Bill Meyer, Downbeat
Downbeat Features both of Nick Mazzarella’s Latest Albums “Signaling” and “Triangulum”
Meridian Trio
Meridian Trio’s “Triangulum” Receives a 4-Star Review from All About Jazz
Troy Dostert, All About Jazz 2017 is proving to be something of a breakout year for alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella. He recently released Signaling, a superb freely-improvised duo recording with cellist Tomeka Reid, and now he’s followed it up with this excellent outing from the Meridian Trio, where he is joined by his colleagues Matt … Read More
Chicago Reader Reviews Meridian Trio’s debut Album “Triangulum”
by Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader Alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella is one the city’s most focused improvisers, a fervent student of jazz history and a staunch adherent of avant-garde tradition. He’s not a conceptualist. He likes form, function, and resolution, so at times he appears conventional within the context of Chicago’s shape-shifting jazz and improv scene. … Read More
Jazz Trail Features Meridian Trio’s “Triangulum”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella, an Illinois native, gains more and more prominence in the expansive Chicago jazz scene. In addition to other recent projects, which include an album in duo with cellist Tomeka Reid, Mazzarella is the composer of Meridian Trio, a sturdy triangular cohort whose bottom vortexes are occupied by … Read More