by Daniele Camerlengo, Suono Rough Translation: CHROME AESTHETICS The future is in their gestures and intentions of who knows how to listen. It fills the lungs, stimulates the audacity compositional and driving dynamics creative along an unknown path to many but that leads to a destination of sublime pleasure. The invigorating debut synthesizes a wisdom … Read More
by Sascha Feinstein, Jazziz This debut by Josh Shpak, a trumpet and flugelhorn player who’s in his early 20s, seems longer than 33 minutes. Layered and evocative, Shpak’s arrangements of these six originals – five of them his own – guide his ensemble across varied terrain; this is anything but a classic blowing session. With … Read More
CD Review: Josh Shpak Band – Astatic by Lance Liddle, BeBop Spoken Here I’m not sure that I’m the guy to review this. Josh states that, “I’ve found the main reason people of my generation [his] steer away from jazz is not that the music is too complex, too angular, too tense…it’s because the very … Read More
by James Nadal, All About Jazz “If one is driven to the edge of sound and requested to hear the future of jazz, whoever is spinning the tunes might consider the Josh Shpak Band to open the show with music from Astatic . Led by trumpet prodigy Josh Shpak, who was personally mentored by the … Read More
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record JOSH SHPAK BAND/Astatic: It’s one of those full circle things. Clark Terry snuck young Miles Davis into clubs in St. Louis. Shpak was a protégé of Terry and he’s playing like the untamed Davis of the 70s and beyond. A young blood with a vision, he could easily be the … Read More
