Jazz Articles about William Carn

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: Abundance

by Dan McClenaghan
October 3, 2018

Delve into Toronto-based drummer Ernesto Cervini's discography and you find an artist who seems to be trying to be a force for good in the world. His CD releases feature his Ernesto Cervini Quartet, MEM3, Myraid3, and Turboprop (and others, for he is prolific). His is a sound that brims with buoyancy, whether it's a trio outing or a sextet. Abundance is the Turboprop sextet's third outing. The group could be considered Cervini's nod to the Art Blakey ...

Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop: Rev

by Dan McClenaghan
October 17, 2017

The Toronto-based septet Turboprop serves, in part, as an arrangement-expanding vehicle for  drummer/leader Ernesto Cervini. With his work in two ongoing, outstanding trio's—MEM3 and Myriad3—Cervini helps shape modernist jazz in the piano trio mode. Turboprop, with its three horn front line—two saxophones and a trombone—gets the chance to stretch his arranging chops, with Rev, the group's sophomore effort. Cervini is a guy who wears his joy on his sleeve. His approach—with Turboprop especially—is busy, orchestral. It is not ...

Ernesto Cervini: Turboprop

by Edward Blanco
March 26, 2015

Toronto jazz drummer Ernesto Cervini presents his fourth album as leader with the high-flying Turboprop offering a sophisticated modern jazz sound in a ten-piece repertoire of originals and standard material from the likes of Charlie Parker and Keith Jarrett among others. A robust drummer with a forceful presence on the drums, Cervini's style is reminiscent of the great Art Blakey, Billy Higgins and to a much lesser degree, even drawing comparisons to the power style of fusion jazz drummer Billy ...

William Carn Quintet: Lessons Learned

by Budd Kopman
February 19, 2008

It has been two years since trombonist William Carn's previous record, Other Stories (Self Published, 2006). Lessons Learned uses the same band and, as would be expected, demonstrates growth from everyone involved, but especially Carn himself. Carn has always been completely at ease with the technical demands of the trombone, hence the most obvious growth is in his compositions and their arrangement. Although he states in the notes that he hopes the music “conveys the hardship, humour ...

William Carn Quintet: Lessons Learned

by Larry Taylor
January 14, 2008

On Lessons Learned, according to the liner notes, Canadian trombonist William Carn gives us an update on his life in the two years since his last recording, Other Stories (Self Produced, 2006). Good and bad, and ups and downs are detailed in nine original compositions, all interesting, sometimes provocative.

Giving him great help on this look-back is Kelly Jefferson on tenor and soprano sax, blending beautifully with Carn's full trombone sound. They are ably backed by David Braid on piano ...