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Rob Blakeslee: Double Yellow
by Glenn Astarita
Double Yellow is a 1999 recording featuring Roper performing alongside some venerable West Coast modern jazz musicians. Here, percussion wunderkind Brad Dutz utilizes an arsenal consisting of gongs, cymbals, tablas, chimes and more as trumpeter Rob Blakeslee and trombonist Michael Vlatkovich mince accenting tonalities, with poignant interludes, modern jazz interplay and world beat grooves. Moreover, the ...
Gebhard Ullmann featuring Carlos Bica: Essencia
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist/clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann’s latest venture is based upon his musical associates’ compositional backgrounds and styles, as the trio renders a potpourri of highs, lows, peaks and valleys throughout this altogether attractive production. With “Sombras E Nevoeiro/A Luz Da Sombra,” the artist’s introspectively stated bass clarinet lines are contrasted by Jens Thomas’ ever so delicate plucking of ...
Sam Newsome: Global Unity
by Glenn Astarita
Sam Newsome performs solely on soprano saxophone with his debut for 'Palmetto Records' while continuing his affinity for integrating World rhythms, disparate modalities and endearing melodies into exotic frameworks for jazz-based motifs. Here, the artist views his second 'Global Unity' release as being somewhat of an expansion over his 1999 effort. Essentially, Newsome's mindset, or approach ...
William Roper with Judicanti Responsura & Zen Tsuba: Juneteenth
by Glenn Astarita
California-based tubaist William Roper is among an elite few of virtuosi who are capable of extending their instruments range and capabilities to previously unvisited terrain. The artist is also known for his involvement with legendary new music/modern jazz icons Anthony Braxton and James Newton amid stints with other notables who generally alter or extend the tried ...
Wolfgang Fuchs - Thomas Lehn - Fabrizio Spera: Lingua
by Glenn Astarita
This newly released production features a compilation of live material recorded by multi-woodwind ace, Wolfgang Fuchs and notable proponent of the analogue synthesizer, Thomas Lehn along with Italian drummer/electronics performer, Fabrizio Spera. Essentially, these revered experimentalists embark upon a series of slippery themes, that weave in and out of existence amid multi-layered three-way dialogue consisting of ...
Jeff Richman & Friends: Live At The Baked Potato Volume 2
by Glenn Astarita
With the second installment of West Coast-based guitarist Jeff Richman’s “Live At The Baked Potato Volume Two”, the artist offers more jazz/fusion/rock pieces culled from a series of spontaneous gatherings among many of California’s most notable session musicians, group leaders and solo artists. Perhaps a bit less affecting than the previous release, as Richman once again ...
Herb Robertson and The Double Infinitives: Music For Long Attention Spans
by Glenn Astarita
No doubt Herb Robertson is one of the criminally under-recognized trumpeters in modern jazz and free improvisation as his highly praised work with alto saxophonist Tim Berne and recordings for the much beloved “JMT” jazz label will attest to his musical individuality. However, Robertson has since charted fertile terrain with some of Europe’s finest, although this ...
Joelle Leandre & Ryoji Hojito: Sapporo Duets
by Glenn Astarita
Here, Ms. Joelle Leandre displays her consummate artistry alongside the very impressive pianist, Ryoji Hojito for a series of somewhat playful duets, featuring the artists' verbose musical dialogue and ornate textures. Through it all, the duo institutes an abundance of sub plots as Ms Leandre's resonantly wooden tone provides radiant contrast to the pianist's percussive block ...
Graham Connah: Sour Note Seven: Because Of Wayne - Jettison Slinky: the Only Song We Know
by Glenn Astarita
This mini-boxed set consists of three CDs, featuring keyboardist/composer, Graham Connah’s “Sour Note Seven” and rock flavored, “Jettison Slinky” bands, recorded live and in the studio. With this release, the listener will be treated to a composite of Connah’s present-day inclinations as both of these units convey the keyboardist’s deeply personalized compositional style and cleverly envisioned ...
Finisterre: Storybook
by Glenn Astarita
Italian prog-rockers, “Finisterre” hearken back to the days of Britain’s beloved “Canterbury” progressive rock scene amid the stylizations witnessed by their predecessors and fellow compatriots, “PFM,” “Area,” Banco and a few others of note. With this live presentation recorded during the infamous, “ProgDay Fest” in Chapel Hill, NC this quintet renders a series of lengthy and ...
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