Category: Reviews

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…

Alan Pasqua: New Hope

A fixture as a sideman in Los Angeles, pianist Alan Pasqua shows his talents on his own on this melodic solo recording. He mixes his own compositions with interpretations of standards, making for a rich mosaic of ideas. He gives…

Duo Aya: Cycles

The duo of Makan Jimbu on marimba and Rachel Woolf playing flute create a rich mix of clever originals in the enticing release. The two make a lot out of a little, with space having a place on Paul Millette’s…