The Chosen One

The Chosen One – Chicago Underground Duo – Hyperglyph (International Anthem)


  Around the turn of the century trumpeter/composer Rob Mazurek and percussionist/composer Chad Taylor thrilled us with a long run of inventive albums from their Chicago Underground project with Duos,…
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The Chosen One – Nicole Glover – Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Savant)


Tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover first flashed in to the One Jazz musical consciousness last year with her album ” …Plays” and as a member of the all-female Blue Note super-group…
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The Chosen One – Jasper Høiby Fellow Creatures – We Must Fight (Edition)


Jasper Høiby’s We Must Fight is a compelling 36‑minute musical ride, repackaging some of his most thrilling Phronesis compositions under the Fellow Creatures banner. Through bold new arrangements crafted by saxophonist…
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The Chosen One – Mike Taylor – Pendulum and Trio (Decca)


  It’s not often that we select a re-issue as our album of the week. But this holy-grail pair of super-rare UK jazz classics deserves a moment in the spotlight.…
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The Chosen One – The Circling Sun – Orbits (Soundway)


  The Circling Sun hail from Tāmaki Makaurau (Aukland), New-Zealand, but their music, they go to lengths to extol, is of the cosmos! Orbits is a big-picture, lush follow up…
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The Chosen One – Jaleel Shaw – Painter Of The Invisible (Changu)


  This is our album of the week until Friday 18th July 2025.
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The Chosen One – Joshua Redman – Words Fall Short (Blue Note)


Joshua Redman’s second Blue Note album, Words Fall Short  is a collection of original compositions that serves as the introduction of his new quartet featuring pianist Paul Cornish, bassist Philip Norris, and…
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The Chosen One – Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell- – We Insist 2025!(Candid)


  Four-time GRAMMY-winning, NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell present We Insist 2025!, a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album We Insist! Max Roach’s…
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The Chosen One – Mary Halvorson – About Ghosts (Nonesuch)


Mary Halvorson is one of a (small) handful of guitarists who has defined that instrument’s contemporary voice in the last decade or so. I’d personally add Miles Okazaki, Liberty Ellman…
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The Chosen One – Brandee Younger – Gadabout Season


  If you were to create a list of sacred instruments, Alice Coltrane’s harp would be pretty near the top. That harp, the one she recorded her classic Impulse! recording…
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The Chosen One – Brandon Woody – For The Love Of It All (Blue Note)


  Another fine signing to Blue Note’s increasingly exciting roster, trumpet player Brandon Woody lands on the label with a joyful, spiritually charged debut boasting a talented young band with…
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James Brandon Lewis – Abstraction is Deliverance (Intakt)


  James Brandon Lewis is a tenor for the times, and then some. Undoubtedly one of the most important voices in contemporary jazz he’s stunning in both the volume of…
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