Jazz Articles about Mark Godfrey

About Mark Godfrey

Album Review

Ernesto Cervini: Water Pistols at Dawn

Read "Water Pistols at Dawn" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
November 3, 2026

At some point in every jazz musician's life, the comfort of an established group gives way to the desire to start over. For drummer, composer and bandleader Ernesto Cervini, after more than two decades leading his original quartet, Water Pistols at Dawn marks just such a moment. His new quartet, featuring trumpeter Kae Murphy, guitarist Andrew Marzotto, and bassist Mark Godfrey, makes its recording debut with an album that is exploratory, occasionally mischievous, and, above all, unconcerned with staying in ...

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Teri Parker: Shaping the Invisible

Read "Shaping the Invisible" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 26, 2023

Here is how to take an artistic vision to the next level: Find a room with a lock on the door. Step inside. Engage the lock. Examine the work of those who came before you. Then begin the process of your own creativity. This worked for pianist/composer Parker--so says her sophomore recording, Shaping The Invisible. Parker is a Toronto-based musician. Her debut album, 2017's self-produced In The Past (review here) is a highly engaging and beautifully ...

Album Review

Mark Godfrey: Square Peg

Read "Square Peg" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 24, 2020

Mark Godfrey has done his fair share of commuting in furtherance of his jazz career. Toronto--his home base--to New York has been a regular journey. The near five hundred mile trip would certainly be shorter (timewise) via airplane. But the decision was made to roll in a 2006 Dodge Caravan, due to the fact (we can guess) that an acoustic bass is a bulky yet fragile beast, susceptible to in transit damages. In your own vehicle, you can treat the ...