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Samo Salamon: Dolphyology: Complete Eric Dolphy For Solo Guitar
by Hrayr Attarian
Multi-reed virtuoso Eric Dolphy was a brilliant composer and deserves better recognition as such. In 2011, saxophonist Silke Eberhard put together a wind quartet of fellow Berliners, Potsa Lotsa, for a two disc release of all of Dolphy's works. Ten years later Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has done the same with Dolphyology. Salamon performs ...
Burak Bedikyan: Introspection
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Burak Bedikyan's sixth release on Steeplechase, the absorbing Introspection, took shape around a short, commissioned piece. The organizers of Turkey's oldest jazz festival, the Akbank, asked for the composition for its thirtieth anniversary in 2021. As Bedikyan started work on this, he improvised extensively on his home piano and recorded these experiments. The result is ...
DunkelPek: Fire's Hush
by Hrayr Attarian
The inventive band DunkelPek consists of Tokyo-born and New York-based percussionist Nava Dunkelman and Canadian American guitarist Jakob Pek. Pek, who lives in Berkeley California, is also an accomplished painter. Perhaps because of Pek's visual artistry, the group's third release, the mesmerizing Fire's Hush, is made up of eight abstract and dynamic sonic images.
Justin Chart: The Scarlet Jazz Room
by Hrayr Attarian
Justin Chart is an award winning singer-songwriter and an accomplished jazz saxophonist. On his spontaneously created pieces Chart often collaborates with a rotating cast of like-minded sidemen. The resulting music is as sophisticated and intricately structured as carefully notated compositions. Chart, once again, showcases his unique artistic approach with the cinematic and enchanting The Scarlet Jazz ...
Dom Minasi: Me Myself and I
by Hrayr Attarian
Those familiar with guitarist Dom Minasi and his adventurous releases may be surprised by the more “straightforward" Me, Myself and I. On this solo outing Minasi is heard on two acoustic guitars contributing both the cadence as well as the melodies. The two parts were then overdubbed in the studio. The nine mellifluous originals that Minasi ...
Julieta Eugenio: Jump
by Hrayr Attarian
Listening to saxophonist Julieta Eugenio on the engaging Jump it is hard to believe this is only her debut. Her confident playing, warm, brassy tone and intelligent, spontaneous ideas belie her relative youth. Eugenio penned most of the music on Jump, so the release also showcases her superlative compositional skills. The poetic, loose-knit originals are perfectly ...
Tara Minton & Ed Babar: Two For The Road
by Hrayr Attarian
Australian vocalist and harpist Tara Minton and English bassist Ed Babar have been performing together for a few years, as part of the jazz ensemble Harp's Bazaar. Babar also appeared on Minton's engaging Please Do Not Ignore The Mermaid (Lateralize Records, 2020). This camaraderie is apparent on their first duo release, the aptly titled, Two For ...
Justin Chart: Live In Los Angeles
by Hrayr Attarian
Los Angeles-based, award-winning, musician Justin Chart is both an accomplished singer-songwriter and a superlative saxophonist. Chart infuses his jazz work with a distinct melodicism and his pop songs with a crackling spontaneity. A number of his releases are recorded in one take and are mostly improvised while eschewing dissonance and embracing lyricism. His tenth, Live in ...
Jon Raskin Quartet: Singing Songs As One
by Hrayr Attarian
In 2021, innovative saxophonist Jon Raskin released a number of stimulating concerts which were initially streamed live on Oakland's NIR radio station in 2009. The last of the series is the intriguing and unique celebration of sound called Singing Songs As One. On it Raskin leads a like-minded quartet for a superbly cohesive performance. In addition, ...
Attarian's Dozen: Twelve Superb Releases That Made 2021 Tolerable
by Hrayr Attarian
The year 2021 started full of hope yet it did not live up to its promises. Musically, however, it saw the release of several outstanding recordings. Below are a dozen that helped kept me sane and grounded throughout the year. Featured are the two mammoth and stimulating boxsets from saxophonist and improviser par excellence ...
