Review: Firm Roots Duo “Firm Roots”
By Hrayr Attarian Firm Roots Duo Firm Roots Lara Driscoll – Piano Chris White – Piano Lara Driscoll and Chris White’s intimate debut,...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Jeff Ellwood “The Sounds Around the House”
By Hrayr Attarian Jeff Ellwood The Sounds Around the House Jeff Ellwood – Tenor saxophone Alan Pasqua – Piano Darek Oles – Bass Joe...
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Peter Leitch “New Life”
By Hrayr Attarian Peter Leitch New Life Peter Leitch – Bandleader Duane Eubanks – Trumpet Bill Mobley – Trumpet, flugelhorn Tim Harrison...
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Ivo Perelman Trio “Garden of Jewels”
By Hrayr Attarian Ivo Perelman Trio Garden of Jewels Ivo Perelman – Tenor saxophone Matthew Shipp – Piano Whit Dickey – Drums Saxophonist...
- Jan 4, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Matt Gold “Imagined Sky”
By Hrayr Attarian Matt Gold Imagined Sky Matt Gold – Electric and acoustic guitars, voice (5), analog synthesizer (2, 8), Wurlitzer...
- Dec 1, 2020
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CD Review: Chad McCullough “Forward”
By Hrayr Attarian Chad McCullough Forward Chad McCullough – Trumpet Rob Clearfield – Piano Matt Ulery – Bass Jon Deitemyer – Drums In...
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Dustin Laurenzi “A Time and a Place”
Possessing a unique, easily recognizable sound, saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi has been active on the Chicago creative music scene since 2012.
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell “How to Turn the Moon”
Pianists Angelica Sanchez and Marilyn Crispell close the generational gap in creative music on their stimulating How to Turn the Moon. This
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Bradfield/Goldberg/Hall “General Semantics”
Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, reedist Geof Bradfield, and drummer Dana Hall are all intrepid innovators—each with his own unique style. It is th
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Quentin Coaxum “You & I”
St. Louis native and Chicago-based trumpeter Quentin Coaxum follows his auspicious debut, Current (Skiptone Music, 2014), with the captivati
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Rez Abbasi “Django-shift”
Over the course of his almost three-decades-long career, guitarist Rez Abbasi has forged a singular path marked with restless innovation and
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Emily Kuhn “Sky Stories”
The accomplished trumpeter and composer Emily Kuhn has a charismatic style and a sophistication that belies her youth. In addition to being
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Sharel Cassity “Fearless”
Saxophonist and composer Sharel Cassity is a dynamic and versatile performer and bandleader. She has led small combos as well as the large f
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Event Horizon Jazz Quartet “Event Horizon”
The delightful Event Horizon is this collaborative, eponymous quartet’s unusually compelling debut. The veteran Chicago-area jazzmen, known
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Max Bessesen “Trouble”
Chicago-based saxophonist Max Bessesen returns to his native Denver to produce his gripping freshman effort, Trouble. On it, he elegantly bl
- Sep 8, 2020
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CD Review: Brian Scarborough “Sunflower Song”
Listening to trombonist Brian Scarborough, one is immediately struck by the confident facility with which he improvises and the elegance of
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Sukyung Kim “Lilac Hill”
Brooklyn-based musician Sukyung Kim is a gifted composer and an intriguing pianist whose debut, Lilac Hill, showcases her talents to their f
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Gregory Dudzienski Quartet “Beautiful Moments”
Saxophonist and composer Gregory Dudzienski is Chicago’s most eloquent proponent of the mid-20th century jazz sound. His lean and elegant co
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: Ryan Cohan “Originations”
Pianist and composer Ryan Cohan is a master of creating harmony from contrasts. Over the years his works have incorporated many diverse infl
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
CD Review: CD Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa “Hero Trio”
On his sixteenth release as a leader, the taut and lean Hero Trio, intrepid alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa pays homage to
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