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Glerum Omnibus: One
by John Kelman
Stick around long enough, work your way into the public eye strongly enough, and you'll eventually spawn imitators in your wake. Sweden's Esbjorn Svensson Trio has been around for over ten years now and has rocketed to significant popularity in Europe, for a jazz trio, over the past five. Now Ernst Glerum, with his trio project ...
Ernst Thoma: Time Layer
by John Kelman
Ernst Thoma, a fixture on the Swiss experimental music scene, creates a multi-layered, multi-level excursion into electronic ambience with Time Layer , an album that finds him combining technologies old and new into a soundscape that is strangely compelling, but only if you are prepared to put down any preconceptions about how music is supposed to ...
John Heward Trio: Let Them Pass (Laissez-passer)
by John Kelman
Spontaneous composition, as opposed to free improvisation, finds a group of musicians working towards creating some kind of recognizable construct; sometimes, in fact, as in the case of the title track from Marilyn Crispell's '01 release, Amaryllis , what begins as a free improvisation becomes an actual piece with a thematic form that, in this case, ...
Terje Gewelt: Small World
by John Kelman
Some albums are destined for greatness on first listen. Others take more time to settle in, requiring a greater familiarity before they reveal their best qualities. While Norwegian bassist Terje Gewelt's new album Small World is somewhat underwhelming on first cut, subsequent listens reveal a richer experience. Marrying a looser Nordic rhythmic approach with the percussion-driven ...
Sten Hostfalt: 29 Pieces for the Microtonal Guitar: Live at Knitting Factory New York
by John Kelman
Multi-instrumentalist Joe Maneri's recent release Angles of Repose demonstrated exactly how cogent his microtonal approach to improvisation has been, using extended techniques to expand on the sonic capabilities of more traditional instruments. Clearly inspired by Maneri, Sten Hostfalt takes the more rigid confines of the guitar and transforms it into an instrument equally capable of exploring ...
Thelonious Monk: Monk 'Round the World
by John Kelman
What can you say about pianist Thelonious Monk? By the time these tracks were recorded, between '61 and '64, he had already amassed a body of work containing many tunes that had already become classics, and he would continue to influence composers and players through to this day. At this time in his career, though, rather ...
Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor: Where Do We Go From Here?
by John Kelman
Over the past thirty years, pianist John Taylor has clearly been trumpeter Kenny Wheeler's accompanist of choice. Cerebral yet quietly passionate, intuitive and supportive, with a musical personality rooted in Bill Evans that has, nevertheless, long since evolved beyond comparative considerations, Taylor's ability to get inside Wheeler's often melancholic compositions is without equal. From big band ...
The Plunge Trio: Plunge
by John Kelman
Plunge is a young Swedish trio that has been together for three years, exploring a combination of composed music and completely free improvisation. On their self-titled d'but, saxophonist Andreas Andersson, double-bassist Mattias Hjorth and drummer Peter Nilsson have chosen to expose their more extemporaneous side with a programme of nine purely spontaneous compositions. The term spontaneous ...
Tony Bianco/Dave Liebman/Tony Marino: Line Ish
by John Kelman
Saxophonist Dave Liebman's reputation has often rested on his deliberation for carrying the torch laid down by John Coltrane. Expressionistic, with an informed world view, he is as comfortable in a melodic and relaxed setting, as on his most recent quartet record, In a Mellow Tone , as he is in a more free context, beautifully ...
Martin Speake: His Ideal
by John Kelman
Alto saxophonist Martin Speake may be well-known in his native England but a bit of a well-kept secret when it comes to exposure in North America, where he deserves a wider audience. With a sound that is influenced by artists as diverse as Ornette Coleman, Paul Motian, Keith Jarrett and Steve Coleman, and a compositional style ...
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