CHES SMITH
WE ALL BREAK
PATH OF SEVEN COLORS
The Weight Of Light
Benoît Delbecq
Craig Taborn
Junk Magic
Compass Confusion
Featuring Chris Speed, Mat Maneri, Erik Fratzke & David King
Protect Your Home (Interpret It Well)
“Interpret It Well” appears courtesy of the artist and Pyroclastic Records and is the title track from the record by Ches Smith on Pyroclastic Records. Directed/Edited by Frank Heath, Produced by David Breskin
O’saris with Harris Eisenstadt
From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck
Lullaby by Low with Nels Cline
From the self-titled CD by Sara Schoenbeck
REVIEWS
Benoît Delbecq - The Weight of Light – NPR Morning Edition – Suraya Mohamed
January 7, 2022The header on Delbecq’s website reads undocile jazz beats and more. Perhaps the most prominent characteristic of his music is the textured sound he makes with his prepared piano, changing its tone using dried wood and erasers and any other …
Tony Malaby - The Cave of Winds – Jazziz – Matt Micucci
January 5, 2022Tony Malaby’s Sabino, The Cave of Winds (Pyroclastic) The Cave of Winds finds saxophonist/composer Tony Malaby draws inspiration from the freedoms and sonic qualities he explored during his COVID-era sessions under a New Jersey turnpike. For this project, he also reconvened …
Ches Smith - Path of Seven Colours – KCRW – Leroy Downs
December 31, 2021BEST OF 2021: DJ AND STAFF PICKS Hungry for more? Dig into 2021’s personal favorites from KCRW Music’s genre experts, airwave curators, and, of course, our listeners — because, let’s be real, one list can’t cover it all. READ MORE
Sara Schoenbeck – The Arts Fuse – Francis Davis
December 29, 2021Jazz isn’t an orthodoxy, a religion, a form of faith healing, or a tribal rite — you don’t have to be in the room with it the moment it happens to reap its benefits. When I had to scramble to …
NEWS
Pianist and Composer Kris Davis awarded a 2021 Doris Duke Artist Award alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez
Kris Davis, a 2021 Doris Duke Artist in the jazz category, is a critically acclaimed pianist and composer who was described by The New York Times as a beacon for “deciding where to hear jazz on a given night.” Since 2003, Davis has released 23 recordings...
Kris Davis wins the 2020 JJA award for Composer & Pianist of the Year
This year’s Awards for instrumentalists advance a multi-year trend by the JJA’s voting members to recognize accomplished women among the multiple nominated finalists. Drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington (Musician of the Year), pianist-composer Kris...
NPR Jazz Critics poll names Kris Davis’ Diatom Ribbons #1 Jazz album of 2019!
Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic) At a glance, an odd candidate for consensus: Kris Davis, an improviser-composer with the instinct of an alchemist, made Diatom Ribbons by drawing inspiration from oceanic microbiology, tectonic movement and piano precursors...
Davis wins 2018 Critic’s poll in Downbeat Magazine
Thanks to all the critics for their vote for the Rising Star Artist and Piano Category! See article here