Jazz Articles about Kelvin Sholar

About Kelvin Sholar

Album Review

Kelvin Sholar Trio: Rites of Fire

Read "Rites of Fire" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
January 21, 2021

A syncretic symphony, Kelvin Sholar's Rites of Fire is the product of 15 years of meditation on the history and esoteric mechanisms of musical expression. The richly satisfying album is unbounded by anything other than Sholar's relentless commitment to self-discovery. Sholar's own resurrection from clinical death to artistic and spiritual rebirth is embedded in the core of the multi-movement composition, which neither defies nor accepts conventional barriers. The piece flows from a space of integration, merging a complex network of ...

Album Review

Susanna Bartilla: The Look Of Love: Songs Of The Sixties

Read "The Look Of Love: Songs Of The Sixties" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 4, 2017

Sub-titled Songs Of The Sixties, vocalist Susanna Bartilla's The Look Of Love presents her interpretations of ten numbers from that decade--from standards such as “Till There Was You" to pop hits like “There's A Kind Of Hush." It's a classic collection, distinguished by some fine interpretations and some surprising song choices. The Look Of Love follows Bartilla's tribute to Peggy Lee, I Love Lee (Self Produced, 2012), which she recorded in France. Bartilla is now back in Germany, ...

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Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads

by Franz A. Matzner
April 27, 2009

Pianist, composer, programmer, writer, philosopher Kelvin Sholar is a modern Renaissance man, an endangered species in our modern times of careerism and hyper-focused resumes. At any one time, Sholar seems to be grappling with more ideas and projects than very few are capable of doing over several years--if at all. To give a sense of the scale, the second time I spoke with Sholar, when he was still living in New York and had just finished a ...