein’s back, and he’s taken the lid completely off the pot with Manifesto of Henryisms, the third of four installments in his Community Music project, available on Bandcamp. Dixieland, funk, R&B, contemporary jazz—they’re all here, and they all share a native ground: New Orleans.

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Singing and Swinging with Catherine Russell

If you are unfamiliar with vocalist Catherine Russell, do yourself a big favor and check out her latest release, Send for Me, available here. If you are familiar with her, you have probably stopped reading by now and are on your way to to pick up this stellar release, if you haven’t already.

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Steven Bernstein Grooves

Steven Bernstein. Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff.

Funky, jazzed, and trippy, Tinctures in Time is the first of four albums scheduled for release over a year’s time from trumpeter, composer, arranger, and band leader Steven Bernstein. Featuring his Millennial Territory Orchestra, a nonet comprising some of New York’s finest musicians, the album’s groove-based tinctures blend jazz, funk, rock, minimalism, and African influences to deliver a welcome lift to the spirit.

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