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Opsvik & Jennings: A Dream I Used To Remember
by Troy Collins
With each succeeding album more impressive than the last, the chamber-pop duo Opsvik & Jennings have released their finest record to date with A Dream I Used To Remember. The third release from Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik and Oklahoma-born guitarist Aaron Jennings follows Floyel Files (NCM East, 2005) and Commuter Anthems (Rune Grammofon, 2007). Although their ...
Rich Johnson: Up the Turret Mil
by Nic Jones
Trumpeter Rich Johnson might be said to be engaging with the present; in a way, that's true of so few of his contemporaries. He produces music that's steeped in the culture of sampling, and similar examples of magpie-like curiosity. At the same time, he fashions music that is as striking as anything out there. This is ...
Rich Johnson: Up The Turret Mil
by Lyn Horton
Voices tell stories; they penetrate their surroundings so that the stories warrant attention. They may have a subject that is self-referential, these are the times it is interesting to follow the flow. No clearer can it be than in Up The Turret Mil from trumpeter Rich Johnson. This record may be publicized as experimental, but perhaps ...
Rich Johnson: Up the Turret Mil
by Mark F. Turner
Rich Johnson's first solo release delicately meshes acoustic instruments (acoustic guitar, piano and trumpet) with technology (laptop computer and sampling) to create a fascinating collage of sound. Like seminal artists, the New York based musician is adept in both traditional and nontraditional idioms as witnessed on saxophonist Jason Rigby's Translucent Space (Fresh Sound, 2006) and on ...
Rich Johnson: Up The Turret Mil
by Mark Corroto
If something exists in the netherworld, it is said to be “living in hereafter," or the “afterworld." This ethereal theme, with its delicate, vaporous connotations is the subject matter of trumpeter Rich Johnson's Up The Turret Mil.While not a native of the Netherlands in either possible connotation, this New York artist produces sounds from ...
Loyal Label Nights January 16th & 17th at I-beam
WHAT: Loyal Label Nights WHEN: January 16th & 17th 2009 WHERE: I-beam 168 7th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 COST: Friday January 16th 8pm ($10) WHO: JEFF DAVIS - SOLO Jeff Davis - drums and percussion. “Drummer Jeff Davis ...
Overseas III
Label: Loyal Label
Released: 2008
Track listing: Neil; Everseas; Silver; Ginger Rogers; Breath of Bark; Whiff of Wood; Lull of Lumber.
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas III
by Budd Kopman
Bassist Eivind Opsvik's third offering from his Overseas group, cunningly named Overseas III, distills and centers the eclectic influences that made up Overseas (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2003) and Overseas II (FSNT, 2005) while once again displaying his unique compositional skills that allow both accessibility for the listener and room for his talented players.
Eivind Opsvik: Overseas III
by Troy Collins
Over the past decade Norwegian born bassist Eivind Opsvik has become omnipresent in the fertile Brooklyn jazz scene. A stalwart supporting player, Opsvik demonstrates an even greater talent with his unfussy, harmonious writing. Brought to life by his long-standing Overseas ensemble, Opsvik's singular compositions unveil structural, harmonic and melodic sensibilities that draw greater inspiration from popular ...
Two Miles A Day
Label: Loyal Label
Released: 2007
Track listing: Ha!; As We Know It; Playing With Blocks; Two Miles A Day; Evening Kites; Bridge And Tunnel; Funny Shoes; Gray Plaid; Simple Song; Twelve Days; Savile Row.
