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Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer

Peter Epstein, Brad Shepik, Matt Kilmer: Temoin

by Mike Jacobs
March 2, 2023

The nimble “Temoin" is one of the many piquant delights this unusually formatted trio (sax, guitar, frame drum) puts forth on Lingua Franca (Songlines, 2005), The absence of upright or electric bass creates a tangibly wider sonic space for their ethnically-tinged, odd-metered romps and highlights their wonderfully telepathic interplay. At times subtle, at others spicy, the ...

Lingua Franca

By Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: Two Door; Miro; Emrald; Temoin; Here and There; Monsaraz; Kumanovo; Sunrise; Meditation; Bonus track: Improvisation I.

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by John Dworkin
September 10, 2005

Like what's being done by many creative musicians today, including Kenny Wheeler, Bill Frisell, and Brian Blade's Fellowship, the music and approach on Lingua Franca are better described as searching than the more common burning. Peter Epstein, Brad Shepik, and Matt Kilmer trade more in water than fire. This is not a value judgement, just a ...

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by John Kelman
August 13, 2005

The term “world music gets bantered around frequently these days, referring (among many other things) to anyone who integrates any kind of ethnic folk music into a larger musical concept. But there's really nothing new about the idea of cross-cultural blends from a jazz perspective. Even before groups like Oregon, guitarist John McLaughlin's Shakti, and ECM ...

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by Jerry D'Souza
August 12, 2005

One of the prime factors in assembling this project was that each musician should represent a distinct musical culture. Peter Epstein (saxophones), Brad Shepik (guitar), and Matt Kilmer (percussion) home in and open the doors to a world of fascinating rhythms. Jazz has often moved across various lands in search of its muse. This ...

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by Dan McClenaghan
August 4, 2005

The music we call jazz--a broad and ill-defined category--embraces a wide array of sounds. Under the jazz umbrella you find bebop to electronica, ambient to power trio, turntablism to tablas, ferocious saxophones to Balkan folk music. That's a big part of the music's appeal. The art form is not static; it evolves and incorporates everything it ...