Results for "Ryan Sawyer"

Seven Storey Mountain VI

By Nate Wooley

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Seven Storey Mountain VI.

Vijay Anderson, Francois Houle & Susan Alcorn

by Maurice Hogue
December 2, 2020

One could almost make the case that this episode is a reverse sandwich, with the filling on the outside, considering the first tracks from a sizzling hot Vijay Anderson Trio and the windup tune from pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn and her fine band of Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek, Mark Feldman and Ryan Sawyer. You could ...

Susan Alcorn Quintet: Pedernal

by Troy Dostert
December 1, 2020

Pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn has achieved the enviable feat of commanding her own instrumental niche in the jazz world. Much like Toots Thielemans' harmonica, Gary Versace's accordion or Béla Fleck's banjo, she seems to have a unique role all to herself, at least until her substantial talents eventually spawn a host of imitators. From her ...

Ryan Sawyer

Nate Wooley: Columbia Icefield

by Don Phipps
March 11, 2019

Nate Wooley's Columbia Icefield begins with a dueling repetition of chords by bandmates Mary Halvorson and Susan Alcorn on “Lionel Trilling." The ambiguity generated by this back and forth is the perfect start to his album's shape-shifting music. Wooley's trumpet is both poetic and piercing. There's a sense of longing in his tone and ...

Twice Told Tales

By Louie Belogenis

Label: DIW
Released: 2002