Results for "Rory Cowal"

Rory Cowal

Trevor Anderies Quintet at Fresh Santa Fe

by Dave Wayne
October 31, 2016

Trevor Anderies Quintet Fresh Santa Fe New Music Series Santa Fe, NM September 3, 2016 To be perfectly honest, most of the bands that come to Santa Fe, NM are playing fill-in gigs between dates in jny: Albuquerque (or jny: Phoenix) and jny: Denver. And that's okay because it just ...

Gavin Templeton: Ballast

by Dave Wayne
June 6, 2016

A native of Reno, Nevada, alto saxophonist Gavin Templeton is emerging as one of the leading voices of Los Angeles' suddenly burgeoning modern jazz scene. If the music on Ballast, his fourth album as a leader, is any indication, Templeton might just be on his way to becoming one of the leading voices in modern jazz, ...

Open It Up

By Yvette Cornelia Holzwarth

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013

Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 2, 2012

The third release of the young Los Angeles-based, Cal Arts-educated Slumgum attempts to expand its musical universe. This inventive quartet already defined its rich aesthetic, drawing from diverse influences like jazz, free improvisation, world music and modern classical music, stressing a vivid sense of exploration and adventure with close and supportive interplay. On The Sky His ...

Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

by Hrayr Attarian
November 11, 2012

Slumgum exhibits a sophisticated voice and thematic cohesiveness on this, its third release, The Sky His Own. These characteristics are a testament to this innovative Los Angeles-based quartet's camaraderie and shared ideology, as all members of the group, including guest cornetist Hugh Ragin, contribute unique compositions. Ragin's expansive “Silver Cornet News" starts off ...