By J.D. Considine, JazzTimes In 2015, violinist Tomoko Omura released an album called Roots, which offered jazz takes on 10 Japanese folk and pop songs. It was a clever way … Read More
REVIEW: Tomoko Omura “Branches Vol.1” – JazzTimes
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REVIEW: Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens “In Common 2” Reviewed on Downbeat
By J.D. Considine, Downbeat The cover for In Common 2 is identical to its predecessor, except the outsized heads of pianist Micah Thomas, bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer … Read More
REVIEW: Rachel Therrien ‘VENA’ Reviewed in Downbeat
By J.D Considine, Downbeat Canada has produced a striking range of trumpet greats, from Maynard Ferguson to Kenny Wheeler. And in recent years we can add the singular Ingrid Jensen, … Read More
REVIEW: The Dave Liebman Group in DownBeat
By J.D Considine, DownBeat Typically, when we think of eco-conscious music, what we imagine is built around acoustic instruments. To some extent, we can credit this to the Paul Winter … Read More
JAZZTIMES: Review of T.K. Blue’s “The Rhythms Continue”
by J.D. Considine, JazzTimes o say that Randy Weston was underappreciated is not the same as saying he wasn’t appreciated; instead, it’s to acknowledge that the honors he received, which include being … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTimes Reviews Ben Wolfe’s ‘Fatherhood’
J.D.Considine, JazzTimes Strings are the connectors on bassist Ben Wolfe’s Fatherhood. Not heartstrings, mind, but violins, viola, and cello. Wolfe’s father Dan was a violinist, and the bassist credits his … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTimes Reviews Curtis Nowosad’s New Album!
J.D. Considine, JazzTimes On his third album, drummer Curtis Nowosad celebrates his move from Winnipeg, Manitoba to New York, N.Y. by updating his sound. Where his first two albums were … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTimes Reviews Eric Hofbauer’s “Book of Water”
J.D. Considine, JazzTunes As album concepts go, guitarist Eric Hofbauer’s Five Agents project is pretty solid. Taking inspiration from Wu Xing, an ancient Daoist precept that sees the world as … Read More
EDITOR’S PICK: Downbeat Reviews Sam Newsome’s ” Chaos Theory: Song Cycles for Prepared Saxophone”
J.D. Considine, Downbeat In the seven decades since John Cage’s “Sonatas And Interludes” instructed pianists to “prepare” their instrument by placing screws, coins, pencils and other objects on the instrumnent’s … Read More
REVIEW: JazzTimes Reviews Jordan Pettay’s “First Fruit”
J.D. Considine, JazzTimes Say the words “gospel jazz,” and what comes to mind is likely something along the lines of Nat Adderley’s “Sermonette”: bluesy, down-home, and uplifting. But when saxophonist … Read More
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