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The Distance

By Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Ferns; Treacle; #47; Dark Engine; Treant; View from the Road; Extrinsic; The Distance; Voice in the Night; Second Approximation.

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Gordon Grdina / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian: Think Like the Waves

Read "Think Like the Waves" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

Vancouver electric guitarist Gordon Grdina's tone is clean and low-treble; this creates a kind of dreamy effect, like Jim Hall's sound on his classic duet with Bill Evans, Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1962). And speaking of Evans, Grdina scores an impressive coup by recording this trio album in the company of two Evans alumni, bassist Gary Peacock ...

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Gordon Grdina / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian: Think Like The Waves

Read "Think Like The Waves" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

We should always be grateful for music that's greater than the sum of its parts, and here's a case in point: a guitar trio that covers a whole lot of ground in celebrating the timeless virtues of subtle, intuitive interplay--and celebrates the eternal joy of conclusively making its point without raising its collective voice. Of the ...

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Wayne Horvitz: Way Out East

Read "Way Out East" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Il bellissimo paesaggio innevato che campeggia nella splendida foto panoramica in bianco e nero, che ha come lontano soggetto una veduta di Praga con il castello Hradcany e che fa da copertina a questo album delicato e fragrante, è la perfetta rappresentazione di uno dei mondi che abitano la mente fervida di Wayne Horvitz. Questa è ...

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Wayne Horvitz: Way Out East

Read "Way Out East" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Keyboardist and composer Wayne Horvitz's new improvising chamber group, the Gravitas Quartet, makes its Songlines debut with Way Out East. In a set that's reminiscent of his previous rhythm section-less unit, the Four plus One Ensemble, Horvitz and company premiere an accessible set of evocative chamber jazz that's both austere and experimental, unified by Horvitz's lyrical ...

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Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance

Read "The Distance" reviewed by Tom Greenland

by Tom Greenland

An elaborative collaboration, The Distance--featuring Chris Gestrin (prepared & unprepared piano), Ben Monder (eclectic guitar), and Dylan van der Schyff (percussion)--is an expansive set, demonstrating the instant and infinite affinity possible when like musical minds meet. Recorded at the 2004 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, the CD documents a fast and freely composed concert of chamber jazz. ...

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Quinsin Nachoff: Magic Numbers

Read "Magic Numbers" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza

Quinsin Nachoff is an adventurer. He is not afraid of going into the unknown, making his way through the recesses and finding something new and interesting. His career has seen him in the company of musicians who are constantly looking out, far out, into the horizon for that speck they can enlarge into something meaningful. Among ...

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Peter Epstein / Brad Shepik / Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

Read "Lingua Franca" reviewed by Abe Pollack

by Abe Pollack

Technology and musical development have always seemed to work in tandem. Reel to reel recording made delay effects and multitracking techniques possible. Laptop processing has allowed trumpets to sound like cellos and cellos to sound like Jimi Hendrix. But the most intriguing technological advance for music in recent years has been the introduction of the iPod. ...

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Quinsin Nachoff: Magic Numbers

Read "Magic Numbers" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

On Magic Numbers, Canadian saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff debuts an ensemble that delivers on the promise originally offered by the Third Stream. Combining a free-wheeling, improvisational saxophone trio and a rigidly regimented but highly creative neo-classical string quartet, Nachoff has found an equitable way to integrate the best elements of both worlds. Nachoff's compositions are ...

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Chris Gestrin / Ben Monder / Dylan van der Schyff: The Distance

Read "The Distance" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Tony Reif, the head of Songlines, conspired with Vancouver International Jazz Festival promoter Ken Pickering to organize a concert featuring invited guest guitarist Ben Monder playing in an improvised trio format with the established duo of percussionist Dylan van der Schyff and pianist Chris Gestrin. Van der Schyff and Gestrin have a history of playing together, ...


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