Jazz Articles about Jason Kutz

About Jason Kutz

Album Review

In the perpetually evolving landscape of fusion music, Madison, Wisconsin's own Mr. Chair introduces another compelling chapter with their latest album Better Days. A quintet with a diverse sound palette, Mr. Chair's idiosyncratic mix of jazz, classical and prog-rock opens up endless possibilities for musical genre blending. Before we dive into the heart of this auditory journey, let's take a moment to introduce the ensemble. On bass, we have Ben Ferris laying the rhythmic groundwork. José Guzmán is ...

Album Review

Paul Dietrich: 5+4

by Jack Bowers
September 29, 2023

The concept for this latest album by Wisconsin-based trumpeter, composer and educator Paul Dietrich, his fourth as leader, can be found in its title, 5+4, wherein he employs a jazz quintet and four-member string section. It is to Dietrich's credit that neither one outshines the other; the quintet takes the lead on six of the album's eight numbers (all written by Dietrich), the strings on the others ("Out Here," “A Separation"). Indeed, the two components mesh so ...