Results for "Brodie West"

Brodie West

Vegetables

By LINA ALLEMANO

Label: Lumo Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Onions; Beans; Champignons; Brussel Sprouts, Maybe Cabbage; Oh Avocado; Leafy Greens.

Fortunes

Label: Lorna Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Fame; Love; Money; Luck; Money II; Money III; Passion; Fame II; Health.

Ambrose Akinmusire, Omri Zeigele, Adam Caine & More

By MAURICE HOGUE

When a highly respected saxophonist like David Binney recommends a young up-and-coming musician, I tend to pay attention. Los Angeles trombonist Logan Kane and his Nonet live up to the tip on his new Nope, Science, one of the featured new releases hitting this week. Also of great interest are albums from the much-admired trumpeter Ambrose ...

Brodie West, Anna Högberg & Veryan Weston

By MAURICE HOGUE

Contrasting alto saxophonists highlight this episode. Toronto's Brodie West leads his quintet through a quirky and edgy set of tunes from Clips, while Sweden's Anna Hogberg leads a very free blowing group called Attack, and that's exactly what she does on her recent Lena. Another saxophonist, American Seth Trachy, brought along his mentor, the very respected ...

Ways + Simon Toldam: Fortunes

By TROY DOSTERT

Two iconoclasts currently generating interest in their native Canada and beyond, alto saxophonist Brodie West and drummer Evan Cartwright can be found playing in widely varying contexts, frequently in a duo format under the moniker Ways. Often joined by pianists of similar, boundary-stretching temperament, West and Cartwright refuse to trade in jazz cliches or stay comfortably ...

Sonic Explorations and Creative Improvisations at The Guelph Jazz Festival

By DAVE KAUFMAN

In North America, there are over 100 annual jazz festivals. Only a small number of these festivals are devoted to the avant-garde, adventurous, and freely improvised music. The Vision Festival in jny: New York City is perhaps the best known festival with its celebration of improvised music, dance, and poetry. There are a few others that ...

Something Else! Festival 2019

By MIKE CHAMBERLAIN

Something Else! St. John the Evangelist Church Hamilton, Ontario June 20-23, 2019 I must confess that I spend very little time in churches, so I would not normally be inclined to spend the first weekend of summer in one. But sometimes exceptions must be made, and such an exception ...