Articles by Glen Hall

Joe Williamson

Hoard

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2011

An underground tunnel, ominous subterranean rumbles, clawing scratches and clicks, nameless energies scrape and growl ― so begins Hoa...

Bill Frisell

All We Are Saying…

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2011

Say you're a famous jazz guitar player. Say you've got a unique, totally identifiable personal sound. Say you've played for years in one of...

The Element Choir & William Parker

At Christ Church Deer Park

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2011

Seventy voices, a trumpet/bass/drums trio, a pipe organ and one of free jazz's most revered bassists (William Parker) make a galaxy's worth...

Emilio Guim

Lullaby North

PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2011

Toronto, ON-based, Ecuadorian native Emilio Guim has a fertile imagination and the courage to take artistic risks. Combining jazz and Latin...

Henry Threadgill

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

Since the early 1970s, saxophonist/flutist/composer Henry Threadgill has been creating challenging music with some of the most influential...

Satoko Fujii Min-Yoh Ensemble

Watershed

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2011

Classically trained jazz pianist/composer Satoko Fujii has long explored both structured and free jazz. But she found the brawny brashness...

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errunriv

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2011

A quiet purposefulness pervades this quartet's thoughtful compositions and playing. "Second Hand" features repetitive phrases by Peter Lute...

François Bourassa Quartet

Idiosycrasie

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2011

There's a seriousness about this outstanding quartet's music that comes, in part, from how damn hard they've worked to achieve such a high...