Top ten new releases for 2011 by Tim Niland (Music is More)
10. Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut (Thirsty Ear) Hard hitting trio for sax, bass and drums. This is tough, gritty and strong music that deserves an audience; it’s potent stuff. 9. Rudresh Mahanthappa –...
View ArticleCuadernos de Jazz review by Jesús Gonzalo
Peter Evans Quartet - LIVE IN LISBON (CF 173) En una esclarecedora entrevista a Peter Evans en Cuadernos de Jazz, vertía el trompetista inclinaciones formales sobre su estilo que parecían fruto del...
View ArticleCuadernos de Jazz review by Jesús Gonzalo
Mostly Other People Do The Killing - THE COIMBRA CONCERT (CF 214) **** Nadie entendía por qué un cuarteto que no incluye piano hubiera elegido para su portada una figura en postura reflexiva frente a...
View ArticleLe Son du Grisli review by Luc Bouquet
Trumpets and Drums – Live in Ljubljana (CF 282) Avec tambours et trompettes, Jim Black, Paul Lytton (tambours), Nate Wooley et Peter Evans (trompettes) déterminent quelques francs territoires. Une...
View ArticleAll About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita
Nate Wooley/Peter Evans/Jim Black/Paul Lytton - Trumpet and Drums: Live in Ljubljana (CF 282) Given the unorthodox instrumentation, there’s a little more than meets the eyes and ears on this quartet...
View ArticleThe New York City Jazz Record review by Stuart Broomer
Joe Morris/Agustí Fernández/Nate Wooley – From the Discrete to the Particular (Relative Pitch) Nate Wooley/Peter Evans/Jim Black/Paul Lytton – Trumpets and Drums (Live in Ljubljana) (CF 282) Nate...
View ArticleFree Jazz review by Janus and Karl
Trumpets and Drums: Live in Ljubljana (CF 282) ****½ Listening to free jazz while driving is relaxing, inspiring, and elevating (at least for us). Usually it is more fun if you play it loud, even if...
View ArticleDownbeat review by Peter Margasak
Few trumpeters find and develop disparate contexts and projects as assiduously as Nate Wooley, a fiercely original and curious horn player who straddles the divide between jazz and abstract...
View ArticleTomajazz review by Pachi Tapiz
Nate Wooley/Peter Evans/Jim Black/Paul Lytton – Trumpets and Drums. Live in Ljubljana (CF 282) Afirmar que Nate Wooley y Peter Evans son dos de los trompetistas más pujantes en la actualidad no es...
View ArticleJazz Word review by Ken Waxman
Trumpets and Drums - Live in Ljubljana (CF 282) Kaze - Tornado (Circum Libra Records) Taking legendary musical battles like those of King Oliver vs. Freddie Keppard as a starting point, trumpet duals...
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