Artist: Rana Santacruz
Title: Por Ahí
Label: self-produced
Genre: influences as diverse as Mariachi music, classic Mexican cinema, American bluegrass, and post-punk
Laughing at funerals and playing music at the apocalypse: Rana Santacruz releases Por Ahí
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Por Ahi is the latest from eclectic – and eccentric – artist Rana Santacruz.
Artist: My Nada Brahma
Title: Mission to Mt. Everest
Label: Epoch Music
Genre: nu Indian jazz
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
I love fusion, but only when it’s done right. Some fusion projects seem like hybrids that have inharmonious elements glued on to each other in some pitiful attempt to be “exotic.” But when it’s done right, there’s nothing better.
Artist: Simon Frick
Titel: Simon Frick Solo
Label: Boomslang Records
Genre: progressive rock/free style/electronics
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Simon Frick’s new CD, appropriately titled Solo was a present surprise. Frick composed, arranged, and produced this recording like a man on a mission.
Artist: Brian Landrus Trio
Title: The Deep Below
Label: BlueLand Records
Genre: jazz
CD Review by Dawoud Kringle
Brian Landrus teamed up with Lonnie Plaxico and drummer Billy Hart to produce a quite unique offering.
Artist: CHRISTOPH IRNIGER TRIO
Title: Octopus
Label: Intakt Records
Genre: jazz
Review by Dawoud Kringle
Zürich born bandleader and tenor saxophonist Christoph Irniger studied at the Musikhochschule Luzern with Christian Grab and Nat Su, Irniger founded the Christoph Irniger Quartet / Trio, the bands Pilgrim and Cowboys from Hell, and was sideman and co-leader of NoReduce, R.I.S.S. and the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra. The Christoph Irniger Trio has performed in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and the US.
