Month: August 2015

Alectro: School of Desire

Steve Kirkman and Jeff Eyrich make up the team Alectro, both singing, playing guitars, keyboards, percussion and Eyrich adding bass guitar on a mix of originals andcovers. Their sound most of the time comes off as being highly influenced by…

Smadj: Spleen

Born in Paris, but raised in a Tunisian culture, guitarist Smadj mixes two world views that mix the mysticism of the Middle East and Mediterranean with modern pop senses. Much of the time, you get a mix of moody guitar/oud…

Ben Sidran: Blue Camus

How many artists describe themselves as “musician & intellectual”? Well, that’s Ben Sidran, who’s been mixing Mort Sahl intellectual insights to B3 blues and bop for years. Here, he mixes a bit of Michael Franks, Mose Allison and Steely Dan…

Hayden Chisholm: Breve

Soft and feathery sounding alto saxist Hayden Chisholm teams up with stablemates John Taylor/p and Matt Penman/b for a gentle and impressionistic collection of originals. Chisholm takes the air tone of Paul Desmond and adds helium to it to make…