Category: Reviews

Diego Rivera: West Circle

Diego Rivera displays his brawny tenor and serene soprano saxes on this latest album of his with Art Hirahara/p, Boris Kozlov/b and Rudy Royston/dr-perc. With tender s upport by K ozlov, Rivera’s straight sax glides on the sublime “Just Before…

Tim Jago: Time Shift 

Rich and variant sounds are created by guitarist Tim Jago, bringing in a team of Mark Small/ts, Martin Bejerano/key, Dion Kerr/b and David Chiverton/dr together for his collection of originals and covers. His tone is palpable and thick on the…

Hypercube: The Force For Good

The team of Erin Rogers/ts, Jay Sorce/eg, Andrea Lodge/p and  Chris Graham/perc put together a nifty little ep of ideas. The most intriguing is an 18 minute title tune, which is an ambitious collection of variations of John Coltrane’s hard…

Zoo Too Trio: Poetry Legroom

The team of Michael Cain/p-key, Keith Price/g and Pheeroan akLaff/dr-voc bring together a mix of tasty and unpretentious originals. Price’s guitar adds pastoral atmospheres to “O’Neill’s Bay” and paints pastels with akLaff’s brushes on “Song 1 Day 1”. Cain brings…