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Rick Berthod / Dom Martin / Jonah Tolchin
by Doug Collette
The fundamental appeal of the blues lies largely in its simplicity of form and humor of expression. The elasticity of its format carries intrinsic drama, the suspense resolved within each verse, with a cumulative effect carrying over to the end of the given performance. It is a rare creature indeed that can muster the patience and ...
Five Years of Elsewhere
by John Eyles
Yuko Zama's Elsewhere label (not to be confused with her partner Jon Abbey's Erstwhile label) released its first albums in the spring of 2018, which means that 2023 saw the label's fifth anniversary. Without any fanfares or brouhaha the label carried on as it has throughout those years, releasing a steady stream of high-quality recordings by ...
Notable Releases from Christian Dillingham and Others
by Jerome Wilson
Here is a look at some notable albums released in the latter half of 2023. Ilya Dynov Bridges Self-Produced 2023 Drummer Ilya Dynov leads a small group session of straight-ahead jazz played with an edge and swinging deftness. The music runs the gamut from the rolling urgency ...
Scary Goldings and The Adam Deitch Quartet: Funky But Chic
by Doug Collette
Having learned to find and make a place for himself in the bands of George Duke and Miles Davis, John Scofield has gone on to perform similar magic with artists as disparate as Medeski Martin & Wood and Phil Lesh & Friends. His latest affiliations once again find the guitarist/composer displaying his uncanny ability to sublimate ...
Two Tenors South Africa Style
by Chris May
The latest batch of albums from Canada's We Are Busy Bodies label, which specialises in vinyl reissues of South African jazz, spotlights saxophonists Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Mike Makhalemele, separately and together, on three discs originally released in 1975 and 1976. Ngozi and Makhalemele both opted to remain in South Africa during the apartheid era, thus ...
Three Gems of Creative Music from Relative Pitch: Works by Madison Greenstone, Camila Nebbia, and Maria Valencia
by Hrayr Attarian
Over the past dozen years, the New York-based label Relative Pitch has diligently promoted improvised music. Founded by Kevin Reilly and the late Mike Panico, the imprint boasts a roster of artists that range from stalwarts in the field of creative music to promising newcomers. Below are reviews of three prodigious woodwind players' solo 2023 releases. ...
Claudio Cojaniz: lirismo blues in tre scenari
by Neri Pollastri
Ha compiuto settant'anni lo scorso anno, Claudio Cojaniz, pianista tornato nel natio Friuli dopo qualche anno di residenza in terra di Calabria e che prosegue in una produzione prolifica e diversificata. Lasciato alle spalle l'intenso lavoro su Thelonious Monk e contenuto il furore espressivo che aveva caratterizzato una parte della propria attività artistica, Cojaniz ha sviluppato ...
Jakob Dreyer: Songs, Hymns And Ballads Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
by Dave Linn
German-born bassist Jakob Dreyer grew up interested in many diverse music styles. He says, “As a little child I had a thing for national anthems, church hymns, and traditional songs with simple melodies that I could remember and sing." He began playing classical piano at a young age but also enjoyed playing the pop music he ...
One and a half albums from Catherine Lamb (plus a half from Kristofer Svensson)
by John Eyles
The American-born, Berlin resident, composer and violist Catherine Lamb is no stranger to progressive label Another Timbre. Her first album on the label, Three Bodies (Moving) was released in 2012. Since then, a steady stream of her compositions has appeared on the label, performed solo or by small groupings. Once before, on Viola Torros (Another Timbre, ...
Bass Extraordinaire: John von Seggern / Bruno Raberg / Christopher Hale
by Doug Collette
In both its acoustic and electric form, the bass is too often overlooked in the context of musical performances both live and in studio. Yet it is this instrument that arguably confronts the greatest challenge of all in navigating arrangements and musicianship: specifically, to establish and maintain a middle ground of melody and rhythm that simultaneously ...
