by Kev Rowland | Aug 13, 2023 | Reviews
It was through a happy accident that I came across Volts last year, as that night I was supposed to be at another gig altogether which had been cancelled, so as I had planned to be out anyway decided to go out and see this band from Christchurch who were playing a...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Throughout his career, guitarist Doug MacDonald has recorded as a leader in settings ranging from a duo, trios, quartets, quintets, an octet, and a ten-piece with six brass players, to the 13-piece Jazz Winds/Brass Coalition which on one project also included strings....
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Here we have the third Hollentor album, which is a vehicle for Glen Poland to get his songs out to a wider audience. On this one he has been joined by Glen Drover (Megadeth), Shawn Drover (Megadeth), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest), Henning Basse, (Firewind), Rudy...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Formed in Mumbai by American guitarist /composer D. Wood and Indian bassist/composer Storms, here we have one of the more unusual styles of jazz fusion I have come across. The Indica Project combines the classical and folk traditions of India together with sounds...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Bassoon is not an instrument normally associate with jazz, and while Rabinowitz is not the first to play bassoon within the genre (Garvin Bushell and Frank Trumbauer took some recorded solos in the 1920s and Illinois Jacquet and Yusef Lateef were among those who...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
McGrath is a saxophonist who grew up in Puerto Rico, and although he is now in America he has kept very close to the musical traditions he grew up with. For some years he has been involved with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Centre in Chicago, and when in 2017 they...