MSB – “Nope” (2017) review
MSB - Nope (2017) https://brownbass.bandcamp.com/album/nope The appearance of jazz in the early 1900s – with its inconsistency-as-structure whereby uncertain melodic propositions are driven to ideal resolution via brave...
Jazz Corner
Bad Luck at the 2017 Ballard Jazz Festival in Seattle Wednesday May 17th
Neil Welch – tenor saxophone, Chris Icasiano – drums/percussion Formed more than 10 years ago, Bad Luck are an avant-jazz duo featuring Neil Welch playing tenor saxophone and...
The Origin Uber Band at the 2017 Ballard Jazz Festival Seattle, Friday May 19th
The Origin Uber Band consists primarily of artists who record for the Origin Arts label. Given that Origin has organized the Ballard Jazz Festival in Seattle since it...
The Brad Shepik Trio at the 2017 Ballard Jazz Festival Guitar Summit Thursday May 18th
Brad Shepik, who was raised in the Seattle area, began playing guitar at the age of 10 and studied music with the likes of Ralph Towner and John...
Human Ottoman at Seaprog 2017 in Seattle Sunday June 4th
Human Ottoman is a prog rock band from Portland who “actively ear-pillage” the Pacific Northwest US. Their lineup features Julian Kosanovic playing cello, Grayson Fiske playing vibraphone, and...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Mushroom With Eddie Gale – Joint Happening (2007)
Mushroom With Eddie Gale - Joint Happening (Hyena Records, 2007) Depending on your point of view, this is either a very majestic well thought out experimental body of...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Pharoah Sanders – Black Unity (1971)
During the 1960s, many new and exciting musical movements emerged. Psychedelic rock is of course the first that comes to mind, but it was also the decade of...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
A Love Supreme is a very special album, even in the large scope of John Coltrane’s work. Bearing resemblance with the post-bop style of its time,...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Clifford Brown and Max Roach – Study in Brown (1955)
With many of the original tracks, by differing members of the band, such as “Lands End,” “Sandu” and “Cherokee,” going on to become jazz standards, it’s no wonder...
JAZZ CORNER Presents: Cel Overberghe
“The older I get, the more critical I become” Belgian free jazz saxophonist Cel Overberghe plays with his son and played with his brother in law Fred Van...