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Marcin Bożek & Danny Kamins: Ignorantka
by Mark Corroto
Even if you do not speak Polish--and I count myself among those who do not--you can still grasp the meaning behind Ignorantka, the 2025 collaboration between bassist Marcin Boźek and saxophonist Danny Kamins. The word translates roughly to “ignorant," but here it carries a more nuanced meaning: not simply uneducated, but unaware--blind to what lies beyond perception. As the liner notes (also in Polish) suggest, the skies above us hold the remnants of nebulae and galaxies that no longer exist. ...
Continue ReadingDanny Kamins: Pracownia Wschodnia/The Creamery
by Mark Corroto
Texas saxophonist Danny Kamins heads to church. Musically speaking, that means the sacred sound of John Coltrane. But before he can fully enter that space, he must first run the gauntlet and undergo a kind of sonic purification. This process is reflected in both his discography and the opening moments of Pracownia Wschodnia / The Creamery. Kamins' musical résumé is wide-ranging: he has traversed doom metal, prog rock, experimental music, free jazz, and free improvisation. He has been ...
Continue ReadingDanny Kamins / Vinny Golia / Garrett Wingfield: The Ojai Sessions
by Mark Corroto
Long before Bob Dorough sang about it in Schoolhouse Rock, and before the hip hop group De La Soul took up the anthem, three has always been a magic number. To the Buddhists it is the three jewels, for the Christians the Holy Trinity, the three core principles of Islam, and on and on. Maybe that is what makes the three saxophones of The Ojai Sessions a magic release. This 2018 session from California features the spontaneous creations ...
Continue ReadingDanny Kamins: Disruptor
by Mark Corroto
Does saxophonist Danny Kamins's solo recording Disruptor act as an introduction to the various ensembles of which he is a member? Or do those group recordings prepare us for this solo outing? Kamins, a Houston resident and director of the jazz program at Rice University can be heard in the improvising trios CARL and Etched In The Eye, and on the excellent (Balance Point Acoustics, 2021 ) with Rebecca Novak, Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith, and Jerome Bryerton. We can answer ...
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