Jazz Articles about Nick Fraser

About Nick Fraser

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Nick Fraser: Too Many Continents

Read "Too Many Continents" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
March 1, 2016

Vent'anni di esperienza a Toronto nel jazz e nella musica improvvisata di quella scena, il batterista Nick Fraser coltiva anche amicizie musicali ad ampio raggio, come dimostra la partnership con la connazionale Kris Davis e l'americano Tony Malaby. La musicalità di Fraser spazia da un jazz avanzato contemporaneo fino alla free music più rischiosa. È di questa seconda specie il corpo sonoro di Too Many Continents. E allora, come spesso accade, si torna a questioni di fondo ...

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Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny Of Will

Read "Sheer Tyranny Of Will" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 4, 2014

If titles are anything to go by, then Canadian quartet Peripheral Vision has a pretty pessimistic world view--if Sheer Tyranny Of Will isn't downbeat enough, “Robbed And Ridiculed," “The Ill Conceived Plan" and “Neurosis And Everyday Life" add further evidence to the pile. Maybe it's circumstantial though: tucked away in the track listing is one of 2014's most wonderful tune titles--a band that performs a number called “Charleston Heston" can't be too downhearted, can it? Bassist Michael Herring ...

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Lara Solnicki: Whose Shadow?

Read "Whose Shadow?" reviewed by Everett R. Davis

by Everett R. Davis
September 27, 2014

Canadian contemporary jazz vocalist, published poet and composer, Lara Solnicki originally intended a career in opera but turned to jazz in 2008 following a brief collaboration with a classical composer, in a conscious attempt to marry her two arts, music and poetry. She has emerged from the Canadian scene with a spellbinding voice and is highly sough after on the Toronto jazz circuit. Solnicki has been rightfully labeled a vocal purist with tremendous tonal control and naturally sings any jazz ...

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Eric Chenaux: Dull Lights

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 4, 2006

Eric Chenaux, nella scena underground canadese, lo trovi di qua e di là. Suona la chitarra con Phleg Camp e Life Like Weeds, inizio anni ’90. Qualche anno dopo incide il suo primo album come solista e accompagna gente che ai più è ancora più sconosciuta di lui (Michelle Mcadorey, Martin Arnold e Sandro Perri). In molti lo chiamano come turnista: impressiona dell’artista lo stile dinoccolato, le frasi a singhiozzo e il minimalismo poetico che traspira dalle corde della sua ...