Month: December 2017

Collective Order: Volume 2

From the heart of Toronto, the nineteen-member Collective Order puts together their second album of clever and original post modern jazz. The band thrives on the idea of “community” and while at times that can mean “nothing gets done,” on…

Rachel Therrien Quintet: WDYT

Here’s an impressive and strong quintet lead by trumpeter Rachel Therrien. With a collection of stallions Benjamin Deschamps/sax, Charles Trudel/p, Alain Bourgeois/dr and Simon Page/b, she takes you through a collection of team composed pieces. Her own horn is impressively…

Jackie Allen: Rose Fingered Dawn

Vocalist Jackie Allen reveals a great knowledge about nuance, timing and rhythm on this collection of material composed by bassist Hans Sturm. The remaining team of John Moulder/g, Tom Larson/key, Dane Richeson/dr, Geoff Bradfield/reeds, Victor Garcia/tp and Andy Baker/tb complete…

FREE FORM DUOS…Steve Adams & Tim Perkis: A Few Eccentricities, Steve Adams & Scott Walton: Cookies For Cyrano, Kyle Motl & Drew Ceccato: Katabasis, Tim Perkins & Scott Walton: Applied Cryptography

Dynamic Duos… Steve Adams brings a plethora of woodwinds to team up with Tim Perkis’ electronic gizmos on 14 “Eccentricities.” Are they songs? More like ideas with instruments. Adams’ alto sax swirls to buzzes on “The Confidante”with ups and downs…

Yuko Ito: Esperanca

Composer and vocalist Yuko Ito delivers an upbeat mix of pop and jazz on this Latin lover of a session. She leads an impressive team of Helio Alves/p, Edward Perez/b, Alexandre Kautz/dr, Romero Lubambo-Richard E Miller/g and a handful of…