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Jessica Ackerley

During the past decade, Jessica Ackerley has established themselves on the Canadian and American music scenes as a unique and versatile guitarist, composer and bandleader. Born in Alberta, Canada, Jessica now resides in Honolulu after almost decade of being located in New York City. They have worked alongside notable musicians such as Tyshawn Sorey, Daniel Carter, Marc Edwards, Luke Stewart, Patrick Shiroishi, and Jason Nazary, to name a few. Notable performance venues include John Zorn’s The Stone, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Blue Note, and tours both as a bandleader and side musician throughout Canada and the United States. Their musical palette is diverse, split between highly refined compositional structure, free improvisation, and Black American Music, as well as noise soundscapes derived from experimental rock, as explored in the collaborative band, ESSi.

A Selection Of Exciting New Releases

by Bob Osborne
August 18, 2022

On this show all new releases from Michael Dease, Plantas Horribles, the trio of Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison and Ted Nash, the quintet of Jessica Ackerley, Patrick Shiroishi, Chris Williams, Luke Stewart & Jason Nazary, the Fade In Trio, the Gaston De La Cruz Quintet, Dave Douglas in the company of The Westerlies and Anwar Marshall, ...

A Selection Of Brand New Releases

by Bob Osborne
September 16, 2021

On this week's show a broad range of new music from Ashley Summers, Jessica Ackerley and Daniel Carter, Matthew Golombisky's Cuentos, Rodrigo Faina and Change Ensemble, Tony Malaby, and Luis Vicente and Vasco Trilla. And kicking off with another new release from Alex Lefaivre.Playlist Alex Lefaivre “Boiler Room" from Naufragés (Arté Boréal) 00:00r Ashley ...

New Sounds From Argentina And More

by Bob Osborne
August 12, 2021

This week jazz from Argentina with Matías Formica & Jonatan Schenone, Ernesto Jodos Barry Altschul & Mark Helias, and, Rodrigo Domínguez. Also the welcome return of UK fusion specialists Optimystik Visionaries, familiar tunes with a fresh perspective from Fifth Element, and the new album from guitarist Will Bernard. There's also two preview tracks from new releases ...

A New Kind Of Water

By Jessica Ackerley

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Space, Frame, Contain; A Meadow Land, Toward A Closing Door; Dotted; Trifold; Sfumato; An Elephant Bathing on a Friday Afternoon; Contain (Drum); Partial Scene.

Jessica Ackerley: A New Kind Of Water

by Jerome Wilson
October 17, 2019

Guitarist Jessica Ackerley operates in roughly the same semi-abstract realm as Joe Morris and Mary Halvorson but her playing covers more ground, bouncing between folk lyricism, spacey abstraction and fierce prog-rock riffing. The other members of her group, alto saxophonist Sarah Manning, bassist Mat Muntz and drummer Stephen Boegehold, are adept at blending with her varied ...

Coalesce

By Jessica Ackerley

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: Clockwork; Discoid; Solo Guitar; Minneola; Day 2; Snakes in the Grass; ‘Merica.

Jessica Ackerley: Coalesce

by Hrayr Attarian
March 27, 2017

The contemplative and captivating Coalesce is guitarist Jessica Ackerley's debut release. On it Ackerley, with her trio, interprets seven of her engaging originals with intelligence and passion. The intimate atmosphere is well suited for both the collective musical expressions and individual melodic embellishments. This results in a cohesive album that thrills and intrigues. The ...