CHES SMITH
WE ALL BREAK
PATH OF SEVEN COLORS
The Weight Of Light
Benoît Delbecq
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
Sara Schoenbeck - Sara Schoenbeck – All About Jazz – Karl Ackermann
July 4, 2022Sara Schoenbeck is cast against type in the world of bassoonists. The versatile double reed, broad-ranged instrument dates to the Renaissance and is commonly found in wind ensembles and chamber orchestras. But Schoenbeck has brought her classical-leaning instrument to creative music …
Sara Schoenbeck - Sara Schoenbeck – Bandcamp – Dave Sumner
July 4, 2022There’s a bittersweet quality that Sara Schoenbeck brings to any project. The way she channels a melody through her bassoon carries with it a little bit of melancholia, a thin ray of sunshine, a pervading sense of the blues. It …
Sara Schoenbeck - Sara Schoenbeck – Jazziz – Hrayr Attarian
July 4, 2022As an improvising bassoonist, Sara Schoenbeck is definitely a rarity. She has also forged a singular style that reflects the extent of her diverse influences. Her eponymous release, on the Pyroclastic label, showcases her uniqueness with nine stimulating duets, each …
Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - Searching For The Disappeared Hour – The New York Times – Giovanni Russonello
July 4, 2022A host of outstanding duet albums emphasized musicians not only collaborating but truly listening to each other. The violinist and multimedia artist Laura Ortman stood onstage at the Stone earlier this month clad in a bejeweled paisley jacket with a bow under her arm. …
Sylvie Courvoisier ¶ Mary Halvorson - Searching For The Disappeared Hour – All About Jazz – Jerome Wilson
July 4, 2022Here pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson come together for the second time on record in a set of amorphous, ever-changing music that combines their two distinctive approaches into something unique. The musicians’ individual sounds are very complimentary as Halvorson’s strums and swoops …
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