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26.01.2021 / 20:33
Review: Ragtime and much more from jazz pianist Emmet Cohen
Emmet Cohen, "Future Stride” (Mack Avenue Records)Stride provides a starting point on jazz pianist Emmet Cohen's new album. The opening cut, “Symphonic Raps,” is a New Orleans ragtime tune recorded by Louis Armstrong nearly a century ago, and Cohen plays it as though his piano is rolling downhill, accelerating until he leaves the rhythm section behind.That momentum sends Cohen on an exploration of other jazz stylings, with stride as an antecedent and recurring reference point.