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Joost Lijbaart: Free

by Ian Patterson
December 10, 2020

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 ...

Article: Interview

Yuri Honing: Sounds And Vision

by Ian Patterson
June 5, 2020

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 ...

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Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Bluebeard

Read "Bluebeard" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 26, 2020

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 ...

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Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Bluebeard

Read "Bluebeard" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 14, 2020

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 ...

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Lynne Arriale: Chimes of Freedom

Read "Chimes of Freedom" reviewed by Jim Worsley

by Jim Worsley
March 5, 2020

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 ...

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3x3: Piano Trios: February 2020

by Geno Thackara
March 3, 2020

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 ...

Album

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.

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Trinity

By Joost Lijbaart

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: La Loba - Part One; You Will Rise; Moksha; La Loba - Part Two; Aurora; The Sun Rises in the East; The Dance of Life; Wild; Hjemme; Calling up the Spirits; Lapis Lazuli; Chime.

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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

Album

Crossroads

By Rob Horsting

Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: CD 1 -- Shortcut; Olivia’s Dance; English Heart; Jane St. 2 AM; Sixmas; Swarms. CD 2 -- Para Poli; Ataraxia; The Ninth Planet; A Mirror of Confusion.