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Kevin Sun: Quartets
by Vincenzo Roggero
Dopo The Sustain of Memory (Endectomorph, 2019) e il suo ideale seguito The Depths of Memory , ecco il terzo album doppio del talentuoso sassofonista e compositore Kevin Sun. Rispetto ai precedenti, veri e propri concept album costruiti nella forma di suites dall'ampio respiro e con formazioni a geometria variabile, Quartets presenta alcune sostanziali novità. Due sedute di registrazione distinte, la prima datata 2022, la seconda 2023, due differenti quartetti, la classica suddivisione in brani strutturati tra tempi ...
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by Mark Corroto
Sometimes, talent calls out, other times, it is acknowledged with a nod. For saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun, both are obvious. The mastery of his instrument is a given; it is just that his music is never flashy or overindulgent, thus the nod. That fact is evident in previous discs on his Endectomorph Music label; the live trio recording The Fate Odyssey The Tenor (2023), 3 Bird (2021), (Un)Seaworthy (2020) and The Sustain Of Memory (2019). Sun's growing discography is ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Kevin Sun goes big again. Sustain Of Memory (2020) and 2023's Depth of Memory, both on his Endectomorph label, were two-disc offerings. And now we have Quartets, another two CD set. He is an artist with a lot to say. Each disc features Sun on tenor sax accompanied by bassist Walter Stinson. The piano and drum chairs are taken on the first CD by Dana Saul and Matt Honor, respectively. CD 2 finds Kayvon Gordon doing the ...
Continue ReadingKasperi Sarikoski: Three Plus One
by Friedrich Kunzmann
The trombone seems to be going through somewhat of a renaissance in 2020. That's only if a period when albums such as Grachan Moncur III's Some Other Stuff (Blue Note, 1965) were released can be considered the instrument's heyday in jazz. But fresh Norwegian input--captured on Oyvind Braekke's sextet release Wilderness (Oslo Recording Sessions, 2020)--graced the early spring of 2020, and New York-based trombonist Nick Finzer followed with a similar sextet concept, revealing another highlight of the year in the ...
Continue ReadingChristian Li & Mike Bono: Visitors
by Chris Mosey
The New York-based duo of guitarist Mike Bono and pianist Christian Li celebrate a decade of collaboration with Visitors, which they see as “a souvenir of the past and a blueprint for the future." It's a varied album of nine originals, with engineer Pran Bandi trying as much as possible to recreate a live atmosphere in the studio, facilitating communication and connection. The opening number, “Puddles," is pleasantly meditative with an interesting solo from Dayna Stephens on ...
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