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Nancy Walker: Deeper Down
by Konstantin N. Rega
Award-winning Canadian pianist Nancy Walker finds musical camaraderie and a gentle sway on Deeper Down. Clearly a labor of love, the tracks glide by almost effortlessly. Walker's quartet includes saxophonist Tara Davidson, bassist Lauren Falls and Ethan Ardelli on drums. And it is their ability to synchronize and intuit one another that allows the music to blossom. Though they might not have a big sound, they have a steady one; it keeps the listener engaged while offering approachability matched with ...
Continue ReadingNancy Walker: New Hieroglyphics
by John Kelman
Amidst an overcrowded community, even the cream of the crop has difficulty getting heard beyond their own locales. A regular visitor to relatively nearby Ottawa, Toronto-based Nancy Walker is an Ottawa Jazz Festival regular as part of John Geggie's trio at the late night jam sessions--also participating on the bassist's recent Across the Sky (Plunge, 2010), an at times lyrical, other times incendiary modern mainstream date featuring better-known saxophonist Donny McCaslin. The pianist has been delivering albums under her own ...
Continue ReadingNancy Walker: When She Dreams
by John Kelman
The dividends paid by working with the same core group of musicians can be significant. Canadian pianist Nancy Walker has been working with bassist Kieran Overs and drummer Barry Romberg since her '97 début, Invitation , and has continued to do so for her subsequent releases, '00's Luminosity and '02's Levitation. For her latest release, When She Dreams , Walker also brings back saxophonist Kirk MacDonald, also featured on Levitation , and the result is an album of contemporary post ...
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