Entries from February 2016
Dave Bryant: The Garden of Equilibria
As one of the few keyboardists to perform and record with m: Ornette Coleman on a consistent basis, m: Dave Bryant stands alongside the likes of m: Geri Allen and m: Paul Bley . Yet, Bryant is not nearly as well-known.
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·Mike Herriott: Isn’t Life Grand
Canadian Award-winning trumpeter Mike Herriott is not only a prolific composer and arranger, he is a gifted multi-instrumentalist capable of writing, arranging and performing all of the music in an astounding one-person virtual band and does something similar to this on his seventh album as leader w… [ read more ]
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·Zane Rodulfo: Pathways
If a record cover can be any indication of the content of the music it encases, then Pathways, by drummer/composer m: Zane Rodulfo , has the perfect depiction. It shows Rodulfo walking along a well-worn rainforest trail, drumsticks in hand with a look of absolute confidence that he knows… [ read more ]
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·Mats Gustafsson: Piano Mating
Sure, saxophonist m: Mats Gustafsson is a rock star. A star in the same sense that Thurston Moore is a jazz artist or Merzbow generates ambient sounds. It’s not so much that we would expect to see those three gentlemen receiving a Grammy Award, but that imitators of their styles will
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·Peter BrA tzmann: MA1/4nster Bern
One indisputable fact, there cannot be enough m: Peter BrA tzmann solo recordings in this world. Okay, for those that might disagree, there are a few choice solo BrA tzmann sessions that are a must. Count MA1/4nster Bern in that category.
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·: We Two
Long-time friends and two of South Florida’s most enduring and favorite performers for a decade and more, vocalist Wendy Pedersen and pianist Jim Gasior present a session of light vocal jazz on We Two, their first solo album together offering new interpretations of the music from Rodgers and Hammerste… [ read more ]
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·Nolatet: Dogs
The wit in the name of Nolatet finds a direct reflection in the music they make. Yet together as a four piece unit, keyboardist Brian Hass (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), vibraphonist Mike Dillon (Critters Buggin,’ Garage A Trois), bassist James Singleton (John Scofield, John Medeski) and drummer Johnny… [ read more ]
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