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Michael Blake Sextet: Amor de Cosmos
by Jerry D'Souza
Nothing could be better than a homecoming, and saxophonist Michael Blake proves it on the musical odyssey of Amor de Cosmos. In 2005, Blake returned to Vancouver, where he played two shows. Out of that came this sextet of prime Canadian musicians, who realize Blake's music and vision most profoundly. Blake's writing is imaginative. He is ...
Michael Blake Sextet: Amor De Cosmos
by Troy Collins
A former member of the Lounge Lizards and co-founder of Slow Poke, saxophonist Michael Blake's familiarity with the esoteric is well documented. A restless searcher, Blake's varied discography reaches beyond jazz to include explorations into the traditional folk music of Vietnam and North Africa. The New York-based saxophonist recently delved into his Canadian roots after studying ...
Howard Wiley: The Angola Project
by Troy Collins
Music has often been used to commemorate the indefatigable resolve of the human spirit in the face of great suffering. Countless interpretations of field hollers, slave chants and spirituals have been re-envisioned by trained musicians, only to have the raw, unrefined soulfulness of the originals smothered by academic excess. Bay Area saxophonist Howard Wiley's ...
Jerry Granelli: Groovemaster or Destroyer?
by Paul Olson
It's easy to mention drummer Jerry Granelli's accomplishments, but hard to really make clear his importance, or the way he's continuously, over forty years, been at the forefront of most of the innovations and new movements in jazz music. Granelli grew up in San Francisco and made his mark drumming for pianists Vince Guaraldi ...
Hamilton de Holanda's Brasilianos Earns Latin Grammy Nomination as "Best Instrumental Album"
Mandolin phenomenon Hamilton De Holanda, recently said to be “widely considered as the best Brazilian mandolin player," by Public Radio's “The World," has just been nominated for his first Latin Grammy award. The nomination is for his critically acclaimed debut for Adventure Music, Brasilianos, which was released in the summer of 2006. “I am thrilled to ...
James Carney Group: Green-Wood
by Jerry D'Souza
James Carney cites a long and varied line of influences on his music that includes Henry Threadgill, Keith Emerson, Steve Reich and Bill Monroe. That's an eclectic mix, and all have a certain bearing on his compositions. Carney, who won the 1999 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Award, composes music in his head and then writes ...
Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder: At Night
by Jerry D'Souza
Theo Bleckmann (voice and live electronic processing) and Ben Monder (guitar) have played together in several settings. This time they return as a duo, with Satoshi Takeishi (drums, percussion and laptop) making a presence on five tracks. There is a fine sense of balance on the recording. Both Monder and Bleckmann have a quirky ...
James Carney: Green-Wood
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Keyboardist and composer James Carney might be described as a friendly iconoclast, an artist who enthusiastically explores new concepts at the cutting edge of jazz and welcomes listeners to share what he's discovered instead of daring them to keep up. The borough of Brooklyn is the inspiration for Carney's Green-Wood, where he joins some old friends ...
Andy Milne: Dreams and False Alarms
by Martin Gladu
Andy Milne, solo piano? The announcement may bring mixed feelings of astonishment and surprise, but also wonder and curiosity. How will he make this fly sans Dapp Theory? Of course, Milne's talent is unequivocal--he was saxophonist Steve Coleman's pianist of choice for many years--so a solo session is an understandable and exciting new challenge for the ...
Andy Milne: Scenarios and Dreams & False Alarms
by Tom Greenland
Andy Milne/Grégoire Maret Scenarios Obliqsound 2007 Andy Milne Dreams & False Alarms Songlines 2007 Coming from a land-up-over (Canada), pianist Andy Milne sheds a uniquely northern light ...
