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Christy Doran's May 95 Sextet: Same But Different
by Ian Patterson
Curse or blessing? A festival handing a musician carte blanche for a one-off adventure sounds liberating, but the allure of artistic freedom can be tempered by pressure: what if the personalities do not gel? What if it bombs? Christy Doran, the Ireland-born Lucerne-based guitarist, has never been one to dodge a challenge. His entire ...
Dreams And Dust: Two From Pianist Izumi Kimura
by Ian Patterson
2025 will go down as a busy year for Ireland-based, Japanese pianist Izumi Kimura. The first half of the year served up the solo album Butterfly Effect (Codama Records) and Glacial Voyage (Between The Lines)--the latter a free-form duo collaboration with guitarist Christy Doran. Both albums favored explorations of mood and textures over virtuosity. Two further ...
Barry Guy, Jaleel Shaw, Linda May Han Oh & Zoh Amba
by Maurice Hogue
English avant-garde bassist Barry Guy is considered one of the finest in any musical genre and his compositional work is equally regarded. One of his signature pieces is “Harmos," and you will hear that as performed by the London Jazz Composers Orchestra recorded live in Krakow Poland. Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw's new Painter Of The Invisible provides ...
Fabian Dudek, Dan Weiss, Jasper Hoiby & Mazam
by Maurice Hogue
German alto player Fabian Dudek's new This Every Place is an indication that Dudek's forming his own improvisational language, and his album is graced with the presence of Ingrid Laubrock. A definite must listen. There's a similar path followed by the Portuguese quartet, Mazam, on their new Pilgrimage Vol. 2. Drummer Dan Weiss' latest features a ...
Izumi Kimura: Butterfly Effect
by Ian Patterson
Japanese pianist Izumi Kimura has earned plaudits through her various improvisation-based projects with double bassist Barry Guy, percussionist Gerry Hemingway, and guitarists Christy Doran and Tommy Halferty, to cite just a few of her principal collaborators. But Kimura, a long-term resident in Ireland, is equally compelling when going it alone. Over the years, she has clocked ...
Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi, Evans/Eldh & Irène Schweizer
by Maurice Hogue
There are two mini themes running through this edition of One Man's Jazz: one is musical partners, as in the trio of Sylvain Darrifourcq, saxophonist Manuel Hermia and cellist Valentin Ceccaldi who have released but three recordings in their 13 years of trio-hood yet believe their time spent together has let them develop into one of ...
Music from Favourite Recordings played on One Man’s Jazz in 2024
by Maurice Hogue
Adding to the countless lists of “best-of"s for 2024, here are almost three hours of music from my favourite recordings of 2024. (See the One Man's Jazz web site for the full list.) The only album not among the favourites is the very recently received Landloper by famed bassist Arild Andersen; it's solo deliciousness.
Ian Patterson's Best Jazz (And Beyond) Albums Of 2024
by Ian Patterson
A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound Pernille Bevort Gateway Music “There is a poetic ...
Six Hands Open As One
By Izumi Kimura
Label: Fundacja Sluchaj,
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Unexpected: (i) Days Into Night (ii) Sanctuary (iii) Corridors (iv) Spirit; Cloud Echoes; Gnomon; Underdrift.
Izumi Kimura / Barry Guy / Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open As One
by John Sharpe
Although dating back to at least Aesop's fables written in 500 BC, the saying that you can know someone by the company they keep remains as true as ever. While Irish-based Japanese pianist Izumi Kimura is the nominal leader, the egalitarian trio on Six Hands Open As One finds her in illustrious company. ...
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