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Andrew MacKelvie: Many Worlds
by Glenn Astarita
In 2012, Andrew MacKelvie was struck by a drunk driver while cycling through Halifax. He broke his back, shattered his knee, and landed on his saxophone case, which likely kept his head off the pavement. What followed were months of immobility and, eventually, a compositional fixation on that sliver of time when everything might have turned ...
Asteroid Ekosystem: Sounds Have Dreams
by Glenn Astarita
Sounds Have Dreams is the audacious third album (and second studio effort) from Asteroid Ekosystem, the project led by Australian pianist and composer Alister Spence. He has assembled an unlikely quartet that sidesteps genre boundaries: punk and post-punk guitarist Ed Kuepper, The Necks bassist Lloyd Swanton, and the precise, inventive drummer Toby Hall. Spence ...
Living With Tollways: Eponymously Titled
by Glenn Astarita
Living With Tollways emerged from Chicago's South Side music scene, where multi-instrumentalist and educator Matt Riggen has spent years mentoring young players through improvisation and open collaboration. The chord-less trio--Riggen on double bass, Randy Trubitt on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, and Kevin Almazan on drums--draws directly from that environment. Their debut, Eponymously Titled, distills years ...
Christian Dillingham: As It Relates To Now
by Glenn Astarita
Bassists who spearhead recordings encounter a fundamental challenge. The apparatus that anchors the ensemble remains the most difficult to position at the forefront without the result appearing as a gimmick. Christian Dillingham evades this pitfall on As It Relates To Now not through excessive technical displays, but by ensuring every choice carries weight. The double bass ...
Michael Formanek: New Digs
by Glenn Astarita
Michael Formanek has never been content to anchor a bandstand and call it a career. Over decades of work--from sideman stints with Stan Getz and Joe Henderson to the long-running Thumbscrew trio with Mary Halvorson and Tomas Fujiwara--he has operated as a composer and architect, building rooms rather than merely inhabiting them. New Digs recorded over ...
Christoph Irniger and Marc Perrenoud: New Lines
by Glenn Astarita
Christoph Irniger and Marc Perrenoud rank among the most thoughtful voices in Switzerland's contemporary jazz scene. Irniger, trained at the Zurich University of the Arts and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, is best known as leader of the ensemble Pilgrim. Perrenoud, raised in Switzerland, studied at the Geneva Conservatory and the Lausanne jazz school. ...
Mark Wingfield: Elemental
by Glenn Astarita
British guitarist and composer Mark Wingfield has spent decades forging one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz and fusion. Drawing from a rich palette of influences--including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and global traditions from India, Japan, and Africa--he has built an impressive discography on MoonJune Records and his own Dark ...
Nick Freer: Apperceptions
by Glenn Astarita
Australian guitarist Nick Freer makes no secret of his admiration for Allan Holdsworth, and Apperceptions wears that influence proudly, like a sharp suit cut from familiar cloth. Legato runs that melt note boundaries, chord voicings that wander through restless harmonic territory, and melodies approached sideways rather than head-on--it is all there, executed with clear devotion.
Sylvie Courvoisier: Eclats - Live in Europe
by Glenn Astarita
Sylvie Courvoisier has never been easy to pin down, which is exactly the point. The Lausanne-born pianist moved to New York City in 1998 and spent the next two-plus decades making herself indispensable to the downtown avant-garde, working alongside John Zorn, Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Mark Feldman, among others. She received the Swiss Grand ...
Adam O'Farrill: Elephant
by Glenn Astarita
On Elephant, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill steers his ensemble through music that is deliberate and quietly volatile. The writing favors asymmetry without sounding academic, and the group responds with alert patience. Moreover, brass lines hover and fracture while the rhythm moves in angled cycles. The album avoids easy dramatics, building tension through restraint. O'Farrill often ...
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