Jazz Articles about Adema Manoukas Octet

A & M Octet: New Roots

by Jack Bowers
June 25, 2022

At its best, the Toronto-based A&M (Adema & Manoukas) Octet brings to mind similar ensembles from the heyday of West Coast Jazz, superlative eight-member groups led by the likes of Dave Pell and Lennie Niehaus, among others; luckily for listerners, A&M is at its best most of the way on its debut recording, New Roots, performing five original compositions, a brace of jazz ensigns by Thelonious Monk and another by Dizzy Gillespie. One decisive measure of the ...