Jazz Articles about Ledah Finck

About Ledah Finck

Album Review

With the title of One Last Heist so closely juxtaposed with the album's cover image, the acerbic expression on Wesley Stace's face says it all. Or it might if this were not the same iconoclast who distinguished himself from the likes of Elvis Costello and Graham Parker back in the New Wave/punk heyday of the late Seventies. Then known under the assumed name of John Wesley Harding--a wink of the eye even there!--his all-too-often overly clever attitude even ...

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Quinsin Nachoff: Stars and Constellations

Read "Stars and Constellations" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 2, 2024

Quinsin Nachoff è personaggio atipico nell'attuale panorama musicale. Attivo e apprezzato interprete di musica classica come di musica improvvisata, continua a operare con successo in entrambi i campi ma da anni,--attraverso lavori commissionati ad hoc, progetti multimediali che coinvolgono esperti di fisica, cineasti, orchestre da camera, quartetti d'archi --, sta portando avanti una personale visione delle possibili convivenze tra i due mondi musicali. Niente di nuovo, si dirà--senza scomodare ingombranti richiami alla Third Stream Music--sono numerosi i ...

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Nick Dunston: Atlantic Extraction: Live at Threes

Read "Atlantic Extraction: Live at Threes" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
September 6, 2020

Bassist Nick Dunston, an alumni of the groups of Vijay Iyer, Dave Douglas and Tyshawn Sorey, was responsible for one of the debuts of 2019, with Atlantic Extraction (Out Of Your Head Records). Taking that title as its name, the same quintet inaugurates OOYH Records digital only Untamed series which aims to release high-quality performances with a quicker turnaround than a traditional studio album. Though more lo-fi than usual, (this one was recorded on an iPhone), the music on this ...