Jazz Articles about Catherine Lamb

About Catherine Lamb

Multiple Reviews

One and a half albums from Catherine Lamb (plus a half from Kristofer Svensson)

by John Eyles
November 10, 2023

The American-born, Berlin resident, composer and violist Catherine Lamb is no stranger to progressive label Another Timbre. Her first album on the label, Three Bodies (Moving) was released in 2012. Since then, a steady stream of her compositions has appeared on the label, performed solo or by small groupings. Once before, on Viola Torros (Another Timbre, 2018) Lamb has shared an album with compositions by others. Now, on Translucent Harmonies, a Lamb piece shares an album with one by Sweden's ...

Album Review

Catherine Lamb and Johnny Chang: Viola Torros

Read "Viola Torros" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 25, 2019

The title of this two-CD set, Viola Torros, refers to an enigmatic female musician from the late Vedic period who was born somewhere in the Indus valley region, before roaming far and wide. (Those keen to know more about her are best directed here.) Johnny Chang and Catherine Lamb have researched and collected fragments of Torros' music. Disc One of this set consists of two recordings of such fragments, recorded in August 2017 in Dusseldorf and May 2018 in Berlin, ...