Articles by Glen Hall

Aki Takase / Silke Eberhard
Ornette Coleman Anthology
PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2007
Over the years, Colemans compositions have received many readings, none more committed, self-searching or inventive than those contained o...
Trio Derome / Guibeault / Tanguay
Étymologie
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2007
Veteran collaborators Jean Derome (reedist), Norman Guibeault (bassist) and drummer Pierre Tanquay have spent years evolving into a musical...
Don Thompson / Reg Schwager
One Take
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2007
A one-word summary of the playing on this disc: impeccable. The rapport between revered bassist Don Thompson and long-time playing partner...
Lafayette Gilchrist
3
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2007
Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist might usually be found playing soulful, bread-on-the-table gigs to survive. But on 3, hes play...
David Virelles
Motion
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2007
David Virelles is not only a pianist with dauntingly developed chops, hes a composer of compelling but thoughtful music. The tracks on Mot...
Glenn Buhr
Thru The Wounded Sky
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007
You probably know Glenn Buhr as a widely recognised composer of new music, conductor and professor (he teaches at Wilfred Laurier Universit...
Paul Motian Trio
Time and Time Again
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007
It would be hard to find a jazz group with a more developed rapport than the Paul Motian Trio. Not only do drummer Motian, guitarist Bill F...
Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra
Parkdale Revolutionary Orchestra
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2007
Take a new music opera, reduce the instrumentation to a manageable and mobile five-piece group and play bars, not stuffy, self-important ve...