Jazz Articles about Tara Davidson

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Radio & Podcasts

Monty Alexander, Catherine Russell, Christine Tobin, Tara Davidson

by Cheryl K.
October 4, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--drummer Matt Wilson and his Good Trouble ensemble; pianist Monty Alexander; saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Dianne Reeves; vocalists Catherine Russell and Christine Tobin; saxophonist Ivo Perelman leading a quartet; harpist Isabelle Olivier and guitarist Raphaël Olivier; and saxophonist Tara Davidson's Marni Project.Playlist Heikki Sarmanto “Jai Guru Dev" from Moonflower (Porter) 8:54 Dana Fitzsimons with Bill Graham and Brandon Boone “Ice Bridges Before Road" from Fault Lines (Dana Fitzsimons) ...

Album Review

Nancy Walker: Deeper Down

Read "Deeper Down" reviewed by Konstantin N. Rega

by Konstantin N. Rega
October 21, 2025

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 ...

Album Review

Carn Davidson 9: Reverence

Read "Reverence" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 11, 2025

The Carn Davidson 9 is a Toronto, Canada-based nonet co-led by trombonist William Carn and saxophonist Tara Davidson whose fourth studio album, Reverence, encompasses a pair of four-part suites, one written by Carn, the other by Davidson. What is most interesting --over and above the depth and quality of the music--is that the suites are not performed sequentially but interspersed, with the first two of Davidson's themes followed by a pair of Carn originals before alternating on the remaining four ...

Album Review

Ernesto Cervini: A Canadian Songbook

Read "A Canadian Songbook" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 21, 2024

Composer and drummer Ernesto Cervini is a stalwart of the Canadian creative music scene both as an artist and promoter. His ninth release as a leader, the captivating A Canadian Songbook, is a collection of seven intricate pieces, composed by him and other compatriots. Cervini, at the head of his sextet Turboprop, deftly balances collective harmony and individual expressions and delivers all with refreshing spontaneity. The leader starts off his arrangement of pianist James Hill's “Skeletons" with sparse ...

Album Review

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: A Canadian Songbook

Read "A Canadian Songbook" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 23, 2024

Toronto-based drummer, Ernesto Cervini has a “T" theme going with the groups he leads. There is the funky, forward-thinking Tetrahedron. Then we have the terrific trio (bass, drums and saxophone) TuneTown. And the third: Turboprop, presenting their fourth album, A Canadian Songbook, which digs into the musical soul of their home turf. Turboprop is a sextet with a powerhouse three-horn front line, featuring three of Canada's finest, Tara Davidson on alto saxophone, Joel Frahm on tenor saxophone, and ...

Album Review

The Nimmons Tribute: Volume 2--Generational

Read "Volume 2--Generational" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 29, 2023

If you live in Canada and are not familiar with the name Phil Nimmons, you probably have not been paying close enough attention. Nimmons, who surpassed the century mark in June 2023, is often referred to as the “Dean of Canadian Jazz," and listing his many accomplishments and awards would require far more space than is ordinarily set aside for a complete review. Suffice to say that Nimmons has been active as a composer, arranger, performer and educator longer than ...

Album Review

The Nimmons Tribute: Volume 2 - Generational

Read "Volume 2 - Generational" reviewed by John Chacona

by John Chacona
June 30, 2023

Anyone who listened to Canadian radio after the adoption of the so-called Canadian Content requirement in the '70s probably heard a lot of Phil Nimmons' music. To be sure, the clarinetist, composer and arranger had achieved some recognition south of the 49th parallel through his RCA recordings of the '50s but, by choosing to base his career in Toronto, he became a living symbol of Canadian jazz. When the nation celebrated the 100th anniversary of Confederation in 1967, Nimmons was ...