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Dave Mossing: Homesteaders
by Jack Bowers
On his debut album, Homesteaders, Montreal-based trumpeter Dave Mossing pays homage to the intrepid immigrants (including some of his forebears) who trekked westward in the early 1900s to help develop the area around his birthplace in Regina, Saskatchewan. He and his quartet do so in the form of a largely unhurried eight-movement Homesteader Suite (plus three brief “interludes") that seeks to depict in musical terms the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the ins and outs, the joys, the ...
Continue ReadingChristine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Harbour
by Scott Lichtman
There's something special about Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra's Harbour. Foremost, the album builds on Jensen's acknowledged talent as master composer for over 25 years. She writes songs that stimulate the emotions as well as the intellect, and she arranges them using rich, cross-instrumental blends and fresh, punctuated motifs. While Jensen already has won JUNO awards in Canada for best jazz album, Harbour raises the bar. That is because it is inspired by deeply personal themes and because her ...
Continue ReadingThe Saskatchewan All Star Big Band: Saskatchewan Suite
by Jack Bowers
On Saskatchewan Suite, composer/arranger Fred Stride and the twenty-member Saskatchewan All Star Big Band have combined to paint a luminous and colorful portrait of that western Canadian province, canvassing 150 years of its history in eight picturesque movements that describe in musical terms the land itself, its indigenous peoples, newcomers from Europe and elsewhere, its recognition in 1905 as a province, the importance of various sports to Saskatchewan's inhabitants, and the legacy of jazz as an essential part of its ...
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