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Kevin Miller and Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Primordial
by Troy Dostert
For jazz musicians and listeners alike, the Covid years were challenging, significantly limiting possibilities for both studio recordings and live performances. One of the often-used solutions to this dilemma was virtual encounters--either in real-time or, on occasion, asynchronously, as musicians sent files to each other and layered their own contributions accordingly. Although no longer operating under the restrictions of the pandemic, guitarist Kevin Miller and multi-instrumentalist Jukka-Pekka Kervinen have nonetheless chosen the latter approach for Primordial. Despite the artists having ...
Continue ReadingChristian Vasseur & Charlie Beresford: Les Amoureuses
by John Eyles
Having first made contact in 2008, after discovering each other's music, English-speaking Charlie Beresford and French-speaking Christian Vasseur, both guitarists, communicated with one another for several years, each keeping in touch with what the other was working on. During this period, Beresford was a member of the quartet Fourth Page and was also developing his links with cellist Sonia Hammond. As well as being a member of the musical collective O.E.S., Vasseur issued a steady flow of limited-edition recordings. Eventually, ...
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