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Conference Call: Poetry in Motion
by Troy Collins
Poetry in Motion is the fifth album from the collective, Conference Call, and their first studio recording since their debut, Final Answer (Soul Note, 2002). The longstanding quartet, together since 1998, features German multi-reedist Gebhard Ullmann, pianist Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda and recent drummer George Schuller (former drummers include Han Bennink and Matt Wilson).
Mike Reed: The Speed of Change & Proliferation
by Troy Collins
Chicago-based composer, bandleader and percussionist Mike Reed is one of the Windy City's most active young musicians and well-connected music presenters. In addition to leading his own ensembles and working with various collectives, Reed is founder of the Emerging Improvisers Organization, director of the Pitchfork Music Festival and a co-curator of the Chicago Jazz Festival.
Steuart Liebig Tee-Tot Quartet: Always Outnumbered
by Troy Collins
A Post-Modern Renaissance Man, West Coast bassist Steuart Liebig is a classically trained composer with numerous pieces to his credit, from orchestral scores to works for unaccompanied contrabassguitar. Liebig calls upon myriad sources as inspiration for his varied projects, from his formative experiences in blues and rock bands to early sideman gigs with soul jazz pianist ...
Michael Dessen Trio: Between Shadow and Space
by Troy Collins
A trombonist with strong roots in the acoustic tradition and a fondness for cutting edge electronic experimentation, Michael Dessen straddles the line between the avant-garde and the accessible better than most. A dauntless sonic explorer, Dessen has bolstered his extensive academic career studying with icons like Anthony Davis, Yusef Lateef and George Lewis. In ...
Noah Preminger Group: Dry Bridge Road
by Troy Collins
Debut records are occasionally prophetic of a young musician's future work. A recent graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, 22-year-old Boston-based tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's impressive premiere, Dry Bridge Road, offers a tantalizing glimpse into the future of an up-and-coming artist. Joined by Russ Johnson (trumpet), Ben Monder (guitar), Frank Kimbrough (piano), John Hebert ...
Joel Harrison: The Wheel
by Troy Collins
A wildly diverse improviser/composer/arranger with a penchant for unorthodox instrumental combinations, guitarist Joel Harrison has sustained one of the most unpredictable discographies of the last decade with his chimerical mix of jazz, blues, chamber music, African and Indian folk music, Appalachian tunes and old school country songs. Nothing in his expansive output approaches the ...
Kevin Brow: Koptor
by Troy Collins
Koptor is the debut recording of Canadian-born, Copenhagen-based drummer Kevin Brow. Accompanied by a group of like-minded peers, including multi-reedist Rob Mosher, pianist Jacob Sacks and ubiquitous bassist Eivind Opsvik, Brow leads his quartet through a program of modern jazz originals that ripple with emotion. Brow's nuanced writing expands in scope beyond conventional time ...
Ben Wolfe: No Strangers Here
by Troy Collins
Ever since the seminal Charlie Parker With Strings (Mercury 1950), numerous artists have attempted to add symphonic strings to jazz ensembles. Some have succeeded, but many have failed to capture a proper balance, resulting in string arrangements that sound superfluous. Bassist Ben Wolfe's fifth album, No Strangers Here, is one example of a successful ...
Tim Hagans: Alone Together
by Troy Collins
Alone Together reunites trumpeter Tim Hagans with pianist Marc Copland's longstanding trio for Hagans' second recording on the German Pirouet Records. The veteran collaborators previous quartet project, Beautiful Lily (Pirouet, 2005), featured a similar line-up with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart; this session includes Copland's regular drummer Jochen Rückert in Stewart's place. Where Beautiful ...
Scott Fields: Bitter Love Songs
by Troy Collins
While the sardonic album title alludes to a session fraught with rancorous despair, guitarist Scott Fields' Bitter Love Songs is, perhaps ironically, one of his most accessible efforts. Born in Chicago, but now based in Cologne, Germany, Fields recorded this date in his new home town with German bassist Sebastian Gramss and Portuguese drummer Joao Lobo. ...
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