Simon Millerd - Cloud Mountain
Album review: classy, quietly intense and innovative quartet
Canadian albums
Reviews of new album releases in Canadian jazz.
Jacob Chung - Epistle
Album review: twentysomethings find joy in solid hard bop
Adema Manoukas Octet - New Roots
Album review: a Toronto band with one member from North Van
Jocelyn Gould - Golden Hour
Album review: mainstream post-bop excellence by the guitarist
Way North - New Dreams, Old Stories
It's not Old and New Dreams; it's different
The Blue and Gold
Self-titled acoustic blues and roots album both fun and cathartic
Yves Léveillé - L'échelle du temps
A mystery-adventure with piano and strings
Karl Silveira - A Porta Aperta
Karl is a trombonist from Toronto who has me wondering what makes jazz music "heavy".
Jazz meets shred guitar
An interview with Keanu Ienco, a 24-year-old guitarist in Nanaimo
Canadian albums
JoyRide: Charles Cozens & Colin Maier oboe-accordion duo
This oboe-accordion duo is the feeling of classical musicians making a 90s-style hip hop album.
Canadian albums
Bernie Senensky - Don't Look Back
This album, recorded in 1989, is like going down to hear a jazz legend and wanting to savour the gig for all it’s worth.
Canadian albums
Ezra Jordan - 117: music videos
“Dollarama” is one of my favourite pop songs of 2021, and all four of these music videos moved me. Sad boy vibes abound.