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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Spoken Jazz & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 17, 2018

Spoken word is performance art that goes hand in hand with jazz because words often sound great and notes can speak loud and clear. In this episode we will explore the best of it, together with outstanding new releases that are making our summer even hotter than it already is! Happy listening!

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Minimalist Jazz & An Interview With Caroline Davis

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 20, 2018

Jazz and minimalism? An interesting combination that produces fascinating and hypnotic results which we will delve into in this episode of Mondo Jazz. We also interview saxophonist Caroline Davis about her latest album, Heart Tonic, plus a loungy tribute to Cecil Taylor, and a preview of live performances by Patrick Zimmerli and Derek Gripper. ...

Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Heart Tonic

Read "Heart Tonic" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 7, 2018

Reared in Chicago where she attained her PhD in Music Cognition at prestigious Northwestern University, alto saxophonist / composer Caroline Davis recently migrated to New York, while nestling into its fertile jazz and improvisational environs. And while this vibrant quintet date is perhaps more conventional than some of her freer works, Davis' complex harmonic fabrications ring ...

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Interview with James Brandon Lewis & Further Notable New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 19, 2018

Great new albums keep coming and we are previewing them for you. In this episode we interview saxophone titan James Brandon Lewis, and sample music from his upcoming duo album Radiant Imprints with Chad Taylor. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash and Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Caroline Davis “Dionisyan" ...

Album

Reptile Ground

By Dion Kerr

Label: HologramLabel
Released: 2017
Track listing: Sun On Skin; Diamond Light; Dion Kerr Nonet - Water Grave; Next To The River In Shade; Olive Green; Night Bloom; Spanish Moss.

Article: Album Review

Charles Rumback: Threes

by Troy Dostert
July 14, 2017

In becoming an outlet for the Chicago scene and elsewhere during the last ten years, the ears&eyes label has recently done its share to highlight the work of drummer Charles Rumback. 2015 was a particularly productive year for him, in fact: he released a quartet record (In the New Year) with altoist Caroline Davis, guitarist Jeff ...

Article: Record Label Profile

ears&eyes Records: From Chicago to the World

by Jakob Baekgaard
June 22, 2017

Those who feel that jazz has run out of steam, that there is nothing new to say, should encounter bassist and renaissance man, Matthew Golombisky, who runs the Chicago-based label ears&eyes. The name says it all. Golombisky is interested in what is going on around him. He is not only curious about music, but also passionate ...

Article: My Playlist

Caroline Davis

by Vincenzo Roggero
May 18, 2017

After honing her skills on the Chicago scene, Caroline Davis has rapidly established herself as an in-demand musician and educator in New York, where she moved in 2013, and internationally. Her debut album, Live Work & Play, was featured on All About Jazz's best releases. The leader or co-leader of several interesting projects, ranging from her ...

Album

Doors: Chicago Storylines

By Caroline Davis

Label: ears&eyes Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Golden Era; The Hubs: Up North, Down South; Little Fort Road; Lincoln Land; Lin; Rounds: For the Horses; Chicago Sound?; Golden Era of Elders; Delighted; What Makes Them; Another Way; Fields; Doors.

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Whirlpool with Ron Miles: Dancing on the Inside / Charles Rumback: In the New Year

by Vincenzo Roggero
May 18, 2016

Whirlpool with Ron Miles Dancing on the Inside ears&eyes Valutazione: * * * * Whirlpool è un trio che nasce nel 2011 in occasione di un tributo alla figura di Paul Motian che era da poco scomparso. Circa due anni dopo avviene l'incontro solo apparentemente occasionale con Ron Miles, idolo ...