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Tony Mastrull: The Tony Mastrull Project
by Nicholas F. Mondello
In the late 1960s, the story circulated in Las Vegas that Elvis Presley caught aural wind of an original composition written by a young arranger and which piece was used in the Vegas production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The King was so taken by the tune's emotional power that he offered to buy ...
Michel F. Coté: Mecha Fixes Clocks: Beau comme un aéroport
by Eyal Hareuveni
The fourth album from innovative Montreal-based drummer Michel F. Côté's ensemble of improvisers Mecha Fixes Clocks is a suite of alternative songs, all referring to air travel (their previous releases were Orbiting With Screwdrivers, Alien8, 2005; À l'inattendu les dieux livrent passage, &records, 2010; and Teoria dell'elasticità di Girolamo Papariello, Ambiances Magnétiques, 2011).
Saxophone Giants Azar Lawrence & Al McLean Kick Off "Conduit"
Cinematographer Randy Cole and saxophonist Al McLean deliver Conduit, an iconic Jazz recording, captured in a former church in Montreal. Cole and McLean invited American saxophonist Azar Lawrence, to the session (McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Miles Davis), and the resulting tracks are mesmerizing. Digitally released on major music download sites (iTunes, Amazon, etc.), Conduit will be ...
Leonard Cohen: Live in London
by Nenad Georgievski
The Live in London LP could have easily been Leonard Cohen's last record and the tour that followed it could have easily been a low key farewell tour. Already at the twilight of his career or at an age when most acts go into retirement, Cohen slowly was secluding himself from recordings, performances or public appearances ...
John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2014
by John Kelman
Less travel in 2014, due to an unexpected health problem, meant fewer shows than seen in the past half dozen years, but there was still plenty from which to choose for this 2014 list of some of the best live music heard from Montreal to Tallinn, San Francisco to Stavanger and, of course, at home in ...
Rachel Therrien: Home Inspiration
by Hrayr Attarian
Canadian trumpeter Rachel Therrien's second release as a leader Home Inspiration, clearly establishes the Montreal native, even at this early stage of her career, as an accomplished composer and improviser. She contributes six of the ten originals on this cinematically inspired album, all of which have intricately constructed and memorable thematic frameworks. The delightfully ...
Rachel Therrien: Home Inspiration
by Bruce Lindsay
Montreal-based trumpeter and composer Rachel Therrien's second album, Home Inspiration is a salutary reminder of something that the American jazz scene doesn't always seem to acknowledge--there's a thriving, young and imaginative jazz scene up north, in Canada. All the tunes on Home Inspiration are originals, with Therrien taking composer credit for around half of ...
Michel Lambert Releases "Journal Des Episodes 2"
MONTREAL, QC — On November 18, 2014, Jazz from Rant will release the latest recording by jazz composer, drummer and artist Michel Lambert, entitled Journal des Episodes II. The epic musical journey continues with 97 new episodes! Journal des Épisodes is a series of compositions from a year long daily musical diary created by Michel Lambert, ...
David Ryshpan & Gitanjali Jain Serrano Launch Alicuanta On Nov 27, 2014
Alicuanta: signifying a quantity or part that does not fit into its larger whole evenly or equally. Alicuanta is a staged song cycle set to the texts of Mexican poet Francisco Serrano, co-composed by pianist David Ryshpan and vocalist Gitanjali Jain Serrano. Through poetry, music, dance and visual elements, Alicuanta is an examination of the memory ...
Rachel Therrien: Home Inspiration
by Dan McClenaghan
The big challenge for the young musician is developing a distinctive voice. This goes not just for the instrumental side of the equation, but maybe even more so in the band they put together. Competence and even virtuosic flare are fairly common, but without the voice, the sound can come out bland, pasteurized. Trumpeter ...
