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Tom Wakeling: West by Northwest

Read "West by Northwest" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 20, 2025

West by Northwest is another in a recent series of splendid small-group concert recordings, this one by bassist Tom Wakeling's close-knit quartet, taped in February 2024 for a receptive audience at the Ravenscroft Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Wakeling had teamed for a number of years with pianist Angelo Versace and drummer Dom Moio. When trumpeter Jason Carder signed on, expanding the group's size from trio to quartet, Wakeling writes, “we all knew instantly we'd found the magic ...

Album Review

Matt Olson: 789 Miles

Read "789 Miles" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
August 12, 2019

Wisconsin-born tenor saxophonist/composer Matt Olson has traveled 789 miles from his childhood home to his current home in South Carolina, where he teaches at Furman University. His original compositions here aim to capture influences from his upbringing, but the present is well-represented by compositions from five Furman University students (graduates and current students). The format is a tight, funky organ trio with two of Olson's band mates in the Unhinged Sextet, last heard from on Don't Blink (OA2 Records, 2017): ...

Album Review

Matt Olson: 789 Miles

Read "789 Miles" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann
June 16, 2019

One of the most interesting things about tenor saxophonist Matt Olson's 789 Miles is something it lacks: An anxious, overriding eagerness to impress or knock the listener out at every turn. Instead, the record virtually looks you in the eye, shakes your hand, and then cordially invites you along for the ride. Olson, Hammond B-3 organist Mike Kocour and drummer Dom Moio, who comprise one-half of the notable collaborative ensemble, Unhinged Sextet, are middle-aged jazzmen whose artistry and craft runs ...