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Kurt Elling: The Questions

Read "The Questions" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 20, 2018

How does one grapple with existence and its juxtaposition against the present state of affairs? That's the question that hangs heaviest over The Questions. While vocalist Kurt Elling didn't come into this production with a theme in mind, he discovered a through line in the act of wrestling with difficulties and dreams in this age of ...

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Andrew Vogt: For Free

Read "For Free" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 13, 2017

Bassist Andrew Vogt's engaging EP, the entirely improvised For Free, serves as a teaser for two of his upcoming 2017 recordings. The tracks on For Free are from the same sessions that resulted in the above mentioned The AV Club and Awakening, but they are not included on either of them. The spontaneously created ...

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Un Cambio

By Juan Pastor

Label: Skiptone Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Marea Alta; El Plebeyo; Festejo Desaparecido; Canchita; Vals (El Miedo a la Luz); Pisando Tierra; Bluestejo; Micaela; Anhelando un Cambio.

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Hans Luchs: Time Never Pauses

Read "Time Never Pauses" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
April 10, 2016

While it does not scream downtown, avant-garde, uber originality, guitarist Hans Luchs debut recording, Time Never Pauses, is far from a vanilla, “jazz as style" offering, and, in fact has much going for it. For one thing, his band, consisting of drummer George Fludas, bassist Clark Sommers, pianist Stu Mindeman and Shaun Johnson on ...

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Time Never Pauses

By Hans Luchs

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Der Lumenmeister; Elizabeth; Green DeLuchs; Come Sunday; Tuesday Night Delivery; January Spring; Hello Janssen; Taylor Street Swing; Get Out of Town; 30 Rue des Martyrs.

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Hans Luchs: Time Never Pauses

Read "Time Never Pauses" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 1, 2015

Chicago-based guitarist Hans Luchs draws more from the recent than far past. More John Abercrombie and John Scofield than Wes Montgomery or Grant Green. His debut recording Time Never Pauses is a collection of eight original compositions and two transformed standards reveals the continued refining of modern jazz composition well past the head-solo section-head style of ...

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Hans Luchs: Time Never Pauses

Read "Time Never Pauses" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 23, 2015

Not much can be said about Hans Luchs aside from the fact that he lives in Chicago, looks to be fairly young and plays an intense, assertive and agile guitar on Time Never Pauses, which, incidentally, is Luchs' recorded debut as leader of his own group. Luchs is also a writer who composed eight of the ...

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Juan Pastor: Chinchano

by Ben Scholz
October 3, 2014

Chicago based drummer/percussionist/composer Juan Pastor's latest release Chinchano represents a successful fusion of traditional latin rhythms, and modern jazz sensibilities. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Pastor made his way to Chicago after studying at DePaul University. Featuring equal amounts of cajon, drum set, and other percussion items, Chinchano briskly covers a range of latin inspired ...