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Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love
by C. Andrew Hovan
When Canadian pianist Renee Rosnes decided to make her mark in the jazz world, she wasted no time, making an auspicious start as a member of Joe Henderson's all-female quartet in 1986. Fast forward thirty-five years and her career continues to advance on an upward trajectory. Her third offering for Smoke Sessions, Kinds of Love, is yet another brilliant showcase for Rosnes, both as a pianist and composer. The top tier ensemble assures sublime renditions of the composer's originals, with ...
Continue ReadingRenee Rosnes: Kinds of Love
by Mike Jurkovic
Still riding high on the energy generated by her superwoman jazz group Artemis—Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda and Allison Miller— pianist Renee Rosnes, undaunted by the string of world crises but just as ruminative as the rest of us, elicits some of the most emotive and enthralling music of her career on Kinds of Love. Drummer Carl Allen and percussionist and vocalist Rogério Boccato set “Silk" into shadowy, tribal motion from which Rosnes and the ...
Continue ReadingChris Potter Circuits Trio, Aaron Lebos Reality, Zane Carney, Gerald Gradwohl and more
by Len Davis
New releases from Chris Potter, Zane Carney, and Gerald Gradwohl, plus Erik Escobar and Aaron Lebos Reality. Playlist Kai Eckhardt “InThe Pocket" from Honour Simplicity:Respect the Flow (Naim) 00:00 Cosmic Farm “Steel Rider" from Cosmic Farm (Tone Centre) 07:44 Aaron Lebos Reality “Goldrush" from 141 Layers of Ikigai (Self Produced) 15:20 Chris Potter Circuits Trio “Southbound" from Sunrise Reprise (Edition) 23:00 Zane Carney “Pitchfork" from Alter Ego (Orenda) 30:45 Gerald Gradwohl “Jabo" from Episode 6 (Self Produced) 38:35 ...
Continue ReadingNew releases from Chris Potter Circuits Trio, Benjamin Croft, Michael Whalen, Gerald Gradwohl and much more
by Len Davis
New releases from Chris Potter, Benjamin Croft, Michael Whalen, and Gerald Gradwohl and much more. Playlist Chris Potter “Serpentine" from Sunrise Reprise (Edition) 00:00 Benjamin Croft “Far and Distant Things from Far and Distant Things (Ubuntu) 06:30 Michael Whalen “La Hermosa Noche" from Future Shock (Self Produced) 13:01 Vlad Glavcgovski “Possibilities" from Possibilities (Self Produced) 19:37 Leerik “Desert Watercolour" from Desert Watercolour (Frutex Tracks) 26:08r Gerald Gradwohl “K Log" from Episode 6 (Self Produced)32:34 Cody Carpenter “Brave The ...
Continue ReadingTenor Titans: The Many Sides of Chris Potter
by Russell Perry
Chris Potter came on the scene in the early 1990s and proceeded to collaborate with a “Who's Who" of modern jazz including Paul Motian, Patricia Barber, Renee Rosnes, Billy Hart, Dave Douglas, Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, and Pat Metheny. While his work as a leader is highly celebrated earning him standing among the best saxophone players and band leaders of his generation, his continuing contributions to the projects of long-standing partners like Holland, Motian and Rosnes add an almost unparalleled ...
Continue ReadingWeather Report, Frank Gambale, Alec Machacek and more
by Len Davis
New releases from Chris Potter, Oz Noy and Scott Jones, plus old favourites from John McLaughlin and Weather Report. Playlist Weather Report “Freezing Fire" from Live and Unreleased (Columbia) 00:00 Paradox “Twistedology" from The First Second (Tip Toe records) 07:57 Metro “Earthplak" from Metro (Lipstick Records) 15:51 Frank Gambale “Smug" from Raison D'Etre (Wombat Records) 23:44 Alex Machacek-Jeff Sipe-Matthew Garrison “There's a new Sherrif in Town" from Improvision (Abstract Logix) 31:40 Oz Noy “Boom Boom Boom" from Snapdragon ...
Continue ReadingOz Noy: Snapdragon
by Mike Jacobs
It's an old sentiment but it still holds that great instrumental chops, enthralling as they may be, are fairly meaningless on their own. And quite frankly, they are pretty ubiquitous these days with the internet exposure machine going full tilt. Given all that, it's quite easy for the listener to become inured with technical prowess-- especially wizardry of the fretboard. So to say Oz Noy is a fantastic guitarist just isn't enough anymore. It's fortunate then that what ...
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