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Nick Sanders: Phantoms of Memory

Read "Phantoms of Memory" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


While the evolutionary arc of the COVID-19 calamity hampered progress for large-scale productions across the globe, the entire scenario, coupled with isolated artists' drive for creative expression, led to a massive uptick in the smallest of formats. At no time in recent memory--or really ever in the recorded history of jazz--have we seen such a steady flow of solo statements. Impelled by a need to design and discover while lacking the means to safely gather, so many members of the ...

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Jazz Journal

Summer 2019

Read "Summer 2019" reviewed by Doug Collette


Jazz Journal is a regular column consisting of pithy takes on recent jazz releases of note as well as spotlights on those titles in the genre that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Nick Sanders Trio Playtime 2050 Sunnyside Records 2019 The music inside the cover of Playtime is a vivid reflection of the deceptively whimsical cover art. Witness, for instance, two tracks juxtaposed with each other: “Live Normal" almost ...

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Nick Sanders, Logan Strosahl: Janus

Read "Janus" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Newyorchese, pupillo di Fred Hersch, Nick Sanders è al suo terzo album per la Sunnyside, il primo in duo col sassofonista Logan Strosahl, ventisettenne di Seattle di cui questo è invece il secondo disco (sempre su Sunnyside). Ne fanno parte dodici brani di varia estrazione, dai due firmatari del lavoro a Monk, Machaut, Messiaen, Couperin e altri ancora. Tale composito materiale viene trattato dai due giovani musicislti con innnegabile padronanza, anche se a volte il loro dialogare tradisce una qualche ...

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Nick Sanders & Logan Strosahl: Janus

Read "Janus" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Pianist Nick Sanders and saxophonist Logan Strosahl musical connection goes back to 2007 when they were both students at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Since that time Sanders has release a number of albums, including You Are Creature with bassist Henry Fraser and drummer Connor Baker. The three players played on Strosahl's musically eclectic debut album of this year, Up Go We . The attitude of thinking of the entire canon of Western music to be “just ...

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Nick Sanders & Logan Strosahl: Janus

Read "Janus" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Nick Sanders and saxophonist Logan Strosahl have named their duet outing Janus. The Janus of the Roman Empire era was a God with two faces, a God of time, with one gaze directed forward, the other backward in time. Sanders and Strosahl began playing in the duo format a decade ago, wood-shedding in the dorms at Boston's New England Conservatory, where they were both students. They revisit those sessions, in a sense, a wide-ranging, Janus-ian, forward/backward exploration ...

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Nick Sanders Trio: You Are a Creature

Read "You Are a Creature" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Prodotto da Fred Hersch, il You Are a Creature mette in mostra un trio davvero ragguardevole nell'esprimere una variegata sintesi del piano jazz moderno. Affiancato da una ritmica eccellente, Nick Sanders esprime un raffinato pensiero musicale al servizio di un gustoso percorso modern mainstream. Lo dimostra la traccia numero due, elevabile a simbolo di una espressività policentrica nel coniugare sensibilità cameristica ed arditezze armonico-timbriche. Anche le composizioni originali proposte sfruttano tutte le possibilità espressive di un dinamico trio, le cui ...

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Nick Sanders Trio: You Are A Creature

Read "You Are A Creature" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


It's sad to say, but many newly-formed piano trios tend to suffer by comparison before they ever get off the ground. So many of these groups consciously or unwittingly walk along well-trod paths, referencing legendary jazz figures or following trails of sonic breadcrumbs dropped by latter day lodestars like Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, or Jason Moran, to name a few. But despite that fact, there's always hope and there are always a rare few artists who manage to contribute ...


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