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Sahara von Hattenberger: 1Q84

Read "1Q84" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Canadian cellist Sahara von Hattenberger makes a bold statement with her debut 1Q84. Inspired by Japanese author Haruki Murakami's famous novel of the same name, the double album consists of an interpretation of composer Claude Bolling's “Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio" and four commissioned pieces that are, thematically, in the same vein. A buoyant atmosphere permeates the opener, “Baroque in Rhythm," as von Hattenberger and pianist Joanne Kang duet with facile grace. Both come from a ...

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Christine Jensen: Day Moon

Read "Day Moon" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Christine Jensen has been described by jazz writer Mark Miller of The Globe and Mail as “one of the most important Canadian composers of her generation." Jensen grew up in Nanaimo, British Columbia with the likes of tenor saxophonist Phil Dwyer and pianist & vocalist Diana Krall but is now based in Montreal, Quebec. She originally went to that city to attend McGill University from which she received her first degree in jazz performance in 1994 and, subsequently, a Masters ...

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Kate Wyatt: Artifact

Read "Artifact" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


At this point, in June of 2022, there is not a lot of internet chatter concerning Montreal-based pianist Kate Wyatt. Her website does not include a biography. But a trip to YouTube land reveals a bit of music from her debut CD release, Artifact. That may be all anyone needs in terms of an introduction. It is uncertain what can be learned from those “played with" and “performed alongside" nuggets that are common in new artist intros anyway.

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Sean Fyfe: Late Night

Read "Late Night" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Sean Fyfe is a peripatetic Canadian jazz pianist who has vagabonded his musical way from Vancouver Island to Montreal to New York City and now London. He has not forgotten the friends he met along the way and so his cohorts for the session are some buddies from Montreal: guitarist Sam Kirmayer, bassist Adrian Vedady and drummer André White. In keeping with the concept of staying with things that are familiar, of the eight-composition playlist for ...

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Sean Fyfe Quartet: Late Night

Read "Late Night" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The opening number on pianist Sean Fyfe's latest album, Late Night, is “Happy," which could serve as a subtext for the album as a whole. Even when performing a solo rendition of Billy Strayhorn's mournful “Lush Life," Fyfe somehow manages to sound happy, lending a sunny counterweight to the heart-breaking sense of loss that permeates Strayhorn's jazz classic. Happy seems to be inbred in Fyfe's temperament, which is one of the reasons listening to Late Night is such a pleasure. ...

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Montreal Jazz Trio: Montreal Jazz Trio

Read "Montreal Jazz Trio" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


We had the Modern Jazz Quartet, sometimes tagged MJQ, from 1952 until--after a stop and start or two--the early 90's. They were a class act, playing in formal attire, playing classically-influenced jazz with a dollop (sometimes more than a dollop) of the blues. Restraint and laid back complexity was the name of the game. Now we have the Montreal Jazz Trio (we could call them MJT, though there is no indication that they have ever claimed that title) ...

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CODE Quartet: Genealogy

Read "Genealogy" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


Chordless or not, quartets tend to find a way around the necessity of vertical simultaneousness to create significant harmonies. With the Montreal-based Code Quartet it's the former variety of instrumentation, combining a vital rhythm section of drum and bass with two horns, much like Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet or its logical continuation in the group Old and New Dreams. The music of Genealogy, made up almost exclusively of originals--hold the traditional “O Sacred head, Now Wounded," harmonized by Johann Sebastian ...


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