KELLER, LACEY, TALIA — THREE LANES
CD review 4 stars Self-released (AK001) Genevieve Lacey (recorders), Joe Talia (Revox B77, electronics & percussion) and Andrea Keller (piano) A sizeable dollop of gratitude is due to the two-year Australia Council Fellowship program that has allowed composer Keller to create what she describes as “new music” with two “broad-minded” musical colleagues. It’s not surprising that this foray out of Keller’s comfort zone works so … Continue reading KELLER, LACEY, TALIA — THREE LANES
MIKE NOCK TRIO PLUS — HEAR AND KNOW
CD REVIEW 4 stars FWM Records Mike Nock piano, James Waples drums, Ben Waples double bass, Karl Laskowski tenor saxophone, Ken Allars trumpet This trio’s first album, An Accumulation of Subtleties, was a triumph, demonstrating on two discs how well the Waples brothers work with Nock’s presence and mastery. Hear and Know is altered radically by the addition of horns — it is fascinating to … Continue reading MIKE NOCK TRIO PLUS — HEAR AND KNOW
ASSAF KEHATI QUARTET — FLOWERS AND OTHER STORIES
CD REVIEW Assaf Kehati guitar, Alon Farber saxophone, Daniel Sapir bass, Udi Shlomo drums 3 + stars This is the second album — after A View from My Window — for Israeli-born guitarist Kehati, who has lived in Boston, US, since moving there in 2007 to study at the New England Conservatory. In all seven of his compositions he plays with dexterity, restraint and subtlety … Continue reading ASSAF KEHATI QUARTET — FLOWERS AND OTHER STORIES