Home » Jazz Articles » Luke Stewart
Jazz Articles about Luke Stewart
Angelika Niescier: Chicago Tapes
by Mark Corroto
German saxophonist Angelika Niescier first connected with her musical compatriots during a visit to the U.S. Midwest in 2012, though it would take more than a decade for that relationship to fully crystallize on record. Even that timeline needs qualification. In 2023, she recorded Beyond Dragons in Chicago with cellist Tomeka Reid and California-born New York City>> drummer {{m: Savannah Harris. Still, her 2025 return to the Windy City for Chicago Tapes feels like both a culmination and a celebration, ...
Continue ReadingMarshall Allen's Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia
by Mark Corroto
In 2025, the Collegium Cardinalium, or College of Cardinals--a body formed in the Middle Ages--convened a conclave in Rome to elect a new Pope for the Catholic Church. Nearly five centuries before the inception of such conclaves, Tibetan Buddhists established their own process of succession by searching for the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, often discovered in the form of a child. These spiritual traditions of succession are vital for preserving the identity, rituals and philosophies of their institutions. Each ...
Continue ReadingLuke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins
by Maurice Hogue
I confess to having a thing about basses, particularly of the acoustic kind, so I got all excited when the latest Luke Stewart album rolled in. About to do a gig with his Remembrance Quintet, he change course and combined musicians from his Silt Trio and the Quintet for a live gig which was recorded with the result, the truly ass-kicking The Order. Italian bassist Silvia Bolognesi's album Is That Jazz? was also recorded live, but its origin was different. ...
Continue ReadingLuke Stewart Silt Trio with Gerald Cleaver and Brian Settles at Cankarjev dom
by Petra Cvelbar
Luke Stewart Silt Trio plus Aquiles Navarro al Carambolage di Bolzano
by Giuseppe Segala
Silt Trio plus Aquiles Navarro Piccolo Teatro Carambolage Bolzano 24 febbraio 2025 Un concerto può trasmettere gioia, energia, empatia, spinta emotiva. Può suscitare una sorta di incantamento. Possiamo parlare di incanto quando in un piccolo locale assiepato di pubblico, da un piccolo palco dove i musicisti si sentono vicini tra loro, ma anche molto prossimi a chi ascolta, la musica si dipana per quasi due ore senza soluzione di continuità, senza l'irruzione degli applausi. L'attenzione ...
Continue ReadingJanel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash: To March Is to Love
by Vincenzo Roggero
Uscito nel mese di giugno insieme a New Moon in the Evil Age del duo Janel & Anthony, questo To March Is to Love presenta una formazione dal nome intrigante di Ensemble Volcanic Ash nella quale al duo sopra menzionato si aggiungono un basso, una batteria e ben due sassofoni. Registrato live in un solo giorno con la supervisione di Curtis Fye e con il mixaggio di Mike Reina--vero e proprio valore aggiunto dell'incisione--To March is to Love cattura tutta ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Pirog: The Hunger Artist
by Glenn Astarita
Anthony Pirog's The Hunger Artist is a sprawling, bold opus that defies easy categorization. This sonic collision of jazz, rock, and experimental music is a semi-chaotic beauty that rewards the adventurous listener with its sheer unpredictability. Pirog, a guitar alchemist known for his boundary-pushing artistry, delivers a mesmerizing work that is less a collection of songs and more a journey through the looking glass of sound. The guitarist has previously conjured aural magic with cellist Janel Leppin and ...
Continue Reading
