W.A.S.T.E. at Chicago Music
In Chicago jazz, you can come home again. Since the music thrives on change, it’s natural for bands to come and go, and for musicians to stay in one place for a while and then move on. But there’s...
View ArticleW.A.S.T.E. at Chicago Reader
The unusual front line of Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack—viola, oboe, and bass clarinet—gives the quintet a narrow timbral range, but it uses wriggling, high-intensity counterpoint to create an exhilaratingly...
View ArticleOn and On at Cardboard Music (Belgium)
Well here we are again after many months away, surely it’s time to get a few posts up and running again? To start the ball rolling are a couple of new releases from Aram Shelton’s Singlespeed music...
View ArticleApples + Oranges at Gapplegate
Cory Wright has conquered musical space. It’s incontrovertable, as the old Castro Convertible ad jingle used to have it (if anybody remembers that). He’s done it especially with his album Apples +...
View ArticleW.A.S.T.E. at All About Jazz
…Awaits Silent Tristero’s Empire is an epic four-part suite based on the fictitious songs found scattered throughout celebrated author Thomas Pynchon’s early novels V., The Crying of Lot 49, and...
View ArticleOn and On at Wondering Sound
Ton Trio II, On and On: Plenty to like in the new one by Aram Shelton’s Ton Trio II. The alto saxophonist’s compositions leave the door wide open for lengthy improvisations from himself as well as...
View ArticleApples + Oranges at Cardboard Music (Belgium)
I have to say straight away that this is a new one for me, a great surprise. Singlespeed mentioned in a press release that he was bringing out a record from Cory Wright, unbeknown to me this record was...
View ArticleW.A.S.T.E. at Dusted
It’s fine to say that a musician has found his or her own language, but what does that really mean? First off, what is language, really? In essence, it’s a symbolic communication method, one that can...
View ArticleOn and On at Free Jazz Collective
Ton Trio II is Aram Shelton on alto saxophone, Scott Brown on bass and Alex Vittum playing drums, and together they deliver a showcase of musical dexterity and ideas that grabs you the moment the...
View ArticlePre-Order Resounder
Resounder by Aram Shelton, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Frank Rosaly is almost here, order now to reserve your copy. $15 (includes shipping to the US). Resounder is a hybrid improvised / electroacoustic album...
View ArticleApples + Oranges at Shanley on Music
Wright’s group starts out in familiar surroundings but by the end of Apples and Oranges, they’re planted firmly in their own unique territory. The same can be said for several of the compositions and...
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