Jazz Articles about Anton Davidyants

About Anton Davidyants

Album Review

Australian guitarist Nick Freer makes no secret of his admiration for Allan Holdsworth, and Apperceptions wears that influence proudly, like a sharp suit cut from familiar cloth. Legato runs that melt note boundaries, chord voicings that wander through restless harmonic territory, and melodies approached sideways rather than head-on--it is all there, executed with clear devotion. As a guitar trio with bassist Anton Davidyants and drummer Justin Humphries, the album unfolds as a through-composed suite, each track designed to ...

Album Review

Gergo Borlai: The Missing Song

Read "The Missing Song" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
May 29, 2020

The Missing Song has been heralded as a tribute to Gergo Borlai's nine most influential drummers still alive and performing today. This is much more than just listing them and perhaps covering one of their songs. Borlai composed eight of the nine new songs on this album. He plays them all in the manner, or mindset, of each drummer. The thought process, and level of preparation was meticulous for every drummer and every song. The drum kit, cymbals, sticks, pedals, ...