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Kevin Sun: The Depths of Memory
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist/composer Kevin Sun's 2 CD set, The Depths Of Memory, is said to be more suited to focused listening than to the “convivial distractions of a jazz club." That rings true. From CD 1's opener, “All This Stillness," subdivided into seven sections, the album finds the saxophonist and his bandmates sounding as if they have slipped ...
Aruán Ortiz: Pastor's Paradox
by Karl Ackermann
When clarinetist and saxophonist Don Byron and pianist Aruán Ortiz teamed up for the recording of Random Dances And (A)Tonalities (Intakt Records, 2018) they brought an unprecedented wealth of stylistic experiences to the studio. The result was an unconventional duo sound that blurred the distinctions between their collective comfort zones. Byron and Ortiz return on the ...
Bass Extraordinaire: John von Seggern / Bruno Raberg / Christopher Hale
by Doug Collette
In both its acoustic and electric form, the bass is too often overlooked in the context of musical performances both live and in studio. Yet it is this instrument that arguably confronts the greatest challenge of all in navigating arrangements and musicianship: specifically, to establish and maintain a middle ground of melody and rhythm that simultaneously ...
Dutch Trumpet Sensation Eric Vloeimans And American Accordion Master Will Holshouser Bring Their Expressive And Playful Music To Eight Us Cities And Towns October 13-22, 2023
The adventurous duo featuring Dutch trumpet sensation Eric Vloeimans and American accordionist Will Holshouser bring their expressive writing and playful, virtuosic improvising to eight US cities and towns, October 13-22, 2023. Their evocative original compositions bring together their omnivorous range of influences from jazz, classical and folk music: rich harmonies, catchy melodies and energetic improvising, spanning ...
New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Celebrates Music Of George Russell On Thursday, October 19
Ken Schaphorst leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in its first concert of the year, a celebration of the centennial of George Russell, cherished NEC faculty member, innovative figure in the evolution of modern jazz, the music’s only major theorist, one of its most profound composers, and a trailblazer whose ideas transformed and inspired some of the ...
Ember: August in March
by Troy Dostert
Reflective of its enigmatic title, the members of Ember--saxophonist/trumpeter Caleb Wheeler Curtis, bassist Noah Garabedian and drummer {Vincent Sperrazza--have created something both oblique and accessible on the group's third release, August in March. With an emphasis on well designed, engaging pieces that lead into a distinctive world of close collaboration, this is music that rewards undivided ...
Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks
by Pierre Giroux
Ivan Lins is a Brazilian music legend and multiple Latin Grammy Award winner who has consistently delivered a unique blend of bossa nova, jazz and pop throughout his career. In this first release in over ten years, entitled My Heart Speaks, Lins performs rare gems from his catalogue backed by the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra along with ...
Aline Homzy Plays Violin In The Cosmos With Étoile Magique
by Lawrence Peryer
Led by Aline Homzy's ecstatic violin, a mind-expanding jazz ensemble finds inspiration in a planetary mythos. Aline is known as one of Canada's finest jazz violinists. Her music has been performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Swedish guitarist Mikko Hilden, and South Korean bassist Yongwon Cho. She is also interested in and committed to ...
Sara Serpa & André Matos: Night Birds
by Katchie Cartwright
Night Birds, singer Sara Serpa and guitarist André Matos' third album together, offers an ethereal program of compositions written by the duo, separately and together. They are joined on various tracks by Brooklyn-based pianist-composer Dov Manski, South Korean avant-garde cellist Okkyung Lee, Swedish experimental singer Sofia Jernberg, Portuguese drummer João Pereira, and their young son Lourenço. ...
Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks
by Katchie Cartwright
My Heart Speaks opens with “Renata Maria," the song of a ravishing woman who emerges from the sea then disappears, leaving her would-be lover to yearn eternally. Ivan Lins composed the piece in 2004 with Chico Buarque in mind (punningly calling it a “Buarquiana brasileira"). Buarque invented the narrative later, presenting his lyric to Lins as ...
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