Dave Holland
With their shifting textures and compositional variety, the relatively short pieces show the ways — in this case mostly gentle and lyrical — five musicians can fruitfully interact.
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Bassist Dave Holland’s new album, Another Land, will take you to interesting places. Clarinetist’s Ben Goldberg’s latest, with its guitar/bass/drums core, might do the same.
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Eschewing ostensible flash and musical sleight of hand, Without Deception is a treat for connoisseurs.
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One of the most astonishing sets of my week in Montreal featured two Frenchmen, accordionist Vincent Peirani and soprano saxophonist Émile Parisien.
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On these two discs you’ll find masterfully played, engaging excursions into the tonal beyond.
Read MoreDave Holland’s Prism tells stories, several of which are very effective. Scofield’s, like his earlier Überjam releases, extends the jam-band esthetic into jazz without completely giving in to it. And neither of them would be as they are without the great looming shadow of Miles Davis.
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Jazz Review: Montreal Jazz Festival — An Ecosystem That Celebrates Sound
Berber guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar proved that the gifts behind the fingers are still all that matters.
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