Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert 8/10 Dale Barlow Quintet with Bernie McGann: Memories of McGann 8/10 They’re like children, records, living on after the artist has retired or died – proof that he or she once breathed and sweated music. And, a bit like illegitimate or adopted offspring, new ones can suddenly…
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Disruption! The Voice of the Drums (Earshift) 8/10 Everything about this project is unusual. Jeremy Rose’s compositions, for instance, were reverse-engineered from ideas first espoused by Simon Barker and Chloe Kim on their respective albums of solo drums. These were so complete in themselves that Rose’s challenge was to find…
HOPE IN AN EMPTY CITY (www.josephtawadros.com) 8.5/10 Joseph Tawadros is not one to settle for regurgitating pat artistic successes. He keeps reaching for what lies beyond, and when he grasps it, truly elevated music results. You hear it here when Layth Sidiq’s violin, Scott Colley’s bass and Dan Weiss’s cymbals…