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Christopher Parnis: Everything You Could Be
by Neil Duggan
There cannot be too many jazz albums that find inspiration from as broad a spectrum as NASA's Mars rover missions and the horror novels of Clive Barker. Throw in some Kenny Wheeler influences and you have Everything You Could Be, the debut album from Canadian bassist Christopher Parnis. Parnis has been involved as a bandleader and sideman in the Canadian jazz circuit for many years. At the same time, he has also been gathering a quintet to perform ...
Continue ReadingDhaivat Jani PLUS: Sum//Parts
by Dan McClenaghan
Drummer Dhaivat Jani's Sum//Parts can be described as a world stew of sounds, a colorful gumbo stirred up from Indian classical influences, jazz and rock. An immigrant to Canada from his native Ahmedabad, India, Jani draws his “beyond-music" influences from things which have happened in his everyday life--his migration from East to West, growing up in Canada, and the common and inevitable trials and tribulations which he has faced on his journey. This Canadian / Indian exotica sound ...
Continue ReadingMatt Greenwood: Atlas
by Dan McClenaghan
There are a lot of jazz guitarists out there, and competence in the art of the guitar is common. Mature excellence is less so. But we expect that when we spin a CD. Matt Greenwood, born in Zimbabwe and now home-based in Canada, displays that rare-for-a-debut mature excellence on his axe-- and more importantly in his artistic vision--on his debut recording, Atlas. He lays his vision out with assured eloquence on an impressive guitar/piano/bass/drums affair. There is boldness ...
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