Month: August 2018

Robin McKelle: Melodic Canvas

Vocalist and composer Robin McKelle comes across as a wandering pilgrim, searching for answers on this intimate and personal album. Her voice is part indie, part dreamy, teaming with guests including Chris Potter/ts-ss, Shedrick Mitchell/key, Vincent Ardher/b, Daniel Sadownick/perc, Al…

J. Peter Schwalm: How We Fall

Gobs and globs of electronic musings are created by J. Peter Shwalm, as he plays (deep breath) guitars, pianos, electronic devices, acoustic and digital sound modules, mix in with Elvind Aarset/g and Tim Harries/b on 9 Jackson Pollock musical creations.…

Ivan Baryshnikov Quartet: Journey

This debut album by tenor saxist Ivan Baryshnikov shows a lot of promise, bringing his compositions and arrangements to the for with a group of Marko Churnchetz/p-key, Ryan Berg/b, Samvel Sarkisyan/dr and guest vocalists Hiske Oosterwijk and Mark Evich. His…

Kait Dunton: Triokait 2

Pianist/composer Kait Dunton has moved forward from her early years with Snarky Puppy to create a rich and flexible trio with Cooper Appelt/eb and Jake Reed/dr as the leader alternates between piano, Rhodes, electric piano and synth on this rich…