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Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent

Read "Le Vent" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
March 21, 2015

Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's fourth release as a leader, Le Vent is a truly collaborative effort that eschews individual solos in favor of a haunting, collective sound. The results are atmospheric and exquisitely formalistic. This is not to suggest that, because of its ambient nature, the album is without substance. On the contrary, its structure becomes ...

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Adasiewicz - Erb - Roebke: Yuria's Dream

Read "Yuria's Dream" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 1, 2014

Experimental saxophonist Christoph Erb recorded this lone 43-minute track in Chicago with prominent improvisers and composers, vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz and bassist Jason Roebke amid a tour of the US. Here, the trio articulates an immense plane of perceptions, and if charted, may appear as a histogram that contains various deviations from the mean, when considering dips ...

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Gerry Hemingway: Kernelings

Read "Kernelings" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 5, 2014

Drummer Gerry Hemingway penned these solo works from 1995-2012 and recorded the album at various points during this timeframe. Essentially, the CD and companion DVD pinpoint his artistic proclivities partly framed in multimedia. It took 15 years to complete the project. The program is divided into four parts: mist, dust, light, and sex, although the CD ...

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Montreux Jazz Festival 2010: Grand Geneva Finales

by Phillip Woolever
August 12, 2010

Montreux Jazz 2010 Montreux, Switzerland July 15-16, 2010 Planet Jazz For a city with census figures at under 25,000 citizens, Montreux throws one hell of a party. For summer music fans, its heaven. The 44th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival wrapped up this season's two ...

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