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Bobby Naughton: Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap
by John Sharpe
Vibraphonist Bobby Naughton helms a finely attuned trio on Housatonic Rumble, a 1985 live recording drawn from previously unissued tapes discovered in his archive. Although he worked extensively with edge-loving adventurers such as Anthony Braxton and Wadada Leo Smith, and co-founded the Connecticut-based Creative Musicians' Improvisers Forum, this live set affirms a commitment to accessibility which ...
Hi Res Heart: Move Fast And Mend Things
by John Sharpe
On its second outing, British outfit Hi Res Heart trades the stitched-together aesthetic of its debut for the friction and immediacy of shared space, sharpening both its collective instinct and sonic identity. Where the earlier release documented remotely recorded parts later assembled in the studio, Move Fast And Mend Things convenes the ensemble in a single ...
Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash, Tony Orrell: Lifeline
by John Sharpe
New bottles, same wine? On Lifeline, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash and Tony Orrell, who operate under the moniker Bley School with acoustic instruments, convene in the studio with electronics. The trio's defining traits--deep listening, volatility and reflexive interaction--persist, but now unfold through circuitry rather than strings and skins. Furthermore, in place of the covers favored in ...
Kris Davis: The Solastalgia Suite
by John Sharpe
For her first excursion into string quartet writing, Canadian pianist Kris Davis shapes a restless interplay of atmospheric texture and rhythmic urgency on The Solastalgia Suite. The title takes its cue from philosopher Glenn Albrecht's term for mourning environmental loss, a concept that resonates throughout the work's uneasy lyricism. Commissioned by the Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław ...
Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall: Triangles
by John Sharpe
Violinist Olivia Moore and accordionist Adam Fairhall unveil a strikingly agile dialogue on their debut Triangles. This stylistically porous album refracts folk lineage, jazz instinct and chamber interplay into something quietly subversive. Moore arrives via folk and Indian classical study, while Fairhall--more often heard at the piano--draws from an eclectic hinterland of solo performance, early jazz, ...
Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii: Ki
by John Sharpe
Sometimes the most bracing departures come from artists who know each other best. Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii has a discography with over one hundred entries in every configuration from solo to big band, notable for their variety, often with husband trumpeter Natsuki Tamura in close attendance. However Ki, the tenth offering from their long running duet ...
Rodrigo Amado The Bridge: Further Beyond
by John Sharpe
As well as being one of the premier exponents of his instrument, Portuguese tenor saxophonist Rodrigo Amado thrives in demanding company. For Further Beyond, the follow-up to Beyond The Margins (Trost, 2023), he reconvenes the all star cast he calls The Bridge, comprising pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and drummer Gerry Hemingway. On ...
Larry Stabbins: Aurora
by John Sharpe
After a long hiatus, reedman Larry Stabbins' renewed presence on the British scene offers cause for celebration. All the more so as Sarost, one of his prime contemporary outlets, matches him with partners of equal standing. Flanking him in a co-operative trio--whose name, derived from the first two letters of their constituent surnames, affirms the group's ...
Sophie Agnel / Michael Zerang: Draw Bridge
by John Sharpe
Draw Bridge showcases yet another unlikely but rewarding product of the well-trodden thoroughfare between France and Chicago. Under the aegis of the Transatlantic Bridge initiative, now in its 12th year, pianist Sophie Agnel enters the studio with percussionist Michael Zerang for a series of nine collective duets. The pair traffics in a unconventional language wrested from ...
Misha Mengelberg / Sabu Toyozumi: The Analects Of Confucius
by John Sharpe
As the reputations of Japanese free players grew during the 1970s, they lured a procession of Europeans and Americans eager to collaborate, among them Steve Lacy, Peter Brotzmann, Derek Bailey, and John Zorn. Dutch pianist Misha Mengelberg also made the journey, first with the Instant Composers Pool (ICP) in 1982 and later independently. One of the ...
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