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Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave
by Troy Collins
Sacramento-based guitarist Ross Hammond has been steadily gaining attention, courtesy of a tireless performing schedule reinforced and documented by a series of diverse albums issued on his own Prescott Recordings imprint. Hammond's releases have featured a variety of instrumental lineups, ranging from lyrical solo recitals to frenetic collective improvisations. His most recent endeavor is Cathedrals (Prescott ...
Art Strike!
by Mark Corroto
"Would you support an art strike?" That's the question I've been asking musicians for the past few months. “Will you agree to stop writing and performing music for one year?" In 1990 the London artists Stewart Home and Mark Pawson proposed that all artists cease to “make, exhibit, distribute, sell, or discuss their work" for three ...
Marc Riordan Quartet: Binoculars
by Mark Corroto
Question: when is a pianist-led recording also a drummer's record? That query, as it relates to pianist Marc Riordan's Binoculars, is not poised as a Zen koan, because there is an answer.The correct response: when the pianist is a drummer.Riordan, an up-and-coming percussionist in the Chicago music scene, can be heard in ...
Incline
By Aram Shelton
Label:
Released: 2012
Track listing:
1. Village - 5:57; 2. Tower - 2:16; 3. Plane - 4:29; 4. Orbit 3:24; 5. Test - 5:53; 6. Grade - 5:04; 7. Rig - 1:58;
8. Soles - 6:33; 9. Slope - 8:07.
Everything For Somebody
By Aram Shelton
Label: Singlespeed Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Anticipation; Everything For Somebody; Joints And Tendons:; Barely Talking: Deadfall;
Fleeting.
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather
by Jerry D'Souza
When a band gathers some very imaginative musicians into its fold, it can only lead to one thing: an amazing listening experience. Fast Citizens has proved that over the years from the time saxophonist Keefe Jackson formed the band in 2003 and released Ready Everyday (Delmark Records, 2006), through to to Two Cities (Delmark Records, 2009), ...
Aram Shelton: Everything for Somebody
by Troy Collins
Currently based in Oakland, California, alto saxophonist Aram Shelton initially rose to prominence as a member of the fertile Chicago jazz scene, where he resided from 1999-2005. His tenure in the Windy City resulted in a number of lasting relationships; one of the most notable is his Quartet with tenor saxophonist Keefe Jackson, bassist Anton Hatwich ...
Aram Shelton: Everything For Somebody
by Mark Corroto
Alto saxophonist Aram Shelton cannot break his Chicago habit. We're not talking that monkey woman Joe Williams used to sing about, back in the day. Shelton, who left Chicago a few years back for the Bay area of California, returns to the windy city often, both physically and for its sound.His second quartet recording, ...
Aram Shelton Quartet: Everything for Somebody
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nativo della Florida, ormai da lungo tempo il trentaseienne Aram Shelton vive tra Chicago, da dove provengono gli altri membri del suo attuale quartetto, e Oakland, dove ha sede la sua etichetta Singlespeed Music con la quale ha pubblicato quest'ultimo album. L'impatto col quale rivela un'ampia cultura jazzistica, legata gioco forza - benché di fatto il ...
Aram Shelton - Kjell Nordeson: Incline
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si fa presto a dire interplay. Ma poi, quando ti capita di imbatterti in un disco come questo, capisci che suonare con gli altri, ascoltarsi e ascoltare, aprire cuore e orecchie, può anche non bastare. La scintilla, la perfetta comunione di intenti, è qualcosa che va al di là. La meccanica (azione-reazione) non c'entra, e nemmeno ...
