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Brad Barrett

“A true virtuoso of the double bass with unlimited abilities. The possibilities of Free Music afford him the challenge to operate on the frontier of music, while his great technique grounds him with precision and musicality.”

–Joe Morris

Brad Barrett is a bassist, improviser, and educator. His practice engages the tools of improvisation and southern musical traditions to interrogate the complex interplay between freedom and structure. The Jazz Times has described Barrett’s style as “diced bits of Derek Bailey skronk” infused with “Delta blues twang,” and the Free Music Collective has lauded his playing as “singularly rhythmically genius.” In 2019, his first album, Cowboy Transfiguration—featuring Joe Morris on guitar and MacArthur Fellow Tyshawn Sorey on percussion—garnered critical acclaim for its distinctive sonic landscapes and virtuosity

Aquarelles

By Lefteris Kordis

Label: Inner Circle Music
Released: 2024

Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs Of Joy

by Dan McClenaghan
January 29, 2021

A steady gig must be a Godsend to any jazz musician. The chance to work on stage and on schedule can be the cornerstone to artistic development and a melding of the ensemble mind. For pianist Yoko Miwa, that steady job was, for a decade and a half, at Les Zygomates Wine Bar and Bistro in ...

The Very Singular Mr. Ran Blake

by Duncan Heining
January 23, 2020

There have been few American composers and musicians, with the ability to encapsulate their country's music in all its racial and ethnic complexity. We might perhaps point to Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives and perhaps, in their own distaff ways, Harry Partch and Steve Reich. In jazz, their number is fewer still--Duke Ellington and George ...

Keep Talkin'

By Yoko Miwa

Label: Ocean Blue Tear Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Keep Talkin'; In Walked Bud; Secret Rendezvous; Sunset Lane; Boogie Stop Shuffle; Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money; Tone Portrait; Casa Pre-Fabricada; Conversations; If You're Blue; Sunshine Follows the Rain.

Cowboy Transfiguration

By Brad Barrett

Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2019
Track listing: 1. Copperhead Valley 04:27 2. Cowboy Transfiguration part. 1 06:43 3. Cowboy Transfiguration part 2 06:43 4. Requiem for a Catfish 18:39 5. Slither Cake 16:23

Yoko Miwa Trio: Keep Talkin'

by Dan McClenaghan
June 19, 2019

Pianist Yoko Miwa was born in Japan, but she has set up shop in Boston, where she teaches at Berklee College of Music. She has also—beginning in 2003 with Fadeless Flower (Polystar Records)—previously released seven CDs. The superb Keep Talkin' brings that number of recorded offerings from Miwa to eight. The music of Keep ...

Juanito Pascual And The New Flamenco Trio Fall Tour

October 4, 2018

Lovers of great guitar can look forward to the return of Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio to venues in various cities on the East Coast and the Midwest. His sound is a truly masterful and organic blend of traditional and contemporary flamenco plus influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead to Miles Davis and ...

Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio Announces 2016 Spring Tour

April 19, 2016

"A rising star of the Spanish guitar form."—Boston Globe Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio will launch a tour of 17 U.S. cities that includes the East and West Coasts and points in between such as Austin, Minneapolis, Madison, and Chicago. The group creates a unique world music experience, fusing traditional Spanish flamenco with elements of jazz, ...

Juanito Pascual: New Flamenco Trio

by Dan Bilawsky
June 23, 2014

While the trio may be the most overused grouping in jazz, it's not nearly as common in flamenco music. But that's not a problem for guitarist Juanito Pascual, a man skilled at tweaking established formulas. This Minnesota-born flamenco phenom is well-versed in the traditions, techniques and history of flamenco music, but he isn't ...