Articles by Glen Hall

Kyle Brenders

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

The Canadian improvised music scene is among the most vibrant in the world and is praised and envied by musicians visiting from New York, C...

Bent Spoon Trio + Danny Meichel

Lost in a Chinese Attic

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

It's a summertime midnight in Calgary, so what do you do? If you're a bunch of free improvisers, you find an unoccupied tunnel someplace an...

Quatuor Bozzini

Arbor Vitæ

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

Although he was born, and died, an American, composer/theorist James Tenney earned a warm spot in Canada's musical psyche for his tenure as...

Enrico Rava

New York Days

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2009

Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava is at the top of his game here, in no small part due to the musicians who join him. The playing is deep, hone...

Curtis Andrews

The Offering of Curtis Andrews

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

Newfoundland percussionist/composer Curtis Andrews brings his wholehearted love of, and respect for, his mentors/gurus — Don Wherry,...

Keith Jarrett / Jack DeJohnette / Gary Peacock

Yesterdays

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

What separates these masters from most jazz musicians who choose to play from the American songbook and songs from jazz's golden past is th...

Quinsin Nachoff

Horizons Ensemble

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

What separates saxophonist/composer Quinsin Nachoff is his intense drive to explore a number of musical pathways — too many, in fact,...

Various

InsideOut: A Psyche And It Geography

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2009

The British-based Sonic Arts Network is justifiably renowned for its curated CDs that explore some of the most creative areas of experiment...