Jazz Articles about Tim Bulkley

About Tim Bulkley

Album Review

Dopo l'eclettico e multiforme Kaleidoscope, la trombettista e compositrice californiana presenta un nuovo progetto privilegiando alcuni elementi di quel lavoro, in particolare la dimensione della brass band. Il nuovo organico--Brass Tonic--vede una front line tutta femminile con l'aggiunta di Kasey Knudsen al sax contralto e Mara Fox al trombone, mentre la sezione ritmica comprende il chitarrista John Schott, la bassista Lisa Mezzacappa e due batteristi che si alternano nei brani: Jon Arkin e Tim Bulkley. Il progetto trae ...

Album Review

Matt Renzi: Presenza

Read "Presenza" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 15, 2025

On Presenza, reedmanMatt Renzi and his new quartet--the first one featuring a piano--opens with an audacious burst of sound. The tune, “Loving Kindness," one of nine Renzi originals featured here, sounds as if the saxophonist and his quartet mates are serious about the subject, crafting a high-octane burner that takes no prisoners. Renzie tears it up, and the rhythm guys--pianist Dahveed Behroozi, bassist Josh Thurston-Milgrom and drummer Tim Bulkley lay down a jagged backdrop, and Renzi blows like a storm. ...