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Drew Wesely/Kenneth Jimenez/Francisco Mela: Triangulate the Landscape
by Troy Dostert
An interesting trio comprised of a well-established veteran percussionist, Francisco Mela, and two relative newcomers, bassist Kenneth Jimenez and guitarist Drew Wesely, the musicians behind Triangulate the Landscape are engaged in that age-old challenge of free improvisation: how to create a substantial musical conversation that combines separate, independently-determined voices into a larger whole. While the three players aren't consistently successful in this regard, the album offers enough moments of enticing collective purpose to render the project worthwhile. Mela ...
Continue ReadingKenneth Jimenez: Sublunary Minds
by Troy Dostert
Although he is a relative newcomer as a bassist and composer, Kenneth Jimenez keeps some pretty distinguished company. One of his current projects, Sonnet to Silence, marshals the talents of some avant-garde heavy hitters, pianist Angelica Sanchez, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and saxophonist Hery Paz. His partners on Sublunary Minds, his second disc as leader, aren't quite as well-known, although Miami-based pianist Jim Gasior and drummer John Yarling are ideally suited to Jimenez's well-constructed compositions—pieces that find a congenial equilibrium between ...
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