Results for "Zach Brock"

MUSICIAN

Zach Brock

Zach Brock, jazz violinist and composer, is forging a unique musical identity with “audacious ingenuity and masterful command of his instrument,” says Bill Milkowski of Jazz Times. Distinguished jazz critic Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune writes that Zach Brock is a violinist “whose every phrase argues for the instrument’s value in 21st century jazz.” Neil Tesser echoes, “Zach Brock is the pre- eminent improvising violinist of his generation.”

2013 is proving a landmark year for Brock as he tours as co-leader with renowned pianist/composer Phil Markowitz, appears in festivals with the Stanley Clarke Band, and premiers new classical works by Laurie Altman and Preston Stahly

ARTICLE: INTERVIEW January 14, 2020

Bob Lanzetti: Snarky Guitars, Part 2

By MIKE JACOBS

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 For the second installment in our series on the guitarists of Snarky Puppy, we spoke with Bob Lanzetti. In addition to being the guitarist who logged the most miles with the band in its early days, he has also appeared on every recording SP has ever ...

ALBUM

Wonderment

By ZACH BROCK

Label: Woolgathering Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Wonderment; Mobile; Levelled; Cheyanne; Nightshade; Wokey Dokey; Cry Face; Cavendish; Pumpkin Patch; Yge Beive; Above and Beyond; Happy Place.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW December 11, 2019

Matt Ulery: Delicate Charms

By MIKE JURKOVIC

Coming on the heels of 2019's outstanding trio outing Wonderment (Woolgathering Records) with violinist Zach Brock and drummer John Deitemyer, Delicate Charms is a four and a half star recording if ever one was. And it begins with a classical air, an almost chambered hush into which rush those last minute arrivals, each their own player ...

ARTICLE: RADIO December 3, 2019

Céline Bonacina, Keith Jarrett, Carla Marciano and More New Releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Another week repleate with deliciuos new releases, from those of European jazz queens Céline Bonacina, Yazz Ahmed and Carla Marciano, to the Pan-African manifesto of Russell Gunn's Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra, to the collaborative trios of Ben Perowsky—-John Medeski—Chris Speed, Zach Brock—Matt Ulery—Jon Deitemyer, and Alban Darche—Matthieu Donarier—Meivelyan Jacquot, not to mention the latest by Keith ...

ARTICLE: RADIO December 1, 2019

Moon Hooch, Matt Ulery, Cochemea and More New Releases

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Second part of our exploration of new releases [for the first part, click here]. In this segment we focus heavily on powerful saxophone players like Cochemea, Tenor Triage's Michael Eaton, Sean Sonderegger and James Brandon Lewis, Ghost Horse's Dan Kinzelman, Moon Hooch's Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen, Charles Owens, Hearing Thing's Matt Bauder, the Crosscurrent Trio's ...

ARTICLE: RADIO August 29, 2019

All new sounds with a focus on Simon Nabotov

By BOB OSBORNE

This week we focus on a batch of new releases including the latest album from Simon Nabatov who has a great band, they are so good I play something from each band member as well. Playlist Zach Brock, Matt Ulery, and Jon Deitemyer “Wonderment" from Wonderment (Woolgathering Records) 00:00 Simon Nabatov Quintet “Old ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW July 23, 2019

Zach Brock / Matt Ulery / Jon Deitmeyer: Wonderment

By MIKE JURKOVIC

A bold, enticing recording, Wonderment vividly captures all the energy and creative frisson that seems to stream endlessly from three of modern music's leading creators, Grammy-winning violinist Zack Brock, in-demand bassist and Woolgathering Records founder Matt Ulery, and drummer Jon Deitmeyer. Having played together in Chicago's burgeoning jazz atmosphere since 2005, Wonderment is the ...

ARTICLE: TAKE FIVE WITH... June 28, 2019

Take Five with Pete Coco

By PETE COCO

About Pete Coco A mainstay on the New York jazz scene, bassist Pete Coco recently released his debut album as a leader, Lined with a Groove, featuring drummer Matt Wilson and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The LP is an homage to his mentors and influences, with fresh arrangements of tunes by bassists including Ron Carter, ...

ARTICLE: RADIO December 13, 2018

Frank Zappa's Jazz Legacy Refuses to Die

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

Frank Zappa may have said “jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" but looking at his life and music one does not get the impression that he really believed that jazz was decomposing or dying a slow death. On Freak Out, one of the most impressive debut albums of all times, he ...