CRÍTICAs Novo álbum da pianista Kris Davis mostra seu quinteto Diatom Ribbons em apresentação memorável no mítico clube nova-iorquino…  Kris Davis já há algum tempo se firmou como uma artista fundamental da música jazzística mais criativa feita nesses tempos. Improvisadora, compositora e líder de …

I’m always swinging after the pitch. It’s inevitable when following the work of creative musicians like pianist-composer Kris Davis  — who are always evolving and changing in their art — primarily through the medium of recordings. The zenith of my listening year …

On February 17, 2018, pianist Kris Davis played in the second of two concerts at Harvard University to honor the late jazz pianist Geri Allen. It was a fantastic night of music worthy of Allen’s tremendous talent. Davis took the stage …

Pianist Guillermo Klein brings on another keyboardist and draws on the sounds of his native Argentina on his new release; Kris Davis employs a guitarist and a DJ on her album recorded at the historic New York club. Read More …

For a while now, Kris Davis has been a go-to player for bandleaders in jazz’s progressive wing: a pianist who can play inside or “out,” who can lead the charge in a passage of hard-driving swing or help set the …

★★★★ Inspired by the Pulitzer-prizewinning writings of environmental journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, much-lauded German saxophonist/composer Ingrid Laubrock composed most of the music for The Last Quiet Place in solitude and outdoors – but if she was feeling that the imagination might be the …

In 2019, pianist Kris Davis released the debut album from her group Diatom Ribbons, an ambitious, original project that was extraordinary for both its reach and its grasp. It was a propitious year for Davis, who is now in her early 40s. She …

A unique album! An album defined by both its ambition and its execution. It is unnerving to realise that Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ has been with us for 110 years: the power to thrill, surprise and challenge still there.  …

Mark Dresser is not only a true master of the double bass but also a lifelong researcher, innovator and conceptualist of the bull fiddle’s almost infinite sonic possibilities, and a rare musician who treats his instrument as an orchestra rather …

The Californian bassist expands the range of the bass with tines and pickups and produces sounds by turns floating, gutteral and everyday The concept of a solo bass album can be a daunting prospect at the best of times for …