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Mike Baggetta Quartet: Source Material
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Mike Baggetta creates a remarkable collage of images that are framed by his composition, writing with abundant skill and bringing an immediate presence to music carried to fulfillment by his band. He has some of the best musicians here, who interact with fluidity and add texture and ambience on the road to resolution.Baggetta ...
Los Agentos: Afrykanski Snieg
by Jerry D'Souza
Out of Poland comes an eclectic band of musicians led by harmonicist Robert Lenert, wrapped in a kaleidoscope of sound and image. The name of the band is Spanish, but the players sing in English, French and Polish, and their music takes them through pop, jazz and R&B. A sprinkling of African rhythms and the array ...
Andrzej Serafin: L.S.D.
by Jerry D'Souza
L.S.D. makes a significant impact when the proponents of the acronym--vibraphonist Andrzej Serafin, harmonicist Robert Lenert and saxophonist Staszek Domarski--come together. The music they play evolves from different approaches, an ambient point of view drawing in both jazz and blues. Serafin was a founding member of Editions Quartet and the blues-rock group Blue Ink. ...
Frantisek Uhlir: 60
by Jerry D'Souza
Prague Castle is the premier performance venue in the capital of the Czech Republic. It has held a monthly Jazz at the Castle concert since 2004, with the largest number of performances coming from bassist František Uhlíř. He has performed eight times at the venue, including September 8, 2010, to celebrate his 60th birthday. The cast ...
Bad Luck: Two
by Jerry D'Souza
When Bad Luck comes in the shape of drummer Christopher Icasiano and saxophonist Neil Welch, it can be a pretty good thing. They met at the University of Washington and, driven by an interest in improvised music, began a musical partnership. Both are fearless navigators of the unknown and communicate with an intuitive sense of empathy. ...
Tommy Vig: Welcome to Hungary!
by Jerry D'Souza
Vibraphonist Tommy Vig has had an interesting career. Born in Budapest, he played the drums when he was six and recorded his first album two years later. Music was his passion, but the political landscape in Hungary was to cast a shadow on his days as a jazz musician. Jazz was banned in 1949, and Vig ...
Roberto Magris Quintet: Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1
by Jerry D'Souza
It isn't always easy paying tribute to a legend, but pianist Roberto Magris does it quite successfully on this tip of the hat to Lee Morgan, one of the defining figures of hard bop. Magris succeeds because he has a trumpeter, in Brandon Lee, who is not afraid of being adventurous, and a more than adept ...
Nick Hempton: The Business
by Jerry D'Souza
On his self-produced debut, Nick Hempton Band (2009), saxophonist Nick Hempton showed a deft sense of humor through his liner notes. No witticisms mark the release of The Business, but another factor that was evident on the first manifests itself all over again: Hempton is a saxophonist of class.
Eric St-Laurent Trio: Ruby
by Jerry D'Souza
Montreal born guitarist Eric St-Laurent learned to play the instrument in his home town before moving to New York, where he mastered the art of improvisation. While many jazz musicians would have been happy to find a grounding in New York, St-Laurent had a wider vision. He then moved to Berlin, where he played with German ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Organic: Heart's Reflections
by Jerry D'Souza
The creative arc of Wadada Leo Smith describes a man of many talents. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) before forming the Creative Construction Company with Anthony Braxton and Leroy Jenkins. He has organized music into rhythm units and added a form of notation he called Akhreanvention. He ...
