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Julian Lage: Modern Lore
by Gareth Thompson
As a young guitar prodigy, Julian Lage often went to gigs at the Bay Area jazz club Yoshi's. There he would sit up front, put his head on stage and watch admiringly. Backing his early heroes at Yoshi's were two musicians who now form a trio with Lage. Double bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wollesen ...
Bassist / Composer Matthew Golombisky Releases 12 Aural "Short-Stories" With Close Music Cohorts / Improvisers On This Cassette Release
All About Jazz writer Jakob Baekgaard recently called Matthew Golombisky a modern “renaissance man”. He is a forward moving, fast acting, and busy artist. Between his acoustic/electric bass performing, commissioned compositions (including his work on Australian singer/songwriter Via Tania’s latest album, featuring his Tomorrow Music Orchestra, his film scoring contributions to Argentine director Alejo Domínguez’s feature ...
ears&eyes Records: From Chicago to the World
by Jakob Baekgaard
Those who feel that jazz has run out of steam, that there is nothing new to say, should encounter bassist and renaissance man, Matthew Golombisky, who runs the Chicago-based label ears&eyes. The name says it all. Golombisky is interested in what is going on around him. He is not only curious about music, but also passionate ...
Swim to the River
By Bill MacKay
Label: Namaskar Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Doll Mountain Rag; 02. Broken Things; 03. 1919 Molasses Tragedy; 04. Water's Edge; 05. Keep a Secret; 06. The Reservoir.
Broken Things: Swim to the River
by AAJ Italy Staff
Album molto interessante questo Swim To The River. Innanzitutto è di difficile classificazione, e poi ha una capacità di includere vaghe reminiscenze rock, pur mantenendo un aplomb assolutamente integro. Il che non è cosa da poco. Le composizioni sono interessanti, ben articolate, ritmicamente varie, e vivono dell'interazione tra la chitarra di MacKay (che a tratti usa ...
Bill MacKay and Sounds of Now
By Bill MacKay
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2005
Track listing: Soul in Violet; Illumination; Sleepwalking; Idyll; The Bystander; Serpentine.
Bill MacKay and Sounds of Now: Bill MacKay and Sounds of Now
by Mark F. Turner
Jazz has always been a reflection of diversity and culture. It has grown to embrace the roots of ethnic music originating from global sources. Just as it has flourished in America, its branches have extended to encompass many other musical styles. Some of that can be heard on Sounds of Now, by Chicago guitarist Bill MacKay, ...