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John Stowell - Resonance
by Rob Forbes-Roberts, Acoustic Guitar, September 2005
Jazz guitarist John Stowell unplugs for a solo set on acoustic guitars built by Portland luthier Mike Doolin. Playing a variety of Doolin's steel-, nylon-, and 12 string guitars, Stowell performs several excellent originals and covers such jazz standards as John Coltrane's "Equinox," Steve Swallow's "Peau Douce," and Jerome Kern's "Nobody Else but Me." The various acoustic textures of Doolin's instruments are intriguing but it's Stowell's... read more
Ryan Cohan - Originations
by Editor, Musica Terre (Japan)
Ryan Cohan , a pianist/composer from Chicago in the United States who continues to create unique jazz that incorporates rhythms and scales from all over the world , is the first new album in 7 years "Originations" . It is a fascinating piece of music that is elaborately performed by a 11-person formation consisting of a piano, bass, drums, Middle Eastern percussion instrument, wind instrument, and even string quartet.
Ryan Cohan has been... read more
Michael Bisio & Timothy Hill - Inside Voice / Outside Voice
by Jürg Solothurnmann, Jazz'n'More (Switzerland)
Atmospheric moments with voice, guitar and double bass. The New York bassist Michael Bisio is particularly known for his long-standing musical partnership with Matthew Shipp and Joe McPhee. But he has also achieved a lot as a leader since the 1990s. The fairly younger Timothy Hill is a colleague of the well-known overtone singer David Hykes. In his improvised singing he fuses different styles with a natural voice: Tibetan, Indian, folk, jazz,... read more
John Stowell / Dave Glenn & The Hawčaptak Quartet - Violin Memory
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record
In which we find simply beautiful music becoming a genre all it's own, even if this is the only album in this particular canon. The Pacific northwest's master guitarist meets up with a string quartet and adds color from a trombone making the sum total whew! One of those rare pure listening dates that doesn't have to hit you hard to knock you out, this inspired collection of miniatures blows the ears wide... read more
Hans Teuber & Jeff Johnson - Deuce
by Ian Gwin, Earshot Jazz
Veterans of the Seattle scene and kindred "wise musical souls," saxophonist Hans Teuber and bassist Jeff Johnson have aptly named their duo debut. The etymology of "deuce" traces back to the number two, but along the way has picked up the spice of the devil and the underworld aura of the gambling den: like rolling snake eyes, a deuce pins the player at their own game. Similarly, in Deuce, Teuber and Johnson lay down all their cards. With cunning... read more
Florian Hoefner - Luminosity
by VINCENZO ROGGERO, All About Jazz Italia
Il quartetto di Florian Hoefner -origini tedesche, residenza da anni a New York - è con Luminosity alla terza uscita discografica e si sente. L'intesa fra i musicisti è perfetta -Seamus Blake è subentrato a Mike Ruby ma sembra membro del gruppo da sempre -la musica ha la precisione di un orologio svizzero, fluisce senza scossoni e senza impedimenti. Vi è inoltre una chirurgica successione di brani dall'andamento lento e riflessivo con... read more
Peter Erskine & the JAM Music Lab All-Stars - Bernstein in Vienna
by Stephen Graham, Marlbank (UK)
4-STARS Here's a swinging, tone perfect, small jazz group live version of some of the gems from the Leonard Bernstein catalogue powered by Weather Report drummer Peter Erskine and beautifully arranged by pianist Danny Grissett - interesting touches include using harmonica (Bertl Mayer) as lead voice on 'I Feel Pretty'. Drummers check out Erskine's masterful touches on 'It's Love'. Great too to hear swinging guitarist Andreas Varady in... read more
Corey Christiansen - Factory Girl
by Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
Guitarist Corey Christiansen began his stint at Origin Records in 2008 with a top notch organ jazz outing, Roll With It. He followed that with an equally engaging disc featuring the same players, Outlaw Tractor on the label in 2010. On these two dates, Christensen and his superb band worked the soul jazz groove typical of the B3 organ genre, featuring a breezy dynamic with superb displays of technique all around, and lots of... read more
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