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Penang Island Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
12 + 1 Penang Island Jazz Festival Bayview Beach Resort/Various Venues Penang, Malaysia December 1-4, 2016 A tongue-in-cheek marketing ploy, or fear of inviting disaster? The Malaysians are doubtless no more or no less suspicious than folk in most places, but the organizers of the 12th + 1 Penang Island Jazz ...
Jan Kus Quartet: Faith

by Chris M. Slawecki
As a young Slovenian saxophone student, Jan Kus proved so promising that he earned a scholarship from the Slovenian Ministry of Culture to study at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, studies which included tours of Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, and The Netherlands, with other young European jazz players. In 2012, Kus crossed ...
India to Italy, Brazil to Slovenia–Where WON'T Jazz Go?

by Chris M. Slawecki
Avataar Petal Self-Produced 2016 While growing up in the Northern Ontario mining town of Sunbury, he was known as Sam." But in his early twenties, Sundar Viswanathan reconnected with his Indian name and heritage, and, through several conservatory courses spanning North Indian classical to Turkish maquam music, dove ...
Lucas Pino: No Net Nonet

by Jack Bowers
So there is hope after all. With so much jazz these days soaring into realms that are often uncharted and at times unfathomable, it is a pleasure to hear groups such as tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino's No Net Nonet, which are remarkably creative even as they adhere to the basic precepts of melody, harmony and rhythm. ...
The Madman Rambles Again

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Student Protest; The Madman Rambles Again; Hermeto; The Tower of
Babel; Bucaramanga; Poetry In Motion; The Song Is You; Spring Has Its
Sappy Wisdom.
Dave Sumner's Best Releases/Downloads of 2011

by Dave Sumner
It's never easy compiling best of lists, but here are twelve albums for which my enthusiasm hasn't ebbed during the course of the year. A free download is available for each of them, except for the Avital (which I'm in the process of obtaining) and the Haarla (which I'll never get). Enjoy! Tunnel Six Lake Superior ...
Rafal Sarnecki: The Madman Rambles Again

by Greg Simmons
The Madman Rambles Again is a counterintuitive name for such a carefully constructed album. The compositions feature layered, periodically angular melodies, showing off tight arrangements and a serious dramatic flair. Far from being a madman, guitarist Rafal Sarnecki is a decidedly forward-looking leader with an intense aesthetic on this sophomore effort. Instrumental leadership is ...
Bucaramanga

Album: The Madman Rambles Again
By Rafal Sarnecki
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 06:01