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Peter Apfelbaum: It Is Written
by Michael McCaw
Peter Apfelbaum writes music for everyone. And without pandering to anyone, he creates honest music that has wide appeal in some aspects but ultimately serves a smaller audience, simply because he fuses so many disparate elements together. Recorded over three days in September in 2004, It Is Written is an album of breadth, to say the ...
Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics: It Is Written
by Andrew Velez
Composer and woodwind/keyboard/percussion multi-instrumentalist Peter Apfelbaum advocates “music without borders and says he writes from “a drummer's perspective. Familiar soundposts are absent and It Is Written, the latest recording of his Hieroglyphics band, requiring a shift in the listener's preconceptions of big band possibilities. For instance, “Prelude is a brief, dirge-like opening in ...
Ulf Wakenius: Notes from the Heart
by John Kelman
One of the most significant artists of the past forty years, pianist Keith Jarrett continues to base his ever-evolving style on a remarkable stream-of-consciousness approach to improvisation. But with Jarrett focusing his energy almost exclusively on his longstanding Standards Trio and improvised solo piano performances for the past two decades, it's easy to forget that he's ...
Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics: It Is Written
by Paul Olson
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter Apfelbaum's It Is Written is his first recording with the East Coast version of his large Hieroglyphics ensemble. There's no denying the deep musicianship of the leader and his band, but what's most striking here is Apfelbaum's genre-mashing ambition as he blends jazz with a host of world music influences to form ...
Terri Lyne Carrington/Adam Rogers/Jimmy Haslip/Greg Osby: Structure
by John Kelman
Structure is both aptly named and a bit of a misnomer. The generally idiosyncratic writing, while clearly rooted in form, also manages to be liberated enough so as to give the recording a more exploratory vibe. Sure, pieces like guitarist Adam Rogers' “Columbus, Ohio," with its folksy complexion, are more about soloing over a clearly-defined structure, ...
Nguyen Le Quartet: Walking on the Tiger's Tail
by John Kelman
For his ninth record, French-Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê renews musical relationships with two artists who appeared on his first two releases--woodwind multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless from Lê's '96 debut, Zanzibar, and pianist Art Lande, who played on the '97 record Miracles. That Lande and McCandless also share a musical friendship that dates back over thirty years makes ...
Swedish Folk Modern
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Hornlat; Vallat fran Jamtland; Lapp-Nils Polska; Free Esbjorn; Midsommarvaka from Swedish Rhapsody No. 1; Hymn:
Morgon Mellan Fjallen; Halling; The Winters Tale (Epilogue); Vallat fran Harjedalen; Gardebylaten; Visa fran Leksand;
Vaggvisa; Free Nils; Lapps-Nils Polska (live bonus track)
Road Movies
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Road Movies/ Road Runners/ The Last Goodbye/ Hardware/ Situation Tragedy/ Inroads/ Hard as Nails
