Dan Weiss on ‘Utica Box’, his Career, and Music in General
Drummer and percussionist Dan Weiss released Utica Box last month on Sunnyside Records (read our review here) featuring Jacob Sacks on piano, and Thomas Morgan and Eivind Opsvik on bass. …
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Dan Weiss Trio Plus 1’s New Album ‘Utica Box’ Reviewed
Utica Box unfolds. It requires patience. There’s a mood to build to and reward that building of tension. Dan Weiss is shooting for a lot of this with his latest …
Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg – ‘Dirt… And More Dirt’
At this point in Henry Threadgill’s career, we already know the dynamic. Everything else is a refinement of those shifting polyrhythms, those floating melodies that skirt about the tonal and …
Maria Neckam – ‘Because I Sang So’ (EP Premiere)
Maria Neckam has always been one of my favorite vocalists ever since I fell in love with her album Deeper in 2010. She’s been, as of late, marching to the …
Dan Tepfer – ‘Eleven Cages’
There’s a certain kind of irony in making music so undeniably playful while insisting that the thematic element behind the music itself is cages. It’s hard to be playful in …