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Dylan Jack

Dylan Jack is a percussionist praised for his musical sensitivity, exceptional technique, and command of a wide range of musical genres in the Boston music scene. With a distinct sound that has made its way across the country, his playing and style of composing has been described as “visceral but with so much delicacy and finesse.” As a performer, Jack divides his attention between band appearances, chamber music projects and collaborations with living composers and musicians in multicultural projects. In 2016, he launched the Dylan Jack Quartet and released their debut record Diagrams (on the Creative Nation Music label) in September of 2017

Dylan Jack Quartet: The Tale of the Twelve-Foot Man

By VINCENZO ROGGERO

Rispetto al quartetto che aveva brillantemente debuttato nel 2017 con Diagrams vi è l'avvicendamento del clarinettista Todd Brunel con il trombettista Jerry Sabatini ma la scrittura messa in campo dal batterista leader mantiene, in The Tale of the Twelve-Foot Man, la medesima sofisticata bellezza, con una interessante evoluzione delle dinamiche e degli impasti sonori.

The Tale of the Twelve-Foot Man

By DYLAN JACK

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Gauchais Reaction; The Twelve-Foot Man (Part 1); The Twelve-Foot Man (Part 2); The Epitaph of Seikilos.

Dylan Jack Quartet: The Tale of the Twelve-Foot Man

By TROY DOSTERT

Drummer Dylan Jack has long been a fixture on the Boston jazz scene and, with assorted partnerships including fellow Bostonians Charlie Kohlhase, Jeb Bishop and Bill Lowe, he has kept very busy. But, of late, his most fruitful collaboration may be his recordings with guitarist Eric Hofbauer. The two released the first-rate Remains of Echoes in ...

Yilian Cañizares, Wildflower, Shabaka Hutchings, Vincent Courtois & New Releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Second part of our weekly exploration of new releases [for the first part click here], showcasing new and upcoming gems with a special focus on musical forces of nature like Cuban violinist and singer Yilian Cañizares, and prolific British reedist Shabaka Hutchings (check out his South African forays with his Shabaka and the Ancestors and with ...

Remains of Echoes

By ERIC HOFBAUER

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Walking on the Moon; Klactoveedsedstene; Mopti; African Flower; Up from the Skies; Word from Bird; Let’s Call This; Fables of Faubus; These Days; Nardis.

Eric Hofbauer and Dylan Jack: Remains of Echoes

By TROY DOSTERT

Always attuned to unusual choices that keep his listeners guessing, guitarist Eric Hofbauer knows no bounds when it comes to his repertoire. One is as likely to hear a Cyndi Lauper or Nirvana cover as something by Thelonious Monk or Charlie Parker. And his stylistic approach on the guitar is similarly idiosyncratic, with a gutbucket blues ...

Dylan Jack: Diagrams

By ALBERTO BAZZURRO

Il giovane batterista Dylan Jack, nativo del Massachusetts, ci presenta in questo album il suo quartetto e non si può dire che l'incontro non sia interessante: le geometrie del gruppo sono nette, chiare, il suo eloquio, e lo stesso equilibrio fra i vari strumenti, altrettanto, peraltro in un contesto che sa prendersi i suoi rischi, senza ...

Diagrams

By DYLAN JACK

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Are You Made of Coins?; Sentenced; Ghost Pal; Geometry; Compare and Contrast.