The latest releases from three vocalists with quite different backgrounds—Doug Wamble, Cheryl Richards, and Roxana Amed—offer satisfying musical explorations.
Three Vocalists with New Releases
Category Archives: Views
New Music from All Over
Continuing with multiple short reviews to try to make up some of the ground lost over the summer, I’ve got a few that stretch across several styles: Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra, Sorry for Laughing, and Miguel Zenón.
Eric & Will: Unforgettably Unclassifiable
It isn’t jazz, exactly, though it lives in a jazz environment, nor is it classical. It’s not folk, rock and roll, or sacred music, either. Yet American accordionist Will Holshouser and Dutch trumpeter Eric Vloeimans combine elements of all of these and more in their compositions—sometimes all in the same piece—to articulate their compositional objectives. In the process, they have created sui generis music that is at once lyrical, playful, and deeply felt. The two will bring their music—and likely their new album, Two for the Road—to the Outpost on Tuesday, September 27, as part of the 16th annual New Mexico Jazz Festival.
Three Plus One
After a summer overstuffed with seven-day work weeks, I am now trying to catch up on my listening. To speed things along, I’m limiting myself to short reviews. So here are reviews of new albums from the Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Dafnis Prieto (featuring Luciana Souza), and Steven Bernstein and the Millennial Territory Orchestra—plus a new single from Isaac Aragon.
New Work from the Susan Holmes Brotherhood and from Chris Burton/Frederick Aragón
Musically Speaking runs, for the most part, on free time, of which I’ve had precious little in the last two or three months, primarily due to a heavy workload. The renaissance of the Baltimore Orioles, who require my constant attention to keep the wins coming, has further reduced my time for careful listening. I did recently manage to sneak in a listen to worthy releases from the Susan Holmes Brotherhood and Chris Burton/Frederick Aragón.