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Kevin Miller and Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: Primordial
by Troy Dostert
For jazz musicians and listeners alike, the Covid years were challenging, significantly limiting possibilities for both studio recordings and live performances. One of the often-used solutions to this dilemma was virtual encounters--either in real-time or, on occasion, asynchronously, as musicians sent files to each other and layered their own contributions accordingly. Although no longer operating under the restrictions of the pandemic, guitarist Kevin Miller and multi-instrumentalist Jukka-Pekka Kervinen have nonetheless chosen the latter approach for Primordial. Despite the artists having ...
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by Troy Dostert
A serendipitous pairing that first took shape in the early 2020s, guitarist Kevin Miller began meeting regularly with saxophonist Dan Blake for freely improvised sessions that resulted in the tandem developing a highly simpatico vocabulary. At First Light reflects the workings of the duo's distinctive dialogic approach through five spontaneously crafted musical discourses. Many listeners will already be conversant with Blake, who has a do-it-all resume including post-bop efforts like The Digging (Sunnyside, 2016) and avant-garde chamber works, ...
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