Jazz Articles about Peter Kerlin

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Peter Kerlin Octet: Salamander

Read "Salamander" reviewed by Claudio Bonomi

by Claudio Bonomi
May 13, 2014

Ormai la legge del crossover o della commistione tra generi regna sovrana. Se al jazz, ma la regola vale per qualsiasi genere, non si sommano almeno un paio di ritmi e sonorità presi da qualche altra fonte musicale si è decisamente fuori moda. A questa legge non sfugge nemmeno questo ottetto americano capitanato da Peter Kerlin, bassista e compositore di Brooklyn. Le cinque bass driven compositions (il collettivo, oltre a Kerlin, allinea altri due bassisti elettrici e due ...

Album Review

Peter Kerlin Octet: Salamander

Read "Salamander" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
January 1, 2014

Brooklyn continues to build on its reputation as a breeding ground for some of the finest modern jazz in the Northeast. Bassist Peter Kerlin adds to that distinction with Salamander, an octet powered collection with a very unique structure that includes three basses, double vibraphones and a string trio. Kerlin is no stranger to the unusual having played with the genre defying group Source of Yellow and cutting edge trumpeter Nate Wooley. In contrast to those outings as a side ...

Album Review

Peter Kerlin Octet: Salamander

Read "Salamander" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 15, 2013

With an unconventional group setting, initial impressions might suggest chamber-jazz of some flavor, but Brooklyn bassist Peter Kerlin's debut effort as a leader is framed on several tangents of classical and jazz. And the young musicians impart aspirations and ingenuity, often intimating the outcomes of a thirst for knowledge and unhindered commitment. Here, the band abides by an unhurried stride as Kerlin's unique and enlivening compositions honor the modern jazz and nouveau chamber strata. But these pieces also contain doses ...