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Dan McCarthy: Epoch
by Dan Bilawsky
As intimated by the gray horizons on this album's cover, there's a silvery beauty and dusky design element at play in Epoch. Vibraphonist Dan McCarthy, a Canadian-turned-Brooklynite with a keen appreciation for suspense and patient development, tests the boundaries and borders of shadows and shape with stunning results. Elevated by the pillars of mystique and mournfulness, this statement proves beautifully gripping. Working without drums, and tapping sui generis souls like guitarist Ben Monder, violinist Mark Feldman, and ...
Continue ReadingTucksy: Tucksy - The EP
by Elliott Simon
Vibraphonist Dan McCarthy's Tucksy--The EP has him hooking up with a kindred spirit in the personage of banjo player Tuey Connell with extremely satisfying results. Both Connell and McCarthy are wont to take their instruments into somewhat uncharted places: McCarthy's recent Interwords (Independent, 2006) highlighted his gorgeous sonoric clarity in the context of a potpourri of genres that always kept the melody in sight, while Connell can be found in hip downtown venues fronting his own band that combines jazz, ...
Continue ReadingDan McCarthy Trio: Interwords
by Mark F. Turner
Dan McCarthy delivers some very good vibrations on this debut recording. Part of the new group of young vibraphonists including Stefon Harris (Evolution, Blue Note 2004) and Ben Adams (Old Thoughts for a New Day, Lunar Module 2006), McCarthy has his own ideas for the idiosyncratic instrument, which requires the skills of both a drummer and pianist to master. McCarthy honed his craft academically in Canada for eighteen years before moving to New York in 2004. He ...
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