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Juan Pastor
Drummer/percussionist and composer Juan Pastor finds himself caught between two homes: his native Lima, Peru, and the city where he has lived for the past 13 years, Chicago. As a result, both his original compositions and the sound of his ensemble, Chinchano, draw life from deep sources - Peru’s enchantingly diverse culture, history, landscapes, and folk music, and the language of North American Jazz. Pastor evokes his multifaceted story poignantly on his new recording, El Regreso (Quinto Pulso, 2019). Pastor begins his story with a lively arrangement of Wilfredo Franco Laguna's Mayoral, the album’s sole cover and a beloved Peruvian song, whose lyrics call out the oppressive racism of Spanish colonialism. Juan’s drums animate the arrangement with a powerful Afro-Peruvian “Festejo” dance rhythm, and special guest percussionists Makarito Nicasio and Edu Campos (both members of the acclaimed ensemble Peru Negro) join the rhythm section.
Arc and Edge
By James Davis
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Long Road Home; Search for Itness; Rothko Sketches; Open Door, Closed Door; Unending
Path; Pamplemousse; Balancing Act; Heartstring Saga; Pulsar; The Blind Watchmaker; As the
Crow Flies.
James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge
by Mark Corroto
Trumpeter James Davis' sextet is aptly named Beveled--a word that means transforming a sharp, square edge into something smoother, more refined. That concept of reshaping and softening defines both the ensemble's instrumentation and its sonic character. Davis sets the tone by trading his bright trumpet for the warmer, more introspective voice of the flugelhorn. He deepens ...
James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge
by Jack Bowers
Beveled, according to Webster's, translates roughly to “slanted" or “grooved." On Arc and Edge, flugelhornist James Davis' Chicago-based sextet clearly has its own slant on contemporary post-bop jazz wherein the groove ranges from typically improvised passages to cutting-edge motifs and classical chamber music, using a second flugelhorn, two bass clarinets and rhythm to flesh out the ...
Cachito
By Juan Pastor
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tu Voz; Carlitos; Wuayrapa Yuyay; La Lucha; Azúcar de Caña; Humanidad; Undertow; La Rata de Renato; A Dios.
Pachyderm
Label: Bent River Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Commencement; Nobleland; Golden Castle; Arboretum; Langebaan; The Fall of Lawrence; Abby's
Toy Pian.
Accidental Melody
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Surrender;
Accidental Melody;
Apart
You Think You Know;
A Shooting Star;
The Melody Of You;
Don’t Ever Look For Love;
The Cuckoo Clock; In The Middle Of Life;
Sound;
Lafayette;
Keeping Track Of Time;
The Lost Year.
New Music From Formanek's Elusion Quartet And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show the featured album is the new release from Michael Formanek's Elusion Quartet. There is also new music from Jim Alfredson, Laila Ferman, Guzmán Calzada & Sofía Scheps, Louis Stewart & Noel Kelehan, Joëlle Léandre with Craig Taborn & Mat Maneri, Juan Pastor / Chinchano, Javier Red's Imagery Convertor, Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, and, ...
Bonzo Squad: Pachyderm
by Kyle Simpler
The Chicago-based quartet Bonzo Squad describes their music as “comfort in chaos." While this description might give an impression of free-form experimentation, it is not the case. The chaos aspect of their sound comes from a unique mixture of structure and improvisation, and for these guys, the comfort definitely outweighs the chaos. With Pachyderm, the group ...
Ethereal Kinks
Label: Bronzeville Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: No Dancing; Beauty And The Beast Roleplay; Disconnect; Mental Illness; Modesta; Strict Dancer; Winnemac; Indigenous; Melanie; Better Than Me; The Belief In Magic
