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Gary Husband: The Gemini Dimension
by Mike Jacobs
Even if forced to count just one of the two musical associations he's most noted for--a 35-year long relationship playing with the late Allan Holdsworth, and a 15-year long (and counting) stint in John McLaughlin's 4th Dimension--Gary Husband would still easily make many people's musician watchlist. But with both to his credit, (each on a different instrument, no less), the drummer/keyboardist's resume taken as a whole reads like an embarrassingly rich litany of explorations that's hard to not marvel at. ...
Continue ReadingSpandrel, Aurora Clara, Gilad Hekselman, The Trackers
by Len Davis
New releases from Spandrel with Phil Hirschi and Spencer Smith, Gilad Hekselman, and from Spain, Aurora Clara. Plus progressive rock from Animals as Leaders and more from The Trackers with Gary Husband. Playlist Spandrel “Habituation" from Spandrel (Self Produced) 00:00 Spandrel “Dark Energy" from Spandrel (Self Produced) 06:51 Gilad Hekselman “Fast Moving Century" from Far Star (Edition) 14:41 Stig Christensen-Tim Lefebvre “Heavy at Every Size" from Lo (SofaRevolution) 20:31 Animals As Leaders" Conflict Cartography" from Parrhesia (Sumerian) 27:20 ...
Continue ReadingGary Husband, John McLaughlin, Yang, Simon Phillips and Ben Matthews
by Len Davis
New releases from Gary Husband and Alf Terje Hana with The Trackers, John McLaughlin The Montreaux Years . Plus Yang with Designed For Disaster, LiveWyre from Ben Matthews and from There To Here. Playlist Gary Husband-Alf Terje Hana “Vaudeville" from The Trackers (Abstract Logix) 00:00 John McLaughlin “El Hombre Que Sabia" from The Montreaux Years (BMG) 07:18 Yang “Collision Course" from Designed For Disaster (Cuneiform) 14:37 Simon Phillips “The Long Road Home" from Protocol V (Phantom) 21:53 Greg ...
Continue ReadingJohn McLaughlin: Liberation Time
by Geno Thackara
Perhaps the biggest success of Liberation Time is that its title feels sincere and not ironic. Such a sentiment could have easily come out as a cute bit of wishful thinking under the restrictions of pandemic life. Being who he is, though, John McLaughlin inevitably finds the value and positivity even in this strange state of affairs. “The wonderful thing about music is that you put the headphones on and you are all in the same room," he says in ...
Continue ReadingGary Husband & Markus Reuter: Music Of Our Times
by Dan McClenaghan
A tour of Japan was canceled. Some lag time ensued. So Leonardo Pavkovic—el jefe at MoonJune Records—set up some studio time for multi-instrumentalist (pianist here) Gary Husband and guitarist Markus Reuter. The result is Music Of Our Times. The set is spontaneously-composed. It is tranquil, moody and atmospheric. The first impression of the opening seconds of “Colour Of Sorrow," the opening tune, is that this was recorded in a cistern, a la Pauline Oliveros, or a cathedral. The ...
Continue ReadingGary Husband & Markus Reuter: Music Of Our Times
by Mark Sullivan
Rarely has an album title been so perfectly descriptive. In March, 2020 the Stick Men with special guest Gary Husband had just begun a Japan and China tour. But it was cancelled by the pandemic after one show at the Blue Note in Nagoya. Thinking quickly, Husband and Stick Men touch guitarist Markus Reuter booked time in a Tokyo studio before their flights home, and recorded these spontaneous improvised duets. Husband takes the lead, playing an especially resonant ...
Continue ReadingGary Husband: A Meeting Of Spirits
by Roger Farbey
Pianist and percussionist Gary Husband is one of the world's most gifted musicians. It would be more accurate to say that he is not merely supremely talented but also a true virtuoso of both drums and keyboards. He played on John McLaughlin's Industrial Zen, released in 2006 and with the guitarist's 4th Dimension since its 2010 debut recording, To The One, where he featured on keyboards. But as those lucky enough to have caught McLaughlin in concert will know, Husband ...
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