Results for "James Suter"

James Suter

Silver's Strut

By Jeff Lofton

Label: Tiger Turn
Released: 2023
Track listing: Silver's strut; Off the Hook; Just Squeeze Me; Song for Thomas; Cack a lack blues; Christmas time Is Here; Waltz with the breeze; Corcovado.

Emergence

Label: Play On
Released: 2023
Track listing: After The Rain; Rolling...the wind picks up and the boats cast off for Troy;Bagatelle II; Mangled Tango;4 Mobile Structures Dedicated to Alexander Calder; Locust Grove; Again; Garden Of Eden; Wait/Not Wait; CME; Presence; POP!

Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Emergence

by Jack Bowers
August 8, 2023

Emergence, the latest album by the Texas-based Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, is by and large chamber jazz, veering often into the realms of avant-garde and free improvisation. The standard of musicianship is high, the urge to listen a second time rather less so--an opinion that must be qualified by the admission that it expresses ...

Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet: Emergence

by Jerome Wilson
June 26, 2023

The Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet expand their sound on this album, the follow-up to their debut, The Emissary, (Play On, 2022). Their unique instrumental blend of reeds, guitar, pedal steel, vibes, harp, and bass retains its ethereal charm while also pushing forward into fresh musical territory. “Bagatelle II," by Ukrainian composer, Valentin ...

Cack A Lack Blues

May 18, 2023

Album: Silver's Strut
By Jeff Lofton
Label: Tiger Turn
Released: 2023
Duration: 4:27

Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet

Active since: 2021

Leading an ensemble whose members individually excel in several musical genres and, collectively, create a unique and memorable soundprint, saxophonist-flutist Coke and guitarist Michel bring together a group that includes Austin Symphony principal harpist Elaine Barber, pedal steel player Bob Hoffnar (Liminal Sound Series), double bassist James Suter, and percussionist Carolyn Trowbridge on vibes.

CME

April 19, 2023

Album: Emergence
Label: Play On
Released: 2023
Duration: 4:13

Alex Coke & Carl Michel: The Emissary

by Jerome Wilson
April 16, 2022

With instrumentation that includes harp, pedal steel guitar and vibraphone, this album is clearly not meant to resemble a classic jazz session. Instead, it ambitiously incorporates jazz, medieval composition and exotic folk melodies into a hypnotically beautiful set of diverse rhythms and motifs. The most austere selection is “O Pastor Animarum" by 12th century ...

Alex Coke & Carl Michel: The Emissary

by Kyle Simpler
February 7, 2022

While much of the world was in lockdown during 2020, saxophonist Alex Coke and harpist Elaine Barber had an idea that caught on. They decided to bring their instruments out on the driveway of the Austin, Texas home they were sheltering in and play music while waiting for their groceries to be delivered. These impromptu concerts ...