Chris serves as Senior Editor for AllAboutJazz and served as the Jazz Voice for the ConcordMusicGroup from 2007 to 2013.
Joined March 2014
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19 Jul 2023
Color Red Records: A Label, Sound, and Vision article @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/color-red-r…
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18 Mar 2023
Cannot recommend this band's artistry and soul, musically and lyrically, highly enough. If Downbeat awarded eight stars, NoteSpeak 12 would have received eight. PLEASE HAVE A LISTEN!
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24 Jul 2022
Thx @RonKadish: Bassist Quinn Sternberg paints a dreamy portrait of a languid summer evening at home full of snoozing dogs, meandering cats and the natural summer serenade of its title track: Quinn Sternberg: Cicada Songs @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/cicada-song…
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22 Jul 2022
With no chord instruments between them and three saxophonists, bassist Mike Downes and drummer Stich Wynston move like madmen to keep @ShuffleDemons moving, and simultaneously swing and rock #AllIn hot as demons: Shuffle Demons: All In @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/all-in-shuf…
21 Jul 2022
Enormous and sprawling w/ten pieces, most never recorded before and several never performed again, of glorious jazz sound from Brazilian composer and sorcerer @PascoalHermeto (@FarOutRecs) Hermeto Pascoal: Planetario Da Gavea @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/planetario-…
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20 Jul 2022
"Wedding on the Cyclone" is a perfect fit and description, a marriage made up of different musical cultures whirled together by @DavidKrakauer @kathleentagg w/guitarist Yoshi Fruchter: Mazel Tov Cocktail Party! @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/mazel-tov-c…
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17 Jul 2022
Recorded live in the studio w/ bassist Paul McDaniel and percussionist/pianist Matt Mayhall helping @davedevinejr paint dreamy sonic landscapes of various moods and hues: Dave Devine: Played Against The Harmony Of The Real @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/played-agai…
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16 Jul 2022
Writers often want to make great music sound more complicated than excellent tunes swung with power and grace. But sometimes it really is that simple. This is an absolute joy: @AlexanderBirdy: You Are the Light and the Way @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/you-are-the…
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8 Apr 2022
A Christmas fire in the heart(h), Changing Tides (@iridium_records) revisits with warmth and light music that @christrinidad composed in the Advent season and its spirit of "expectant waiting": Chris Trinidad's Changing Tides album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/chris-trini…
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6 Apr 2022
Blues sound foundational on #Loguslabusmuzikus (@effendirecords) but in the way that @Mingus used the blues: for tone and content but not (bar) structure: JazzLab Orchestra: Loguslabusmuzikus album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/loguslabusm…
4 Apr 2022
Keyboard, Chapman stick and guitar doctor Dave Hartl contemplates thru the pandemic and emerges w/the stylistically kaleidoscopic and careening "Tales of the Plague" - an absolute monster! Dave Hartl: "Tales from the Plague" album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/tales-from-…
3 Apr 2022
"Forever" blends intricacies of form and structure (European, Latin American, Caribbean) with emotional blues, elation and release: Great jazz from @extremeflute, #BillMcBirnie and friends: Forever album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/forever-bil…
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2 Apr 2022
#SeriouslyDeep (@moonjune) sounds too powerful & beautiful to mainly come from a trio: #Beledo with @KennyGrohowski and @tonylevin. More than beautiful: Good for getting (back) in touch with your soul: Beledo: Seriously Deep album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/seriously-d…
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1 Apr 2022
#Distancia (@OdradekRecords) presents a unique travelogue w/#RodrigoAlmonte's Dublin home and shimmering sonic similarities w/guitarists @PatMetheny and #TerjeRypdal as epicenter: Rodrigo Almonte: Distancia review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/distancia-r…
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Chris Slawecki retweeted
21 Jul 2021
We are so sad to hear of music legend Jerry Granelli's passing. Our Elementary Choir was blessed to perform with and learn from him as part of @HFXJazzFest Tales of a Charlie Brown Christmas. His genius and humanity will be sorely missed. #MySHSH #JerryGranelli #musiclegend
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11 May 2021
#NewVideo #TalkinJazz #FromTheInsideOut seeks and finds #TheCallWithin,
shapeshifting sonics from @tigranmusic on @NonesuchRecords (w/thanks to @AllAboutJazz): Talkin' Jazz From the Inside Out: Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within youtu.be/VvJgdfm3GCA via @YouTube
3 May 2021
#NewVideo #TalkinJazz #FromTheInsideOut: Hot Stuffed & Baked: #SoftMachine Live at @BakedPotatoJazz on @MoonJune (w/thanks to @AllAboutJazz): Talkin' Jazz From the Inside Out: Soft Machine - Live At The Baked Potato youtu.be/KmyO9p8WWP8 via @YouTube
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29 Apr 2021
#NewVideo #TalkinJazz #FromTheInsideOut discovers a "love story between Spanish guitar and African drum" thru #LigaLatina on #MultinationMusic (w/thanks to @AllAboutJazz): Liga Latina: Liga Latina album review @ All About Jazz allaboutjazz.com/liga-latina…
21 Apr 2021
#NewVideo #TalkinJazz #FromTheInsideOut goes far and further out w/the Discovery Project Live in Japan by @nelsonpiano Josh Nelson Trio (w/thanks to @Michael_BloomMR & @AllAboutJazz) : Josh Nelson Trio: The Discovery Project youtu.be/0OR2xBfNydI via @YouTube
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20 Apr 2021
Please read and "heart" this story of my #VaccineChamp friend and #ShareTheScience healthyeconomies.wixsite.com…
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