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Alex Lakusta: Transmit Slow
by Dan McClenaghan
Canadian bassist Alex Lakusta goes into a funk mode on Transmit Slow. His group, E3 by Alex Lakusta, exudes a fun vibe on the first tune, “Trick Shot," the opening salvo on a set of seven of the leader's modernistic originals. Joined by fellow Canadians Josh Smiley on keyboards and synths and drummer Keagan Eskritt, along with Brad Eaton playing trumpet and effects on a pair of tunes, the group crafts a twenty-first century electro-ambience, with Smiley's keyboard work moving ...
read moreThe Marie Goudy 12tet: The Bitter Suite
by Jack Bowers
Toronto-based trumpeter / composer Marie Goudy, who could plausibly be described as a child prodigy musically, wasted little time after earning a master's degree in music performance from the University of Toronto in 2017, recording soon afterward The Bitter Suite as leader of a twelve-piece ensemble in which her trumpet, compositions and arrangements underscore the seductive voice of rising star Jocelyn Barth. The album's over-arching them is young love as exemplified by its arrival ("Son for Sunshine"), ...
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Battery Brain
From: Transmit SlowBy Keagan Eskritt
Son for Sunshine
From: The Bitter SuiteBy Keagan Eskritt
