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Article: Year in Review

Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2017

by Geno Thackara
December 17, 2017

My second year playing in the All About Jazz sandbox has been even more packed with great times and great musical discoveries than the first. I had the pleasure of reviewing plenty of terrific recordings just as strong or highly-rated as those on this list, not to mention some superb live shows, but these were the ...

Article: Album Review

Orion Tango: The Apple Of No

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by Geno Thackara
July 2, 2017

In times as strange and uncertain as ever, Orion Tango prefers to remember that there are some silver linings we can count on and “the world doesn't have to go this way," as guitarist Tim Motzer explains it. One steady constant of course is the power of music--edge-of-seat improvisation is this power trio's specialty, and the ...

Article: Live From Philadelphia

Orion Tango at Kung Fu Necktie

by Geno Thackara
June 9, 2017

Orion TangoKung Fu NecktiePhiladelphia, PAJune 6, 2017 It's unclear what formal apparel has to do with the martial arts, or what either one has to do with live music for that matter, but nevermind. Adventurous musical acts are always welcome at Kung Fu Necktie as much as open-eared listeners are. The ...

Article: Catching Up With

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Caipirinhas and Constellations

by Geno Thackara
May 30, 2017

"It's the busiest I've ever been," Kurt Rosenwinkel happily declares during a rare week of down time at home in Berlin between tour legs. This would seem like quite a statement for someone established as a jack of many trades--luminary guitarist, music teacher, technological experimentalist and bandleader in several genre-hopping ensembles. These recent months have seen ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Tim Motzer: Wandering the Depths of Space

by Geno Thackara
May 22, 2017

There are guitarists, and then there are sound sculptors who use the guitar as one tool among many (and of course there's no small overlap between the two). Tim Motzer happily resides in both camps but tends to lean toward the latter description most--when running a single axe through a continually changing array of jerry-rigged technology, ...

Article: Album Review

Bandit 65: Bandit 65

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by Geno Thackara
March 13, 2017

It's not unheard of for groups to include drums without a bass as rhythmic partner, though the rest of the players may sometimes be surprised how much they miss that anchor (which is easy to take for granted after all). A small combo has a couple basic options for working around that absence. They can have ...

Article: Live Review

Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016

by Paolo Peviani
August 23, 2016

Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016 Ala, Brentonico, Isera, Mori, Villa Lagarina 29.07-17.09.2016 Alla sua dodicesima edizione, il Lagarina Jazz Festival ha articolato la propria programmazione in blocchi di due- tre concerti (intervallati ogni dieci giorni circa), a coprire tutto il mese di agosto e la prima metà del mese di settembre. ...

Album

AKA

By Tim Motzer

Label: 1K Recordings
Released: 2015
Track listing: AKA 1; AKA 2; AKA 3; AKA 4; AKA 5.

Album

Live from Star's End

By Tim Motzer

Label: 1K Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: Live from Stars End; Stars End (soundcheck).

Album

Descending

By Tim Motzer

Label: Butter Problems
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. 1200 Sundays; 02. Emanuella; 03. We Were; 04. Sound of the Sun; 05. Ritual Observance; 06. Descending.