Results for "Joseph Franklin"

Joseph Franklin

James Brandon Lewis, Code Girl, Junk Magic, Tim Berne & Gianni Lenoci

by Maurice Hogue
November 22, 2020

When you're hot, you're hot, and that's the kind of year saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is having. He's been a part of several fine albums this year, and his recent quartet release, Molecular, for Intakt Records is a further step on his path to the top. He demonstrates his concept of “Molecular Systematic Music." Mary Halvorson ...

Dan Weiss & Starebaby, Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell and SPIME 2019

by Maurice Hogue
November 4, 2020

Everyone's favourite drummer Dan Weiss created quite a stir with the debut album of his band Starebaby. That ball keeps rolling with their sophomore release, Natural Selection. And what else could you expect from a band with Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Ben Monder and Trevor Dunn? The album rocks! Friend and mentor become playing partners on ...

Amen

By Joseph Franklin

Label: Earshift Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Cloud Space Earth; Amen; Dark Horse; Maple and Bone; Moon Crab; Hammer Gut.

Franklin: Amen

by Friedrich Kunzmann
October 27, 2019

On Joseph Franklin's sophomore effort Amen, the Australian bassist and composer delivers an intricate web of patterns which he creates in interplay with fellow compatriot Marc Hannaford's ominous piano stabs and Satoshi Takeishi's experimental and highly dynamic drum work. Each composition goes through different stages--from dark and menacing to silver and dreamy-- from slowly pulsating, almost ...