Month: January 2016

Stefan Nilsson: The Gift

Stefan Nilsson takes us back to his days of the band Kornet and explores the material from what was called “jazz-rock.” In retrospect, the sound that mixed genres became a style all to itself, and here it still sounds fresh…

Luca Sisera Roofer: Prospect

Bassist Luca Sisera brings together Michael Jaeger/ts-cl, Silvio Codotsch/tb, Yve3s Theiler/p-cemb and Michi Stulz/dr for nine flights of fancy. Codotsh’s trombone gets to make some noises with his valve along with other eerie effects with the band on “Warship Requiem”…

Slobber Pup: Pole Axe

Do we need to Google the definition of “music” again? The band Slobber Pup, consisting of Joe Morris/g, Jamie Saft/org-key, Mats Gustafsson/sax and Balazs Pandi/dr might need a refresher course. There are three “songs” here, and if your idea of…

Dwiki Darmawan: So Far, So Close

Dwiki Dharmawan plays just about anything with keys on it with this fusion based album alongside teammates Jimmy Haslip/b, Chad Wackerman/dr, Dewa Gudjana-Tohpati/g and guests. Jerry Goodman brings his Mahavishnu-inspired violin for an assertive “Arafura” while the whole  band charges…