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Chris Parker Septet: Reunion
by Jack Bowers
This is a Reunion that Chris Parker was lucky to celebrate. In August 2023, eight months after recording his fifth album as leader and while vacationing in his native Oregon, Parker suffered a serious stroke that left him (temporarily) unable to walk or use his left hand when playing the piano. Before that misfortune struck, Parker had re-scored for septet a dozen songs he had been playing for years in various formats, from solo or trio to quartet or quintet. ...
Continue ReadingString Trio of New York with Paul Kane: Intimations
by Troy Dostert
In a recording career spanning 19 albums going back to 1979's First String (Black Saint), the String Trio of New York has consistently produced an impressive body of music dedicated to obliterating the boundaries separating jazz from other idioms. The artistic breadth of the group has always resisted easy categorization, as a wide range of classical and folk forms peek through at any given moment despite the group's obvious affinity for the jazz tradition. One constant which has endured is ...
Continue ReadingLindsey Horner: The Sidemen Chronicles with Rob Thomas
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Michael Ricci
Renowned bassist Lindsey Horner is hard at work on his newest ArtistShare project, Undiscovered Country. It features a stellar lineup of musicians, all providing their own, unique voices to the project. This week, we'll be looking more in depth at Rob Thomas, who will be playing violin on the album. Rob Thomas is widely considered to be one of the most original, technically adept and powerful violinists playing jazz and contemporary music. JazzTimes calls him “a violinist of exceptional creative ...
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