Nils Kugelmann: Stormy Beauty - Jazz Journal
Without using any words, young German bassist leads piano and drums in explorations of unexpected love, the power of nature and the like
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Without using any words, young German bassist leads piano and drums in explorations of unexpected love, the power of nature and the like
Brekky Boy review: Forget solos, let's tie some knots in the rhythms Brekky Boy review: Forget solos, let's tie some knots in the rhythms Normal text size JOHN SHAND One moment the wave-like, arpeggiated piano melodies are the stuff of dreams – or ambient minimalism, for the more pragmatic. The next moment the rhythm section gate-crashes the reverie so violently that what's being played seems not just a different piece, but a different idiom. As with much current music of interest, pianist/composer Taylor Davis's approach to composition defies pigeonholing. More unusually, it also makes you...