Canada Day II
…e for a very satisfying listen. For more info: natewooley.com; chrisdingman.com; eivindopsvik.com; mattbauder.net. “Canada Day has been Eisenstadt’s primary vehicle for integrating his divergent interests since 2007, often yielding a rich fusion of inside and outside concepts that remain palatable to mainstream sensibilities. A masterful tunesmith…
Genera
…sity and expressivity, then I shouldn’t be too far off my ideal of what music means to me personally.” For more info: delbecq.net, taylorhobynum.com, samuelblaser.com, harriseisenstadt.com, outsidesources.org (Michael Bates) Nominated for a Juno Award, 2013…
Nemesis
…emingly disparate music as one.” — Mark Corroto, AllAboutJazz.com “The quintet he chooses to express his vision rises to the challenges, moulds the music and leavens it with high energy and resonant impulses. Nodwell spins tales of varied hues. His imagination unravels the skein in different directions, from minimalism to swing to free expression, a…
Aros
…cal and new music, and tango. Imagine for example Astor Piazzolla and Philip Glass combining forces to create modal jazz with an occasional nod to free improv. In fact there’s quite a range of moods and styles, from heartfelt lyrical intimacy to driving soul jazz vamps. Recorded and mixed entirely in DSD, this vibrant recording is Aros’ first North…
The Songlines Story
…or sort purposes, rather than trying to pinpoint specific combinations of genres and styles, we’ve tagged each release with up to three or four of nine general categories, e.g. avant jazz, world music, fusion. That doesn’t mean you will always find those things represented in an obvious way throughout the record. “Ambient” doesn’t necessarily imply…
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Speak to It
…uilds on their strengths in a program that ranges across jazz, improv, and contemporary classical/new music, with a passing nod to the traditions of eastern Europe. As composers, Black, Speed and D’Angelo provide different frameworks for the band’s characteristic, often tensile explorations, heard as well in their atmospheric rendition of the Billie…
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Tá Lam
…eed players brought together from East and West Berlin’s jazz/improv/new music scenes. Ullmann’s original compositions feature tonally rich ensembles that balance jazz and contemporary classical forms with elements of folk and world musics, particularly those experienced during his tours and travels in Africa, southeast Asia, and Australia/New Zeala…
Serpentine
…is generally considered one of the most innovative and accomplished jazz artists of his generation and is active in many areas of new music as a composer-performer. He currently leads four bands: the Dave Douglas String Group, with Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Drew Gress and Michael Sarin (CDs on Soul Note); the Tiny Bell Trio, with Brad Shepik…
