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JD Walter: What the World Needs Now
by Pierre Giroux
JD Walter beckons listeners into a soulful and captivating journey through modern jazz interpretations of non-jazz material. With his unique vocal stylings and innovative arrangements, he brings a fresh perspective to familiar popular tunes, and several jazz standards, while delivering thought-provoking original compositions. From the very first track--Stevie Wonder's “Golden Lady"--it is evident that Walter's vocal prowess is a force to be reckoned with. He dashes along in full flight and then effortlessly shifts into intricate ...
Continue ReadingJoey Alexander: Origin
by Peter Jones
Pianist Joey Alexander was never going to spend his life churning out standards. You could tell from his reimagined version of “Giant Steps," the first track on his 2015 debut album, which begins with a dazzling two-minute solo introduction. The same album also features an original tune, the prowling “Ma Blues." It was clearly only going to be a matter of time before he came up with an all-originals album, and so it is with this, his sixth outing. Meanwhile ...
Continue ReadingGilad Hekselman, Mark Owen, Mike Miller and Andy Timmons
by Len Davis
Featured in this show: Gilad Hekselman's Ask For Chaos , Mark Owen's Respite, Stick Men, and the latest from Andy Timmons. Playlist Gilad Hekselman “Tokyo Cookie" from Ask For Chaos (Hexophonic) 00:00 Mark D Owen “Anesthetic" from Respite (Blue Canoe) 06:02 Stick Men “Level 5" from Owari (Moonjune) 12:134 Simon Phillips} “Nyanga" from <em>Protocol 5</em> (Phantom) 18:27</li> <li>{{m: Mike Miller “Colvin" from Trust (Blue Canoe) 24:32 Andy Timmons “When Words Fail" from Electric Truth (Timstone) 30:49 Ben Matthews} ...
Continue ReadingIvo Neame: Glimpses of Truth
by Chris May
"The Rise of The Lizard People," the title of the scene-setting opening track on Ivo Neame's Glimpses Of Truth, was prompted by an article Neame read which claimed that 12 million Americans believe that interstellar lizards run the United States. Only 12 million? In a country with a population approaching 332 million, around half of whose voters are idiots and conspiracy theorists, one might imagine that a far greater number would be feeling threatened by shape-shifting reptiles. To be fair, ...
Continue ReadingTrio Grande: Trio Grande
by Mike Jurkovic
It's not easy watching all the divergent and elusive pieces come together on Trio Grande, saxophonist Will Vinson, guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer/percussionist Antonio Sánchez's first outing, but then that's not their desire at all. Their work is to challenge the expectations and inclinations that dull and lull us into complacency, into wholly unimaginative realms and lead us to yon wider vistas. Born from various residencies at the NY's legendary (in fall 2020 temporarily shuttered) Cornelia Street Café, ...
Continue ReadingGilad Hekselman: Ask For Chaos
by Friedrich Kunzmann
After a run of intriguingly fresh sounding records, starting with 2006 set Splitlife (Smalls Records), up to the most recently released Homes (Jazz Village 2015), New York-based guitarist Gilad Hekselman seems to have widened his musical soundscape even further by pursuing a multitude of different new projects, ultimately proving himself one of the most innovative voices in jazz guitar today on his newest outing Ask for Chaos. As of recently, his two main touring units have been his more regular ...
Continue ReadingGilad Hekselman: Ask For Chaos
by Gareth Thompson
Be careful what you ask for if chaos is on the wish list. Israeli-born guitarist Gilad Hekselman invited disorder on this, his sixth outing, by employing two distinct backing bands. And there is fun to be had in spotting discrepancies between the combos. Representing the more avant elements are Zuperoctave, whilst a touch of trad comes via gHex Trio who were urged by Hekselman to keep him on his toes. The album's title draws on the political climate ...
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