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Tim Hagans: Alone Together
by Budd Kopman
Just as the term jazz is notoriously hard to define, so are many terms within its world including mainstream. Going beyond the “I know it when I hear it" response, mainstream implies the acceptance of the older limits of melody, harmony and rhythm, whereby accessibility, meaning understandability, is more immediate. While many players ...
Francois Carrier: Within
by Budd Kopman
Within opens with François Carrier's alto saxophone played alone. From these very precise, centered, and yet soft-edged notes, the change to the listening space is immediate and complete. The line floats and twists, making feints towards melody, rhythmic regularity and harmony, only to turn away. A seemingly familiar phrase flies by without being developed, but rather ...
Sophie Tassignon: Moon Talk
by Budd Kopman
Zoshia is but one of Belgian composer/lyricist/vocalist Sophie Tassignon's projects and Moon Talk is her quartet's debut recording. All of the music is composed by Tassignon, as are half of the lyrics. The other half are written by Jean-Pierre Tassignon, with the exception of “Anna," by Anna Akhmatova. The group consists of vocalist ...
Hakon Kornstad: Single Engine
by Budd Kopman
Saxophonist Håkon Kornstad, although barely into his thirties, has been involved over the last ten years in many different projects spanning many genres, always trying to stretch himself and expand the tools needed for self-expression. He has developed a distinctive sound on his horn and for those who know his music, an attitude that is serious, ...
Markus Gottschlich: When The Day Is Done
by Budd Kopman
A player who is not just an interpreter, but also a composer, has to make a choice when putting together a debut CD. His or her desire is to present to the listener what they are about musically--in essence: who they are, where they have been, and how they got there. Is the best way to ...
Jason Palmer: Songbook
by Budd Kopman
Trumpeter and composer Jason Palmer cares intensely about jazz and his place within its musical world. He's working hard to find his own voice, and represents one of the young players who has gone through the mentoring process, in this case, with saxophonist Greg Osby. Songbook's pieces are all written by Palmer, and ...
Jon Notar: One Year
by Budd Kopman
The jazz world is just brimming with talent, spread over all instruments and genres, and where it pops up and becomes noticed is completely unpredictable. Like many others before him, the young pianist and composer Jon Notar has had to pay his dues (and the rent) by playing where he can, making connections and working to ...
Michael Adkins: Rotator
by Budd Kopman
From its very first notes, Rotator, by tenor saxophonist Michael Adkins, makes an extremely strong statement. It is a wonderful record, truly engaging, with so much happening without the slightest hint of congestion, that once over, it almost demands an immediate replay. This is an important recording for the simple reason that the ...
Russ Lossing / John Hebert: Line Up
by Budd Kopman
Pianist Russ Lossing and bassist John Hebert have known each other a long time and have played together on a number of projects, including Lossing's own Phrase 6 (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005), and, most recently, on the phenomenal “quasi-debut" of Michael Adkins, Rotator (HatOLOGY, 2008). After talking for a long time about ...
Billy Fox: Kaidan Suite
by Budd Kopman
Billy Fox is primarily a composer, although he does play various percussion instruments on both his fine previous release The Uncle Wiggly Suite (Clean Feed, 2007) and Kaidan Suite. He approaches composition eclectically, but there is a decided classical undertone. Note that both recordings are suites, and thus are integrated works, meant to be listened to ...
