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Ingrid Jensen: At Sea
by Jim Santella
With her latest recording, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen shares her interpretation of several fresh originals and two jazz standards. Jensen pays close attention to her instrument's tone quality and achieves only the best. But it takes more than a quick listen to hone in on the genuine spirit that the trumpeter and her sidemen convey ...
Ingrid Jensen: At Sea
by John Kelman
In writing about trumpeter Ingrid Jensen's Here on Earth, I concluded with this thought: “While Jensen's style is distinctive, and she is a capable leader who surrounds herself with performers who understand the importance of interplay, one walks away... feeling that there is more to be seen, that she has yet to deliver a definitive statement. ...
Ingrid Jensen: At Sea
by Michael P. Gladstone
Trumpeter/flugelhornist Ingrid Jensen continues to impress with At Sea, her fifth album since 1994. She has done many sessions as a sideman and made several appearances on the BET Jazz Channel; not only is she a composer and bandleader, but also an educator. At age 25, she was the youngest professor at Austria's Bruckner Conservatory. Through ...
Lisa Thorson's Opening of the Jazz Stage
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by Norman Weinstein
Jazz composer and vocalist Lisa Thorson has long been a leader in making live jazz accessible to the broadest possible audience. In the words of the blues great Sonny Boy Williamson, she “brings eyesight to the blind", and from “just one word from her lips,... the deaf can hear." To achieve such miraculous feats, Thorson, unlike ...
Quinsin Nachoff: Magic Numbers
by Troy Collins
On Magic Numbers, Canadian saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff debuts an ensemble that delivers on the promise originally offered by the Third Stream. Combining a free-wheeling, improvisational saxophone trio and a rigidly regimented but highly creative neo-classical string quartet, Nachoff has found an equitable way to integrate the best elements of both worlds. Nachoff's compositions are ...
Paul Bollenback: Brightness of Being
by Dan McClenaghan
You have to love it when a first-rate jazz guitarist opens up a set with a barnburner, as Paul Bollenback does on his sixth release as a leader, Brightness of Being. The song is “Together," and he and tenor saxophonist Gary Thomas work some clean-toned heat together, keeping it sharp and tight in front of a ...
Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance
by Troy Collins
Tony Reif, the head of Songlines, conspired with Vancouver International Jazz Festival promoter Ken Pickering to organize a concert featuring invited guest guitarist Ben Monder playing in an improvised trio format with the established duo of percussionist Dylan van der Schyff and pianist Chris Gestrin. Van der Schyff and Gestrin have a history of playing together, ...
Ingrid Jensen: At Sea
by Jerry D'Souza
On At Sea, Ingrid Jensen continues to cement her reputation as one of the finest players on the trumpet and flugelhorn. She carries a firm grip on the dynamics into the lair of invention to mine some resplendent nuggets, adding mood and atmosphere to make the music throb with vitality and spirit. Jensen draws from a ...
Sam Bardfeld: Periodic Trespasses
by Dan McClenaghan
The cover certainly does grab at your attention. It's hard to say what that thing is. A War of the Worlds creature gone goofy? It does give you a clue that New York-based violinist Sam Bardfeld doesn't take himself too seriously. Another clue in this direction is the spoken word intervals--"The Saul Cycle"-- inserted throughout and ...
February 2006
by Glenn Astarita
Chicago Underground DuoIn Praise of ShadowsThrill Jockey2006 Prominent Chicago jazz improvisers Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor embark upon free jazz-dappled world grooves, furious two-way dialogues, spaced out effects and other delicacies. As a multitasking duo, they incorporate harpsichords, horns, vibes, percussion instruments and a ring modulator into their zealous game ...
