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Ches Smith, Damasiewicz / Wania, Fujii / Ono & Roberto Ottaviano
by Maurice Hogue
Plenty of genre-stretching music in this episode, from drummer Ches Smith's new Laugh Ash, vocalist Amirtha Kidambi & Elder Ones and their drive to make their music reflect the need for protest, and the Ewart/Asplin/Ricks Trio, featuring master AACM reedist Douglas Ewart, recorded live at BYU. Polish trumpeter Piotr Damasiewicz hooks up with fellow Pole, the ...
Roy Campbell Quartet: It's Krunch Time
by Bernie Koenig
Roy Campbell is one of the top trumpet players around today. Khan Jamal is currently my favourite vibes player--and I say this as a vibraphonist. Until I heard Jamal--whose playing goes back to the Douglas Loft Sessions--my favourite vibraphonist was Walt Dickerson. Jamal can play out but he can really cook as well. Wilber Morris is ...
Kahil El'Zabar: Spirits Entering
by Bernie Koenig
This is truly great example of what a duo is all about. Billy Bang is the preeminent jazz violinist today and El'Zabar is a master percussionist. Together they create incredible moods and, on any and all levels, incredible music. The two have a long history of performing together and it shows. They interact as ...
