Ingrid LaubrockThe Last Quiet Place This absorbing session from Ingrid Laubrock is at times raw and dissonant, at other times richly melodic. It’s when those two states bleed into one another that the recording is at its strongest. The music, often playing …
When saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock finds herself in her comfort zone, it is typically in small group formations—often just duos or trios—which allow her unparalleled skills as an improviser to shine most brightly. However, listeners are always in for a special …
Linda May Han Oh, Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington, Nicholas Payton, and Matthew Stevens. Kris Davis wins a 2023 Grammy for Terri Lyne Carrington’s album ‘New Standards, Vol. 1.’
As listeners we so often typecast musicians and music labels. Artists are pigeonholed into silos: classical, jazz, rock, blues, pop, etc.. Go into any record store (if you can find a brick & mortar one) and this segregation, a forced …
Kris Davis is nominated for the 2023 Grammys for Terri Lyne Carrington’s album ‘New Standards, Vol 1’ for Best Instrumental Jazz Album See The Complete Nominees List
Sara 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 …
There’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 …
As 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 …
A 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. …
Here 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 …
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