Brian Drye’s Bizingas Eggs Up High (NCM East, 2015) Brooklyn NYC based Quartet Bizingas self-titled debut fused ArtRock sensibilities with bright, jazzy spirit to create a truly unique musical aesthetic. Centered around the rich and diverse compositions of trombonist Brian Drye, Bizingas ventured down a path few have traveled. The Follow up project Eggs Up
Yoni Kretzmer 2-Bass Quartet – Book II (OutNow Recordings, 2015) Yoni Kretzmer – tenor saxophone Reuben Radding – double bass Sean Conly – double bass Mike Pride – drums The Yoni Kretzmer 2-Bass Quartet Book II CD is an impressive recording by Kretzmer in his series of CD releases on OutNow Recordings. An apt description
Jungle (Mat Walerian, Matthew Shipp, Hamid Drake): Live at Okuden “Repetition is never in the stars. It is about becoming a part of creation rather than trying to be creative. Improvisational music is a day-to-day, second-by-second experience that reboots itself at each silence. The music speaks for itself.” — William Parker Live at Okuden is
Andrew Drury’s Content Provider (CD) Self-titled (Soup & Sound, 2015) Andrew Drury brings the content, all of it, on Content Provider, a set of six densely constructed instrumental compositions (and an arrangement of Clifford Brown’s Daahoud) released in 2015 on his own Soup and Sound Recordings label. This is an album of in-your-face material: the
Peter Kuhn The Other Shore (No Business, 2016) No Coming, No Going: The Music of Peter Kuhn, 1978-79 (No Business Records, 2016) Reprieves aren’t too common in the jazz business. For every rediscovered figure who narrowly lost battles with personal demons, like bassist Henry Grimes or reedists Giuseppe Logan and Frank Morgan, there are countless
Michael Bisio & Kirk Knuffke Row for William O. (Relative Pitch Records, 2016) Personnel: Michael Bisio (bass) Kirk Knuffke (cornet) Review To fully appreciate the latest CD by bassist Michael Bisio and cornet player Kirk Knuffke, “Row For William O,” picture yourself in the backseat of a car, on a joyride with two friends in
Purple Patio (No Business Records, 2016) Personnel: Nate Wooley – trumpet Hugo Antunes – bass Jorge Queijo – drums Mário Costa – drums Chris Corsano – drums Tracks List: Parturition Aurora Animals Triangle Sueca All music by Nate Wooley, Hugo Antunes, Jorge Queijo, Mário Costa, Chris Corsano Recorded on 12th May 2012 at Sá Da
Anaïs Maviel Solo (Voice & Percussion) Gold Bolus Recordings (CD) Recorded by Sami Bouvet, Paris, 2014; artwork by My Lê Chabert If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this record, you may obtain one directly from the artist here. Review hOULe is a fascinating and vital solo recording from New York-based, French-Haitian musician
Metal Chaos Ensemble Intermetallic Compounds (Evil Clown) Personnel: PEK – tenor sax, alto sax, bass tromboon, contra-alto clarinet, gaunzi, sheng, metal, crotales/bells, daxophone, aquasonic, theremin, korg ms-20, daiko, guzheng, yanqin, whistles Andria Nicodemou – vibes, crotales/bells, metal, aquasonic, daxophone, guzheng, yanqin Yuri Zbitnov – metal, drums, daiko, Indian Festival Drum, daxophone, vibes, aquasonic, crotales/bells, yanqin,
No Project Trio – Volume II (FMR Records, 2016) Vol II (FMR Records) Released December 17, 2015; recorded at the Timbuktu Studio on September 2, 2014; mixed and mastered by André Fernandes; cover artwork and photography by João Pedro Lomelino. Personnel João Paulo Esteves da Silva (piano) Nelson Cascais (bass) João Lencastre (drums) Track List:
