Results for "Alma Records"
Desert Bloom

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Between the Lines; Desert Bloom; Neptune; Shifting Baseline Syndrome; Shelter; It's All Part of
the Plan; The Day Everything Stopped; The End of the Tunnel; Last More Time.
3x3: Piano Trios: July 2022

by Geno Thackara
Florian Hoefner Trio Desert Bloom Alma Records 2022 If the title of First Spring appropriately represented the Florian Hoefner Trio's first emergence, Desert Bloom is the picture of a colorful summer to follow--warmer, more vibrant, and at the same time more settled. As on their debut, the trio shows off an ...
Myriad3: Vera

by Angelo Leonardi
Nell'affollato universo dei piano trio, i canadesi del Myriad 3 confermano il loro approccio personale fondato su calibrati equilibri musicali, in un gioco minimalista dove confluiscono elementi di rock progressivo e musica da camera. La loro musica è attentamente progettata e il pianoforte di Chris Donnelly svolge un ruolo davvero paritario con il contrabbasso di Dan ...
First Spring

Label: Alma Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Hound's Tune; Calvary; First Spring; Maid On The Shore; Winter In June; Loosin Yelav; Short Life; Solstice; Rain And Snow.
3x3: Piano Trios: October 2019

by Geno Thackara
Esbjörn Svensson Trio Live in Gothenburg ACT Music 2019 At the time, it was a marvel. The Esbjorn Svensson Trio had already come a long way since their early-'90s beginnings in reshaping the already-skewed traditions of Monk-ian jazz. Their audiences back in 2001 would have been continually thrilled at discovering this ...
Florian Hoefner Trio: First Spring

by Dan McClenaghan
Many piano trios reach back to past masters for inspiration, playing in the style of Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson. Others craft their sounds under the influence of contemporary players: Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Ahmad Jamal. On the other hand, the occasional piano trio comes down the road rolling its own ...
Myriad3: Vera

by Jerome Wilson
The number of contemporary jazz piano trios that take their inspiration from non-jazz sources seems to grow all the time. To a list that includes The Bad Plus, Phronesis, and E.S.T. add the Canadian group Myriad3 which draws from concepts in classical music and progressive rock. They often begin their pieces with one repeated figure and ...
Come Fall

By Ellen Doty
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. You're Too Late
2. Maybe I Knew
3. Sea of Hearts
4. September Moon
5. Midnight
6. Dreams You Don't Remember
7. Go Easy
8. Give Love
9. Favourite Sweater
10. Give It Up
11. Stranger
12. Tried to Sing
Vera

By Myriad3
Label: Alma Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Pluie Lyonnaise; Tamboa; Ward Lock; Diamond; Piano-Rag-Music; Fortress; DNA; Couche Tard; Meme Art; Total.
Myriad3: Vera

by Dan Bilawsky
Vera, the fourth album from the Toronto-based trio collective Myriad3, is a fascinating example of how fastidious design principles and shrewdly executed extemporization can truly complement and even counterpoise one another. There's serious attention to detail in each of these ten pieces, but the music benefits greatly from its embrace of uncertainties and creative expression(s).