Month: May 2019

Mount Meander: Live In Berlin

The quartet Mount Meander consists of Karlis Auzins/sax, Lucas Leidinger/p, Tomo Jacobson/b and Thomas Sauerborn, recorded in a November 27, 2017 concert at the Berlin jazz Units. The seven songs and one song encore are highly intuitive affairs, with each…

Paul Tynan: quARTet

I’ve been listening to jazz for almost 50 years, and I still cannot honestly be positive if I’m listening to a trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Paul Tynan plays all three, and all three sound equally warm on ballads and strong…

Areni Agbabian: Bloom

Vocalist and pianist Areni Agbanian has been making the LA scene, teaming with Vardan Ovsepian and Tigran Hamasyan during the past couple of years. Here, she debuts on ECM mixing her ethereal voice with piano and occasional guest percussion by…