OA2 Records, January 2024 BY AKSHAJ TUREBYLU Francesco Crosara’s recent release from OA2 Records, Circular Motion, vamps and revamps a curation of the jazz pianist’s repertoire—a set of ten pieces taken from a forty-year career. Backing comes from three different...
January 2024, Right Brain Records BY PETER GRAHAM Seattle drummer and improvised music scene veteran Don Berman’s latest record, Threshold, presents his vision of a 21st-century string quartet. While retaining a cello (Heather Bentley), the usual two violins and viola...
Bill Anschell, Improbable Solutions Origin, January 2024 BY ERIC OLSON It takes all of five bars for a ring modulator to slink, unassumingly, and rather unexpectedly, into the opening track of Seattle-based pianist Bill Anschell’s newest work. A few seconds on, when...
January 2024, OA2 Records BY ROBERT HAM The career of most every musical artist is a slow or fast build toward their first major statement: their debut album. It’s the culmination of years of acquired skills and influences all funneled into one easily consumable...
La fem Records, January 2024 BY ANDREW MEYER Day Soul Exquisite: both band name and three words resonant with the sunny radiance that spills forth from their January 2024 release, Sanguine & Cardamom. Diversity is preeminent, with a batch of unique musical souls...
