Jazz Articles about Erez Dessel

About Erez Dessel

Album Review

Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer

Read "Broadcast Transformer" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 15, 2025

Ken Vandermark has long made it a priority to dedicate nearly all of his compositions to other artists. From painters and photographers to writers, poets and fellow musicians, his influences span a wide artistic spectrum. Film, in particular, has been a significant source of inspiration for this long-time Chicago resident. While Vandermark has composed two commissioned soundtracks--Strade D'Acqua / Roads Of Water (Multikulti Project, 2010) and Parallax Sounds (Just Temptation Recordings, 2014)--his approach to music consistently embodies a cinematic scope. ...

Album Review

Walking Cliche Sextet: Micro-Nap

Read "Micro-Nap" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
December 12, 2022

Walking Cliche Sextet, led by bassist SeaJun Kwon, is one of those bands that cut a ragged path between several genres of music. Jazz, prog rock, classical, drones, and other elements all get mixed into a spiky, ever-changing musical stew with a raucous edge reminiscent of some of Henry Threadgill's music. On first hearing, the three horns at the front of the sextet often seem at odds with the rhythm section, but their separate parts turn out to ...