Articles by Glen Hall

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  New York Art Quartet

  Old Stuff

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

  Amidst the sound and fury of the '60s jazz revolution, the New York Art Quartet's music was a passionate cry for freedom, musical and socia...

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  Michael Herring's Vertigo

  Dark Materials

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

  Bassist/composer Michael Herring is growing, evolving and getting stronger, as evidenced by this second CD with his group Vertigo. "Excitin...

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  Chad Eby

  Broken Shadows

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

  On Broken Shadows, his second album, saxophonist/composer Chad Eby comes out swinging. Opening on soprano with the irresistible toe tapper...

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  Ehud Asherie

  Modern Life

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

  Retro-pianist Asherie's aesthetic is a charming throwback to a bygone era of swingin' cats and boppin' lines. This is not a putdown ―...

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  Jim Lewis / Andrew Downing / Jean Martin

  On a Short Path from Memory to Forgotten

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

  The music on this disc is sombre, cerebral and somehow, despite the group interplay that produces it, lonely sounding. The overall feeling...

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  No More Shapes

  Creesus Crisis

  PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2010

  The tunes on this ten-track disc are evidence of an abiding love for swinging grooves, albeit realized with an off-kilter, playful sensibil...

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  The Element Choir

  The Element Choir at Rosedale United

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010

  Arguably Canada's foremost vocal improviser and a virtuoso singer who covers everything from new opera to blues, Christine Duncan is a nati...

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  Amstel Quartet

  Amstel Peijl

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2010

  While people will argue about whether jazz, R&B, free-improv or some other music genre's saxophone players have the "best" sound, one thing...