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Tubis Trio: The Truth
by Geno Thackara
A title such as The Truth may seem like some kind of commentary or bold statement in what's strangely referred to as the post-truth era, though Maciej Tubis and his cohorts thankfully don't bring any such weighty baggage to their first studio date (following two live releases with slightly different lineups). “In the end, you need ...
VEIN: VEIN plays Ravel
by Dan McClenaghan
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the classical French composer/arranger, was an early embracer of jazz. He included elements of the then new music into some of his own later compositions. Jazz has--since the 1940s, initially under the guise of what became called the Third Stream, pioneered in part by Gunther Schuller--often married classical stylings with the quintessentially American ...
Eric Ineke: Let There Be Life, Love and Laughter
by Victor L. Schermer
Eric Ineke is a long time drummer, residing in the Netherlands, who is one of a coterie of sidemen favored by American expatriate jazz musicians for their European gigs. This fine compilation of his work with nine of the great tenor saxophonists gives the listener a golden opportunity to listen to some of their best workouts ...
Forlane
Album: VEIN plays Ravel
By VEIN
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 06:11
Fay Claassen: Luck Child
by C. Michael Bailey
Dutch singer Fay Claassen has taken her sweet time releasing a follow-up to her 2010 big band release, Sing (Challenge). Her most recent recordings before sing include Red, Hot & Blue: The Music of Cole Porter (Challenge, 2009), and the uniformly excellent Two Portraits Of Chet Baker (Munich, 2006), all uniquely their own works of art. ...
Trichotomy: Known-Unknown
by Bruce Lindsay
It's been a while, four years to be precise, but Australian piano trio Trichotomy is back. Known-Unknown appears after a break during which the band's members have been busy with numerous other projects and sees the first appearance of a new bassist, but it takes just a few bars of “Five" to reassure fans that this ...
Without A Word
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Flatbush & Lincoln; Without A Word; Interlude / Fast; Hand Shifts;
Interlude / Slow; the Charmer; Patient; Flatbush & Lincoln / Alt.
Headland
By Batik
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Neon; Intertwined; Headlands; Arch; Dharma; Glow; Lady Y; Cirrus; If You Hear me Talking To Myself; Menado; Headland.
