Jazz Articles about Jason MacNamara

Adam Nolan: Listen to Me Now

by Mike Jurkovic
March 1, 2022

Listen to Me Now evolves from a blank radar screen. At first glance, there's nothing there. Blank grid. Gray expanse. Then, suddenly, one blip, then another. In-breath-out-breath then another. Uncountable seconds later one's juggling a whole new multiverse. Action is demanded. Questions abound. Run for the exits or find the teachable moment? The learnable instant? “Roll the Dice," the starting pistol of Irish free jazzing saxophonist Adam Nolan's fearless new testimony, answers that question and other such inquiries as well. ...