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Joost Lijbaart: Free
by Ian Patterson
As a student in the 1980s, Dutch drummer-percussionist Joost Lijbaart first dreamt of making a solo album, inspired by the examples of Tony Oxley, Pierre Favre, Art Blakey, Max Roach and Jack DeJohnette. A successful recording and touring career with Yuri Honing—and with his own groups—left little time for such a focused project. In 2014, Lijbaart ...
Yuri Honing: Sounds And Vision
by Ian Patterson
Strange that such a gruesome tale, drowning in blood, could have inspired so much great art. So it goes with Bluebeard, the seventeenth century French folktale, which continues to inspire artists to this day. Dutch saxophonist/composer Yuri Honing's Bluebeard (2020)-- his fourth album on Challenge Records with his acoustic quartet--is not just a highly personal take ...
Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Bluebeard
by Ian Patterson
Since the late 1980s, Dutch saxophonist Yuri Honing has steered a singularly eclectic course, bouncing between straight-ahead jazz, the two-guitar Wired Paradise, rock-cum-electronica, and Franz Schubert. This questing musician has never sat still for long. The mesmeric True (Challenge Records, 2012), however, marked the beginning of a more stripped down, meditative acoustic jazz, an aesthetic further ...
Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Bluebeard
by Bruce Lindsay
Mournful. That's the adjective that springs to mind when Dutch musician Yuri Honing blows his saxophone on Bluebeard. “Blows" is something of a mis-description though: Honing's considered approach to his instrument is closer to caressing. His sound and approach are mirrored by his bandmates, who are equally adept at such a distinctive form of creativity. The ...
Lynne Arriale: Chimes of Freedom
by Jim Worsley
Melodic intelligence and inner exploration are at the core of any Lynne Arriale recording. Chimes of Freedom is no exception. It does, however, have many moments which are exceptional. Once again featuring bassist Jasper Somsen and drummer E. J. Strickland, the record weighs in at a nourishing forty-five minutes of mood enhancement. Seven Arriale originals are ...
3x3: Piano Trios: February 2020
by Geno Thackara
Lynne Arriale Trio Chimes of Freedom Challenge Records 2020 Where she last appeared happy and laughing on the cover of Give Us These Days (Challenge, 2018), Chimes of Freedom has Lynne Arriale looking a little more thoughtful and serious. The theme this time around is indeed a weighty one, but ...
Psychosis - Homage to Bernard Herrmann
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: HOMAGE TO BERNARD HERRMANN: Theme from "Taxi Driver" (Betsy's Theme); Theme from "Marnie
(Prelude); From "Marnie" to "Twisted Nerve"; Theme from "Twisted Nerve" (Theme and Variations); Theme
from "Psycho" (Prelude); Theme from "Vertigo" (Prelude); Theme from "Vertigo" (Scene D'Amour); .
HOMAGE TO JOHN WILLIAMS - Theme from "Harry Potter" (Hedwig's Theme). .
Karol
By Alex LoRe
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Skyward; Orachle (For Igor Stravinsky); Vanishing Act (For Maddalena Casulana); Miniature 1; Light (For J.S.
Bach); Casey
Jones (For Charles Ives); Karol (For Karol Szymanowski); Color Wheel (For Alexander Scriabin); Miniature 2;
Eastman
(For Julius Eastman); Castaway (For Henry Cowell); Miniature 3.
Chimes of Freedom
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Journey; The Dreamers; 3 Million Steps; Hope; The Whole Truth; Lady Liberty; Reunion; Chimes of
Freedom; American Tune.
Dynamics in Meditation
By Paul Wertico
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Black Two; Colours; Dave; Giostra; Dynamics In Meditation A; Dynamics In Meditation B; Dynamics In Meditation C; Dynamics In Meditation D; Ornette; Sicily; Sol
