by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
It is not unusual for jazz musicians to be involved with universities and colleges, but normally that is in relation to their musical area of knowledge, but for guitarist and sitar player Daniel Garbin it is somewhat different as he is an associate professor with the...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
The latest album by acoustic and classical guitarist Patricio Morales are old tunes he wrote when he was just starting out as composer, impressionistic reflections of his early childhood in Chile. To assist him in bringing these to life he has brought in musicians...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
The Jessica Jones Quartet is a two-tenor quartet, featuring the husband-and-wife team of Jessica and Tony Jones, and here they are joined by drummer Deszon Claiborne (who first played with the quartet in the late 1990’s) and bassist Stomu Takeishi (who started working...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
Based in Honolulu, Groovology was formed during the pandemic and comprises Aaron Aranita on woodwinds and piano, David Yamasaki on guitar, Ernie Provencher on bass, and Scott Shafer on drums. 10 of the 11 songs are original compositions from each member of the band...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
Recorded on my 61st birthday (I kid you not), here we find James Mainwaring (saxophones), Dave Kane (double bass) and Emil Karlsen (drums) kicking up a storm. Three of the 12 songs were composed by Mainwaring, five by Kane, while the others are fully improvised. They...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 29, 2025 | Reviews
Many years ago I reviewed some releases by guitarist Michael Søbygge and his band Melodic Meltdown, and it was something of a surprise to hear from him again recently. During our conversations he asked me if there was anything from back then that I had not reviewed,...
