(co)incidents
…out of musical genres both familiar and fresh (and, more commonly, amalgams thereof) with utter conviction.” — Tom Benton, Allmusic.com “This is a nice find — a CD that manages to be avant-garde and friendly at the same time. If you’ll excuse the trite comparison, this disc reminds me of Phish’s early releases in a sense. Just as ‘Junta’ brought so…
Four in One
…. And Mengelberg’s odd twists likely inform Douglas’s own compositional ideas (even if they leave no obvious fingerprints).” — Kevin Whitehead, emusic.com Music **** 1/2, SACD **** 1/2 “The relative obscurity of veteran Dutch pianist Mengelberg says something about the jingoism of American jazz fans and critics. Although his originality is apparent…
Ghost of Electricity
…ith his 11-piece chamber group Ensemble Diglossia, a work combining composed and improvised music with early archival recordings (circa 1890). “Schott’s pointillism and suspenseful restraint suggest what might have been if the electric guitar had existed when Schoenberg composed Pierrot Lunaire.” (Joe Gore, Guitar Player) Born in Eureka, Trevor Dunn…
Sandhills Reunion
…po rhythms and jazzy dreamscapes… And while humor and wit comprise a portion of these works, [Eckert] communicates a dappled view of humanity, spanning situations that seemingly occurred during the 1930s and onward. The band delves into a Chicago blues motif and much more throughout this undeniably attractive outing that moves forward with a cinemat…
The V-16 Project
…that ‘this music is based on three vehicles: spontaneous composition, pre-composed pieces, and sonic adventure.’ There’s something to be said for truth in advertising. The album starts with the only composition from outside the band, the old standard ‘Temptation.’ Acoustic and electric guitars are introduced, looped, and layered until they sound li…
Stillpoint
…op prize-winner of the 1996 Europ’ Jazz Contest. He has become one of Vancouver’s busiest pianists, keyboardists, effects artists, and soundtrack composers. He is a member of groups led by Kate Hammett-Vaughan, Chris Tarry, and Brad Turner, and co-leads or performs in many other bands of various kinds, from funk and soul jazz to less categorical com…
Dreams and False Alarms
…irthright.” —Robert Doerschuk, DownBeat ****1/2 “Highly recommended.” — Ken Dryden, Allmusic.com “Milne’s talent is unequivocal — he was saxophonist Steve Coleman’s pianist of choice for many years — so a solo session is an understandable and exciting new challenge for the gregarious former pupil of Canada’s northern stars Oscar Peterson and Don Tho…
Music Needs You
…ith jazz standards of the Ellington/Cole Porter era. Ryan comments: “Listeners often complain that new jazz lacks melodies, or doesn’t have a steady beat, or is self-indulgent. I think it is the musicians’ responsibility to prove them wrong. When I sit down to write, I feel like I should try to stick to standard forms, time signatures, etc., unless…
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A Gambler’s Hand
…the wall and I thought maybe my music and drumming would comfort him. So I began communicating with him through playing my drums….A few years later I got into Beckett and became interested in expanding the concepts of theater of the absurd and minimalism in plays such as ‘That Time’ and ‘Footfalls’…. Evolving my ‘wandering’ folk theory has led to e…
