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Autobahn: Of the Tree

Read "Of the Tree" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 23, 2016

A jazz trio named Autobahn, from Toronto, Canada, with an unusual make-up--piano, sax and drums--is just asking to called “experimental" on their modernistic recording, Of The Tree. And why not? Eliminating the bass (the obvious missing link) makes for new atmospheres, and creates new spaces. Looking for comparisons, Momentum Space (Verve Records, 1999), a masterpiece of ...

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Moonstone

By Jeff LaRochelle

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Moonstone; Origins Suite I (For Bela Bartok); Origins Suite II (For Alfred Schnittke); Origins Suite III (For Maurice Ravel); Northern Lights; Stand Still; Misconjecture; As It Is; Letter to an Unknown Hero; Duality.

Article: Album Review

Jeff LaRochelle: Moonstone

Read "Moonstone" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 16, 2015

Canadian saxophonist and clarinetist Jeff LaRochelle fuses the orchestral complexity of the western classical tradition and the spontaneity of jazz on his debut Moonstone. With his band, Origins, LaRochelle interprets ten intimate pieces that he himself has penned. The music reflects his diverse influences but remains thematically cohesive primarily due to the exquisite balance of modernity ...