Rafael Zaldivar - Rumba
Featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, Terri Lyne Carrington, and more
Canadian albums
Reviews of new album releases in Canadian jazz.
Canadian albums
Deb Rasmussen - Unspoken
Vocals from Joni-esque to standards with a piano trio
Canadian albums
Kate Wyatt - Artifact
Art. If. Act.
Subscriber Fridays
Joe Coughlin - Dedicated to You
A vocal jazz quasi-tribute to Coltrane / Hartman
Benjamin Sigerson - Dogs of Orion
Piano, harp, and bass plus trumpet and some vocals
Canadian albums
Florian Hoefner Trio - Desert Bloom
The title suggests the drought breaking when our scene lit up with activity again
Robert Diack - Small Bridges
What if John Scofield opened for Sigur Rós?
Subscriber Fridays
Joy Lapps - Girl In The Yard
One pop tune, a bunch of powerful calypso grooves
Subscriber Fridays
Tia Brazda - When I Get Low
Tia was born here and played Frankie's in July, but we've never met.
Ariane Racicot - Envolée
She just opened for the Lincoln Centre Orchestra in Montreal
Simon Millerd - Cloud Mountain
Album review: classy, quietly intense and innovative quartet
Jacob Chung - Epistle
Album review: twentysomethings find joy in solid hard bop