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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Stephan Crump, Josh Johnson, Julien Knowles, Tomasz Dabrowski & More

Read "Stephan Crump, Josh Johnson, Julien Knowles, Tomasz Dabrowski & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


"Two" is the thread running through this episode of Mondo Jazz, two albums of rare depth by Stephan Crump, two members of the Koppel family, two remarkable musicians at the center of the new LA scene, Josh Johnson and Julien Knowles, and two trumpet players to keep an eye, and ear, on, Knowles and Tomasz Dabrowski. ...

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Article: Album Review

Vijay Iyer: Uneasy

Read "Uneasy" reviewed by Scott Gudell


When Vijay Iyer signed to ECM Records in 2013, he joined a prestigious group of world-class musicians (including fellow pianist Keith Jarrett). With Uneasy, Iyer returns to familiar territory by leading a combo of bass, drums and piano. This album's trio can intuitively improvise and, with the revered pianist-composer at the helm, the music they present ...

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Musician

Stephan Crump

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On a recent wintry afternoon in Manhattan, Stephan Crump was doing what he has done countless times in the city—toting his upright bass, clad in a heavy black bag, along the sidewalk, as if he had a baby that was also a bear.

Finding his car, Crump shimmied the instrument through the minivan’s side, climbed into the front seat, exhaled, and then grinned. In less than 24 hours, he would fly to Portland to teach “On Magnetism,” a long-accreting class on connecting more deeply with yourself and others through your instrument, and to play solo at the city’s jazz festival. But he knew he first needed to make the 40-minute trek from Brooklyn to Finlay + Gage, the legendary bass shop in Tribeca, to have his bass adjusted, so that he could make that connection himself. The sound post—that stout wooden dowel inside the bass that keeps it from collapsing on itself, and that the French call l’âme, or the soul—wasn’t sitting quite right.

Album

Kaleidoscope & Collage

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2011

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Article: Album Review

Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet: Natural Selection

Read "Natural Selection" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Profound spirituality and soulfulness is not a quality associated with secular music. However, once in awhile, even secular music reaches levels of such ecstasy that these elements become entwined in the heart of its melody and harmonic changes, as well as its iterant rhythm. Less often, this fusion is found at the confluence of mystic rivers ...


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