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Twelve
By Noam Lemish
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Song for Lia; The Nagila Mayster; Beethoven’s 7th Visit to Romania; Steals on Steeles;
Between Utopia and Destruction; Rebirth.
Prismatic
By Jim Head
Label: Bent River Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Stone; Dawnstruck; Blue Shift; Showtime: Potter's Wheel; Prismatic; Waking Dream; State of the Union
Fire In The West
Label: Cellar Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Fire In The West; Fool's Gold; Cascades; Standing Back; Fell Among Thieves; Kyushu; Late
Afternoon; Near North; Gone Away; Silver Mine
Noam Lemish: Twelve
by Jack Bowers
The number Twelve has several explicit meanings on Israeli-born composer/pianist Noam Lemish's eighth album as leader of his own ensemble, which is twelve members strong (well, thirteen on the first two numbers, on which Laura Swankey adds wordless vocals, and twenty-five if one counts the thirteen-member chorus on Track 3). Returning to the basic premise, Lemish ...
Steals on Steeles
Album: Twelve
By Noam Lemish
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:51
Ernesto Cervini: Joy
by Dan McClenaghan
Joy. That's how Canadian drummer Ernesto Cervini rolls. All of his musical undertakings--and there are many--strut along the sunny side of the street with smiles on their faces, carnations in their lapels. Indeed, in his side gig as the boss of Orange Grove Publicity--representing some of Canada's finest jazz artists-- joy, positivity and general all around ...
Neil Swainson: Fire In The West
by Pierre Giroux
It hardly seems possible, but it took thirty-five years for Canadian bassist extraordinaire Neil Swainson to lead a sparkling quintet in this new recording of Swainson original compositions entitled Fire In The West. His prior recording from 1987 was called 49th Parallel and received little attention at the time. However it was re-released as an LP ...
Shuffle Demons: All In
by Chris M. Slawecki
There aren't too many bands still standing from back when Shuffle Demons first performed in 1984. Their tenth recording, All In features three saxophonists-- tenors Kelly Jefferson and Matt Lagan plus Richard Underhill on alto and baritone--plus acoustic bassist Mike Downes and drummer Stich Wynston tearing through ten new originals. With no chord instruments (piano, guitar) ...
Demons and Wizards, June Bugs and Jakarta
by Chris M. Slawecki
Hermeto Pascoal Planetario Da Gavea Far Out Recordings 2022 Planetario Da Gavea is an enormous, sprawling document from a February 1981 outdoor performance series by Brazilian jazz wizard Hermeto Pascoal recorded under the stars in the Gávea neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, within the dome of ...
The Shuffle Demons: All In
by Jack Bowers
With a three-saxophone front line and no piano, Canada's Shuffle Demons could be mistaken for the legendary Gerry Mulligan Quartet on steroidscould be, that is, until one hears the music, which bears scant resemblance to the West Coast cool espoused by Mulligan, Chet Baker and their colleagues. In other words, they're not called Shuffle Demons for ...