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Ben Wendel: All One
by Claudio Bonomi
Classe 1976, canadese di nascita, cresciuto a Los Angeles e attualmente residente a Brooklyn (New York), Ben Wendel è considerato un astro nascente del jazz contemporaneo da diversi anni. Sassofonista e compositore, oltre ad essere stato nel 2001 tra i fondatori dei Kneebody, si è costruito negli anni una solida reputazione di solista e leader firmando ...
Ben Wendel On 'The Unspeakable Truths' That Are Passed Between Musicians
by Leo Sidran
For saxophonist Ben Wendel, the pandemic provided the space for him to develop his latest solo record, All One (Edition Records), a project that is both very solitary and very collaborative. It features a woodwind choir of saxophones and bassoons performed entirely by Ben, and then joined by special guests like singers Cecile McLorin Salvant and ...
Kneebody: The Trip
by Mike Jacobs
If there are jazz earworms, this one's so intoxicating it might indeed be suspected of originating in a bottle of Mezcal--were it not so infectiously upbeat, that is. From their album Chapters (Edition, 2019), “The Trip" features the classic five-man Kneebody complement of Ben Wendel, Shane Endsley, Kaveh Rastegar, Adam Benjamin and Nate Wood plus the ...
Ben Wendel Group At Bop Stop
by John Chacona
Ben Wendel Group Bop Stop Cleveland, OH March 22, 2023 For a long time, California has held a mythic place in the U.S. popular imagination as a fountainhead of new ideas in culture, technology, or in the case of the smartphone ("Designed by Apple in California") of both. So it makes ...
Trio Grande At Magy's Farm
by Ian Patterson
Trio Grande Magy's Farm Dromara, N. Ireland November 28, 2022 Set in the rolling drumlins of County Down with farmland rising and falling on all sides, a couple of weathered donkeys looking on and the Mourne Mountains rising majestically ahead, Magy's Farm, it is safe to say, is not quite ...
New releases from Lydian Nadhaswaran, Sven Gotz and Troy Roberts
by Len Davis
New music with Lydian Nadhaswaram from Chromatic Grammatic, Swedish guitarist Sven Gotz, UK based Bassist Mike Forrest Flynn, The Bad Plus, Yellow Jackets, Troy Roberts, and KneebodyPlaylist Lydian Nadhaswaram “Spot" from Chromatic Grammatic (Amly) 00:00 Sven Gotz “The Promise" from Panjoy (Jazzandrecords) 07:07 Mike Forrest Flynn “Strange Weather" from Strange Weather (Self Produced) 14:10 ...
New music from Fusio Group, Kneebody, ARC Trio and Alexander Flood
by Len Davis
New music from Hungary's Fusio Group, Kneebody's Live at Le Crescent, Eric Escanes, ARC Trio & John Daversa Big Band, and Australian drummer Alexander FloodPlaylist Fusio Group “Winter Flowers" from XXX (Self Produced) 00:00 Kneebody “Spectra" from Live at Le Crescent (Edition) 11:31 Eric Escanes “Santi" from Santi (La Reserve) 23:04 ARC Trio & ...
Oneness of Juju, Amanda Ekery, Snacktime, Ray Anderson & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Oscillating between yesterday's funky good times of yesterday (Oneness of Juju; Milt Ward) and today's grooves (Snacktime, Kneebody, Ray Anderson's Pocket Brass Band) this week's playlist confirms that good music is timeless, and quirky to boot (Amanda Ekery, Esthesis Quartet). Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...
Ryan Daunt: Essence
by Geannine Reid
Drummer, educator, bandleader, and composer Ryan Daunt hails from Australia. Daunt is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with a First-Class Honours Degree in Music, majoring in Jazz Performance. In 2016, he released his debut album. A busy sideman, Daunt has performed with a myriad of jazz artists including Kneebody, Troy ...
Five Albums From Bands That Broadened The Jazz Paradigm
by Mike Jacobs
In this installment of BackTracks we take a look at five albums that not only helped expand the jazz paradigm, but also helped establish the band as a re-merging entity (and an ethos) in jazz. Lost TribeMany Lifetimes Arabesque Jazz 1998 In 1998, a first listen to this album ...
