Aaron Yale Heisler Toronto, Ontario
Solo jazz (?) guitar. I have more hair than Jim Hall or Joe Pass, but then again, they're both dead. Listen to my acclaimed
2023 album, THE BECHET CENTURY, a tribute to Sidney Bechet on the 100th anniversary of his first recordings.
(This is also a place for archival releases by The Commoners -- aka Mafia Wives -- a "band" I was in with Jason Chau when we were in high school in Toronto, 2001-2.)
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Aaron Yale Heisler recommends:
To You
by Carsten Meinert Kvartet
Ecstatic post-Coltrane music from Denmark, recorded in 1968
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Solar System
by Charles Gayle Trio
Some of the most beautiful music I've heard this century, from a brilliant and generous artist.
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Live at Glenn Miller Café
by Charles Gayle Trio
Another indispensable document of Charles Gayle, from one of my favorite record labels in the world.
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Wise Eyes of the Elders
by T.K. Blue
T.K. Blue has assembled an all-star cast for this fiery trad jazz work out, the spotlight on his searing sax work.
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Brazilian singer Tetel Di Babuya delivers smoky vocal jazz performances on her new LP.
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Penelope (in support of World Child Cancer)
by Billy Marrows
All proceeds from this gorgeous chamber jazz LP go to support UK organization World Child Cancer.
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