Melissa Aldana
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This album sees her fronting her current quintet and tends toward personal and general introspection, ref lecting as it does the events of the past couple of years. Aldana never confuses introspection... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2022
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This album sees her fronting her current quintet and tends toward personal and general introspection, reflecting as it does the events of the past couple of years. Aldana never confuses introspection... —
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2022
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This set of animated new pieces moves through a wide range of inspired contemporary material with a rare combination of celebratory energy and grace. That said, we should expect this from any... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Jazz Choice
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AllMusic, Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Jazz FM, 25 Best Jazz Albums of 2020
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Words Fall Short
Paul Cornish (piano), Philip Norris (bass), Nazir Ebo (drum), Joshua Redman (tenorsaxophone, sopranosaxophone), Melissa Aldana (tenorsaxophone), Skylar Tang (trumpet), Gabrielle Cavassa (vocalist)
Redman could be considered the closest of all the adventurously mainstream contemporary saxophonists to sound like he's actually singing through his horn. —
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It is Aldana's tonal control and astute lyricism on tenor sax and Gonzalo Rubalcaba's sparse piano voicings and complementary ripples that make the album stand out. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee: Best Improvised Jazz Solo
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The haunting, ethereal qualities of 12 Stars continues apace on Echoes of the Inner Prophet with Aldana’s sax playing seeming to dig deeper into the interior recesses of herself. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2024
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Open World
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Bryan Carter, Randy Brecker (trumpet), Holger Marjamaa, Andrea Motis (leadvocalist), Miguel Zenón, Sidmar Vieira, Lionel Loueke (guitar), Makar Kashitsyn, Melissa Aldana (saxophone), Etienne Charles (trumpet & bandleader), Bria Skonberg, Makoto Ozone (piano),...
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Hybrid (feat. Matt Brewer & Johnathan Blake)
Jure Pukl, Matija Dedić, Johnathan Blake, Matt Brewer, Melissa Aldana
