Results for "Gordon Grdina"

Nomad

March 16, 2020

Album: Nomad (Gordon Grdina)
By Gordon Grdina
Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 7:06

Christian McBride, Matana Roberts, Chicago Underground Quartet and More

by Maurice Hogue
February 26, 2020

Each of February's shows will have some music recognizing Black History Month. The selected recording for 2020 is The Movement Revisited--A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, Christian McBride's epic, and you'll hear tunes from the album each week. This show also features Matana Roberts and Coin Coin Chapter IV -Memphis. The Chicago Underground Quartet is back ...

Gordon Grdina

Born: February 18, 1977

Gordon Grdina is a Vancouver based Oud/Guitarist whose sound is a combination of his interests in mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation and Arabic classical music.

A protégé of jazz great Gary Peacock, he is a well-respected contributor to the jazz and world music scenes constantly being sought out for projects that need a fresh sound. On Guitar Gordon leads the Vancouver groove trio Loose Acoustic which has recorded two critically acclaimed CD’s with Skrank Records. They are currently managed by Turner Music and Events and are mixing their next Cd release with Maximum Jazz.

Jim Black, Mario Santos, William Parker, Dave Sewelson and More

by Maurice Hogue
February 5, 2020

Is it too early to choose a “best-of" for 2020. I know it's only January, but drummer Jim Black has released an absolute killer of an album with pianist Elias Stemeseder and bassist Thomas Morgan that is an outstanding piece of work. Reckon came out on the Intakt label from Switzerland in January, so be on ...

Hanksgiving: A Tribute to Hank Roberts, Part II

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 4, 2020

For the second part of our Hanksgiving tribute to Hank Roberts [click here for the first part] we focus on a number of other projects he is the leader of, including yet unreleased material of his current sextet. This segment also spotlights his work as a member of 858 Strings, the string section he shares with ...

Nomad (Gordon Grdina)

By Gordon Grdina

Label: Skirl Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Wildfire; Nomad; Ride Home; Benbow; Thanksgiving; Lady Choral.

Cooper's Park

By Gordon Grdina

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2019
Track listing: Cooper’s Park; Benbow; Seeds II; Wayward; Night Sweats.

Ingrid Laubrock, Aki Takase, Alexandra Grimal and More

by Maurice Hogue
December 11, 2019

This episode acknowledges a few of the outstanding and important female jazz improvisers who are becoming more and more prominent in the 21st century. You'll hear music from the mutual admiration duo of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and pianist Aki Takase, French saxophonist Alexandra Grimal displaying her talents on three differently focused albums, Estonian take-no-prisoners saxophonist Maria ...

Day and Taxi, Adam Rudolph, Harish Raghavan and More

by Maurice Hogue
November 20, 2019

First out of the mixed bag of audio treats this week (it's Halloween after all!) is a track from Oliver Lake's first recording 43 years ago Ntu: The Point from Which Creation Begins. I haven't played Oliver in a while and that seemed like a good place to begin catching up. Adam Rudolph's epic project, Ragmala, ...

Lisa Hoppe, Sorey & Crispell, Gebhard Ullman and More

by Maurice Hogue
November 6, 2019

This episode is very wide-ranging in styles and sounds; the boundaries keep expanding. I was very impressed with bassist Lisa Hoppe's new trio, Third Reality, with saxophonist David Leon and guitarist Tal Yahalom. Very original stuff! It's on a German label—Jazzhausmusik—so do some digging to find it. It's well worth the effort. Drummer, composer and influencer ...