Canadian albums
Bellbird: Root in Tandem
Mili Hong and Eli Davidovici join forces with saxophonists Allison Burik and Claire Devlin
Canadian albums
Reviews of new album releases in Canadian jazz.
Canadian albums
Schwager / Oliver Quintet: Senza Resa
Recorded / post-produced by renowned engineer Ron Obvious, which makes sense from track 1
Canadian albums
Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire: Let it Shine!
Spiritual/gospel ensemble album recorded in Calgary for Cellar, produced by John Clayton
Canadian albums
Artie Roth Quartet: Resonants
His electric bass playing supports the post-rock landscape; on upright he’s brilliant too
Canadian albums
Eli Davidovici: Shapes
An accurate reflection of many groups you’d hear Eli play with during his Vancouver years
Canadian albums
Nicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl, folk & vocal jazz, belonging
The South African-British singer will release her third album, made in Canada, on June 9
Canadian albums
Melissa Pipe: Of What Remains, bassoon plus baritone sax
The Montreal reedist explores the traversing of time, time and transience in chamber jazz
The Composers Collective Big Band: The Toronto Project
What’s the sound of Toronto? What’s the Toronto sound? Two related but distinct questions
Drummer Sanah Kadoura's second album: Duality
Kadoura's second album blends jazz and neo-soul with melodies inspired by Arabic music
Pianist-composer Anthony Tan on susurrus, his new solo work
Anthony was born in Alberta and now lives in Victoria, but he made this music at McGill
Jacob Wutzke: Show Yourself, with BC-raised Lucas Dubovik
Popular young drummer Jacob completes the Montreal band with Gentiane MG and Levi Dover
The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, Voices: A Musical Heritage
WJO's new release executes an ambitious concept celebrating multiculturalism in Manitoba