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Eyvind Kang's prodigious recording career is surprising considering it's less than a decade old. Working since 1995, he can be heard on over 50 records, collaborating with the likes of Sun City Girls, Bill Frisell, Secret Chiefs, Blonde Redhead, Robin Holcomb, Laurie Anderson and many others. He is one of the most original and exciting violinists currently performing in the underground, a fact cemented all the more by his accomplished solo recordings. Born in Corvallis, Oregon, Kang spent his youth moving around Canada before settling down in Seattle, where he still lives today. Taking cues from his two main musical mentors - Michael White (who performed with Sun Ra Arkestra and Pharoah Sanders) and Maestro Dr

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In My Dreams

By Bill Frisell

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Trapped in the Sky; When We Go: In My Dreams; Isfahan; Give Me a Home; Why?; Curtis (a year and a day); Hard Times; Again; Small Hands; Never Too Late; Home On The Range.

Article: Live Review

Torino Jazz Festival 2026 - Parte 1

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 6, 2026

Torino Jazz Festival 2026 Varie Sedi 30 aprile--2 maggio 2026 Concentrato negli ultimi tre giorni di programmazione, il nostro ritorno al Torino Jazz Festival dopo una lunga assenza, ci ha comunque consentito di ascoltare sei concerti, per lo più di ottimo livello, come vedremo, sempre facendo i conti con una ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: In My Dreams

Read "In My Dreams" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
February 18, 2026

At the opening of Beautiful Dreamer, Bill Frisell's biographer, Philip Watson, recounts a formative dream Bill Frisell once had--an experience the guitarist has said permanently altered the way he thinks about sound, color, and the nature of “real music." In the dream, Frisell enters a dark building, climbs into a vast library, and encounters hooded, monklike ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Ron Miles: The Best Of The Denver Jazz Doyen

by Ian Patterson
March 8, 2023

Ron Miles left the planet all too soon, but the Denver cornetist and trumpeter has left a lasting mark, both in terms of the music he made and in the people whose lives he touched. This list, a guide to ten of Miles' most significant recordings as both leader and as a sideman, reflects his playing ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Bill Frisell As Leader: A Beginner's Guide

by Ian Patterson
March 16, 2022

To celebrate the publication of Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer (Faber & Faber, 2022), Irish journalist Philip Watson's definitive biography of the Denver guitarist, All About Jazz presents this beginner's guide to Frisell's discography as leader. Half a dozen other albums could easily have made the list, but these selections attempt primarily to highlight the range of ...

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Resist

By Gordon Grdina

Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Resist; Seeds; Varscona; Resist the Middle; Ever Onward.

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Resist

By Gordon Grdina

Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Resist; Seeds 11; Varscona; Resist the Middle; Ever Onward.

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Resist the Middle

October 9, 2020

Album: Resist
By Gordon Grdina
Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 8:27

Article: Album Review

Gordon Grdina Septet: Resist

by Mike Jurkovic
June 28, 2020

It takes a leap of unconditional faith to enter wholly the resistance. A mindset steadied for the long haul, readied for the next. On his third, integral, must-listen-to release of 2020, Canadian oudist/guitarist/composer Gordon Grdina grandly, darkly, intently, espouses all that and more. Hellbent on creating art as a political act, the sprawling, at times majestic ...