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Jesse Ryan

Saxophonist and composer Jesse Ryan grew up in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago surrounded by a rich heritage of music. Perhaps, it’s no surprise that he has steadily earned his place as one of Trinidad’s bright, young stars, being the grandson of one of the islands’ calypso veterans, Clifton Ryan, aka the “Mighty Bomber”. Jesse is the 2020 recipient of the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Emerging Jazz Artist Award - an award that puts a spotlight on emerging jazz musicians with a keen sense of the grand tradition behind jazz music, while putting their own stamp on the genre and the Toronto music scene with their unique style and approach

Choices

By William Carn

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Breathe In; The Inertia of Complacency; Heroyim Slava; Get Up; Goodbye Old Freind; The gift; Breathe Out.

Get Up

February 22, 2023

Album: Choices
By William Carn
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Duration: 06:01

Willliam Carn: Choices

by Dan McClenaghan
January 13, 2023

The short tune “Breathe" opens Choices, sounding like something holy, in a futuristic, science-fiction way. This is how Canadian trombonist William Carn introduces his album. It is a “do it from home," mostly remotely recorded set, reminiscent—to go back over half a century— of Paul McCartney's first solo album McCartney (Apple Records, 1970). McCartney's impetus for ...

Bridges

By Jesse Ryan

Label: FWE
Released: 2020
Track listing: Big Ole' Shoes (Featuring Mt. Cullane Tambrin Band) 06:46 2. Bridges 06:37 3. Zambian Offertory (Featuring Joanna Majoko) 04:06 4. Right To Be Wrong Prelude (Featuring Brainerd Blyden-Taylor) 00:51 5. Right To Be Wrong (Featuring Mt. Cullane Tambrin Band) 05:31 6. The Way (Featuring Joanna Majoko) 05:21 7. Seeds 04:42 8. S.O.T.S Prelude (Featuring Ewen Farncombe and Mt. Cullane Tambrin Band) 00:44 9. S.O.T.S (Featuring Mt. Cullane Tambrin Band) 04:07

Gauci Pandemic Duets and More!

by Bob Osborne
December 22, 2020

This week lots of new music from Jesse Ryan, Junk Magic, Noah Haidu, Dave Young, and James Brandon Lewis, a focus on Cambridge UK musician Ryan McCaffrey and more great improvisation from Stephen Gauci with his pandemic duets. As Gauci says “I resolved to safely record a series of duet recordings in order to fully express ...

R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2020

by R.J. DeLuke
December 20, 2020

Everyone knows how odd 2020 was. Nonetheless, artists around the globe put out some outstanding music as struggles to meet the new challenges continued. Creativity reigns supreme. There was a lot of music I didn't get to here, but here are some recordings that registered high marks. Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride ...