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Satoko Fujii: Indefatigable
by Doug Collette
Satoko Fujii's indefatigable artistic versatility may very well be the source of the generally arresting quality of her work. By the same token, no matter the form, her creations may in turn ignite the foundational inspiration for new projects. Witness two titles released within two months of each in 2025, on both of which Fujii returns ...
Mike Clark and Phil Haynes: Keep Beating The Drum(s)
by Doug Collette
A great drummer is the driving force of any band's performances, whether on stage or in the studio. So, is it any surprise that jazz ensembles led by drummers invariably evince strong collective personalities, even if the members of those groups are as self-motivated and inner-directed as their leader(s)? Each of these bands, led by Mike ...
Two European Trios
by John Eyles
Ask a fan of music their favorite trio and, depending on their age and taste, they may nominate Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Jam, Nirvana, ZZ Top, The Police, Crosby, Stills & Nash... If the fan's musical taste is limited to jazz, their nominee is likely to include piano or other lead instrument, plus bass ...
A Wind For All Seasons
by Dan Bilawsky
There is something positively elemental in the artistry of Martin Wind. Beyond being one of the music's premier bassists, he is a creatively driven composer and leader--a seemingly bottomless font of expression in action--and his work most certainly represents the breadth, and breath, carried in his name. One minute he's conjuring a Brazilian Nordeste with buoyant ...
Jerome Sabbagh: Purity Of Intent
by Doug Collette
The extent to which a musician expends effort to develop his own voice usually correlates to the depth of expression that eventually emanates from the personal style thereof. So it is with saxophonist/composer/bandleader Jerome Sabbagh who, in the years he has spent nurturing his profile in the New York City jazz world, has concentrated on learning ...
Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad
by Doug Collette
Posers abound around the contemporary blues universe, but none of these three is among them. On the contrary, Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory all transcend cliche in their work, doing the tradition proud in his/her own distinct fashion. As a direct descendant of a blues icon Muddy Waters, Morganfield carries the heaviest load, but ...
Newcomers on Another Timbre
by John Eyles
As Another Timbre's two hundred and fiftieth album release has now been released and acquired by devotees of the label, it seems an appropriate time to appreciate some aspects of the label past, present or future. Firstly, it is impossible to ignore the three box sets: Wandelweiser und so weiter 6 CD set (2012), Morton Feldman ...
Celebrate Another Timbre's two hundred and fiftieth release
by John Eyles
The two Another Timbre albums below have been carefully selected from the latest batch of the label's releases, for several reasons. Firstly, the Jürg Frey album Je laisse a la nuit son poids d'ombre ("I leave to the night its weight of shadow" in English) and the Jakob Ullman album Solo I / Solo IVare Another ...
Rain Sultanov: Two From The Baku Jazz Festival Vaults
by Ian Patterson
Since the 1990s Azerbaijani saxophonist Rain Sultanov has forged an increasingly high-profile international career, collaborating with musicians of the caliber of Bobo Stenson, Enzo Favata, James Cammack, Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Arild Anderson and Anja Lechner, to name but a handful. His own albums, such asVoice of Karabakh (Ozella, 2015), which features the outstanding ...
Three from Elsewhere
by John Eyles
As the Elsewhere label approaches its eighth birthday--with its thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh album releases coming out together--it seems a good time to address some frequent questions and misconceptions about the label: Q: Aren't most Elsewhere releases double or triple? A: Out of thirty-seven releases, five are doubles, three are triples.
