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Paul McCandless

Shambhu: Soothing Guitar for Stressful Times

By JAKOB BAEKGAARD

The times we live in call for reflection and one of the ways of providing it is through music. Music can slow our lives down and make us live in the moment, but it can also connect people. Since he discovered music, guitarist and composer Shambhu Neil Vineberg has been on a journey that has seen ...

Alan Hall: Heroes, Saints and Clowns

By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI

Ratatet, the sextet led by drummer Alan Hall, doesn't seem to quite fit into a musical box of any style or shape. One of the San Francisco Bay area's most respected musical performers and educators, Hall assembled this uniquely constructed ensemble from fragments of previous engagements: He previously played in a trio called Electreo with Paul ...

Heartbeats Full of Soul

By CHRIS M. SLAWECKI

Nicola Conte & Spiritual Galaxy Let Your Light Shine On MPS 2018 One of the best parts of Let Your Light Shine On is how it plucks out musical threads from throughout the galaxy (more on that later) and knits them together into truly groovy, soulful cloth. But ...

Zlatko Kaučič alla Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze

By NERI POLLASTRI

Zlatko Kaučič Uffizi Live 2018 Gallerie degli Uffizi Firenze 21.8.2018 Per il terzo anno la Galleria degli Uffizi, uno dei musei più importanti al mondo, ha dato vita a una serie di spettacoli, svoltisi nei giorni di apertura anche serale della galleria. Tra le circa cinquecentocinquanta proposte pervenute alla ...

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2018

By JOHN KELMAN

2018 TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Multiple Venues Ottawa, Canada June 21-June 26, 2018 For its 2018 edition, the 39th annual TD Ottawa Jazz Festival faced a number of significant logistical challenges. First, Confederation Park, which has traditionally been the location of its large, outdoor venue, a food court and ...

Alan Ferber Big Band: Jigsaw

By JACK BOWERS

The Jigsaw mapped out by trombonist Alan Ferber's splendid New York City-based ensemble comprises a number of dissimilar pieces, drawn from a broad range of musical patterns, which makes its assemblage arduous yet ultimately rewarding. Ferber's sophisticated arrangements manifest a pensive, and at times ethereal, temper that is far removed from the realm of flag-wavers and ...

McCandless, Taylor, Balducci, Rabbia: Evansiana

By NERI POLLASTRI

Questo disco nasce nel 2014, pensato per dare seguito al precedente lavoro del quartetto messo assieme da Pierluigi Balducci, Blue for Heaven, ma la scelta del contenuto (e quindi del titolo) è dovuta da un lato -come scrive Balducci nelle note -al fatto che i «quattro musicisti forse non vedevano l'ora di poter suonare Bill Evans», ...

Morning Sun

By PAUL MCCANDLESS

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: All the Mornings Bring; Elves’ Chasm; Bright Angel; Whooper Dance; On the Steppes of Central Asia; Witchi Tai To; Sunset on the Great Sand Dunes; Um Abraco; Anabela; Sunderland; Eagle; Common Ground; Twilight; The Last Train; Fantasia in G; Morning Sun.

John Kelman's Best Releases of 2017

By JOHN KELMAN

For those who may have noticed, there have been no best of lists coming from yours truly since 2014; sadly, the chronic health problem that has reduced my previous writing pace to a crawl continues without much respite. My best of the year lists have always been predicated upon having reviewed the releases chosen, and with ...