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Max Light: Unlearning
by Troy Dostert
Proving he is much more than just a talented guitarist, Max Light's latest effort, Unlearning, carries a great deal of emotional weight in addition to displaying his prodigious technique. Dedicated to his father, distinguished professor Paul Light, the album's concept concerns the elusive nature of memory and the challenges of disorientation when it no longer reliably anchors us. With recurring fragments of melody and subtle rhythmic shifts throughout, Light's compositions powerfully convey a sense of dislocation, yet there is a ...
Continue Reading...Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, II.
by Dan McClenaghan
In the first half of saxophonist Kevin Sun's 2026 simultaneous release project, Kevin Sun, I. (Endectomorph, 2026), the artist took the sound into an adventurous, walk-on-the-wild-side territory. His Kevin Sun, II. pulls it back closer to the mainstream--sort of. Both of the outings are sax-and-a-rhythm-section recordings--I. featuring a guitar in the chording chair, and II, with a piano. The former rises to almost John Coltrane-like freedom; the latter sounds more like Dexter Gordon or maybe Sonny Rollins, laying down some ...
Continue Reading...Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, I.
by Dan McClenaghan
New York-based saxophonist Kevin Sun went deep into the concept of memory in his The Sustain of Memory (2020) and The Depths of Memory (2023), both on his Endectopmorph Records. The first half of his 2026 project, Kevin Sun, I goes deep into...Kevin Sun? Sun takes his inspiration from seemingly everywhere: video games, sitting on hold waiting for service from the IRS phone system (track 6, “Hold Music"), John Coltrane ( track 1, “Go In"), Ryuichi Sakamoto, heavy ...
Continue Reading...Adam O'Farrill: Elephant
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo quattro album di altissimo livello col pianoless quartet, Adam O'Farrill giunge al capolavoro con un nuovo organico comprendente la pianista Yvonne Rogers, il contrabbassista Walter Stinson e il batterista Russell Holzman. Il progetto è stato presentato in anteprima alla Jazz Gallery di New York il 10 e 11 settembre 2024 e l'incisione è di alcuni giorni successiva. Appena trentenne, il trombettista è un solista e compositore prodigioso, che da un decennio esprime alte doti creative. Questo è ...
Continue Reading...Adam O'Farrill: Elephant
by Glenn Astarita
On Elephant, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill steers his ensemble through music that is deliberate and quietly volatile. The writing favors asymmetry without sounding academic, and the group responds with alert patience. Moreover, brass lines hover and fracture while the rhythm moves in angled cycles. The album avoids easy dramatics, building tension through restraint. O'Farrill often treats the trumpet as a colorist's tool--sketching edges rather than bold outlines, entering sideways to shade harmony rather than lead it. The band functions ...
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Kevin Sun: Quartets
by Vincenzo Roggero
Dopo The Sustain of Memory (Endectomorph, 2019) e il suo ideale seguito The Depths of Memory , ecco il terzo album doppio del talentuoso sassofonista e compositore Kevin Sun. Rispetto ai precedenti, veri e propri concept album costruiti nella forma di suites dall'ampio respiro e con formazioni a geometria variabile, Quartets presenta alcune sostanziali novità. Due sedute di registrazione distinte, la prima datata 2022, la seconda 2023, due differenti quartetti, la classica suddivisione in brani strutturati tra tempi ...
Continue Reading...Kevin Sun: Quartets
by Mark Corroto
Sometimes, talent calls out, other times, it is acknowledged with a nod. For saxophonist and composer Kevin Sun, both are obvious. The mastery of his instrument is a given; it is just that his music is never flashy or overindulgent, thus the nod. That fact is evident in previous discs on his Endectomorph Music label; the live trio recording The Fate Odyssey The Tenor (2023), 3 Bird (2021), (Un)Seaworthy (2020) and The Sustain Of Memory (2019). Sun's growing discography is ...
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That Lights a Star
From: QuartetsBy Walter Stinson
Frozen in Profile
From: The Depths of MemoryBy Walter Stinson
Greenlit
From: <3 BirdBy Walter Stinson
The Middle of Tensions I
From: The Sustain of MemoryBy Walter Stinson
Walter Stinson
Location: New York City
Instrument: Bass
