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Ivars Arutyunyan
Ivars Arutyunyan is a musician and drummer from Latvia, known for his musical, dynamic and energetic approach. He started out his musical journey as a classical pianist and percussionist and later on moved to a career as a drummer. Throughout his career, Ivars has had the honor of sharing the stage with jazz legends and a diverse array of artists across various genres. He has collaborated with prominent figures such as Greg Osby, Seamus Blake, Logan Richardson, Carsten Dahl, Jerry Bergonzi, Anders Jormin, Latvian Radio Choir, indie artist Shipsea, Matīss Čudars to name a few.
Ivars’s artistry has not only graced numerous concert halls but has also been featured in many albums and radio/television broadcasts. His talent extends beyond performance; he has composed music for film and engaged in a variety of crossover art projects that merge music with theater and dance. This multidisciplinary approach has allowed him to explore new creative avenues and connect with diverse audiences while being firmly rooted in Afro-American tradition of jazz.
Alan Braufman, Anteloper & Owl Xounds Exploding Galazy
by Maurice Hogue
It's baseball season—sort of—so I guess you could say this episode of OMJ touches a lot of bases. The NY underground scene gets explored a bit via 70's Loft pioneer Alan Braufman who has a new release, while more recent practitioners of the outside get sampled—Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy and Scurvy. Today's Jaimie Branch is here ...
Jerry Granelli, Lisa Ullén, Rudresh Mahanthappa & Yells At Eels
by Maurice Hogue
Drummer extraordinaire Jerry Granelli says he doesn't look back too much, he'd prefer to move forward with his music, but with Jamie Saft and Brad Jones in tow, he decided the time was right to rediscover some of the tunes he played backing Vince Guaraldi and Mose Allison years back. A sample of his new album ...
Whit Dickey, Asher Gamedze, Quin Kirchner, Icepick and More
by Maurice Hogue
Three albums by drummers highlight this episode. South Africa's Asher Gamedze's Dialectic Soul brings to light the freer, more avant side of contemporary South African jazz (perhaps in a way that the revered Louis Moholo Moholo did over fifty years ago), while drummer Quin Kirchner's latest delves into various rhythms and tributes to favorite musicians. Tying ...
Trios and Quartets In Abundance
by Maurice Hogue
This episode is dominated by trios and quartets. Making her One Man's Jazz debut is English saxophonist Josephine Davies and her trio Satori with a pair of tracks from In the Corner of Clouds, while bassist Michael Formanek, no stranger to this show, debuts a new quartet with Kris Davis, Ches Smith and Tony Malaby. His ...
Devin Gray, Jakob Bro Trio and More
by Maurice Hogue
This episode of One Man's Jazz is in its usual global mode with new releases from Portugal's José Lencastre and his Nau Quartet, the Jakob Bro Trio, Medeski Martin & Wood, Devin Gray, France's Stéphane Kerecki Quartet and Bruno Tocanne, Norway's Anders Lønne Grønseth, Earthflow and the Gondwana Orchestra (with Dwight Trible) from England, and the ...
