Category: Album Reviews – Archive

June 8, 2021 / Album Reviews - Archive

THE LIFE LONG DAY DREAMER (Rippa) 8/10 The commitment to the moment must be absolute, but once there the process can be like taking dictation. The improviser just has to get out of the way, not break the spell, and listen to the music. Solo bass improvisations have been a…

May 29, 2021 / Album Reviews - Archive

CHASING STARS TO THE MOTHER TREE (www.yulugi.com) 7/10 The opening Running on the Red Sand erupts from the speakers with air-raid siren urgency. The piece is a dialogue between Gumaroy Newman’s yidaki and clapsticks and Keyna Wilkins’ flute, and the hurtling rhythmic momentum draws you in as swiftly as a…

May 27, 2021 / Album Reviews - Archive

REABSORB (Orenda) 8/10 There are no preliminaries: the blow to the solar plexus is immediate, and once the music has you on the canvas it keeps pummeling you – appropriately enough for a piece called Hit It as Loudly as Possible. It’s not just Jon Armstrong’s blistering tenor saxophone, it’s…