Vancouver-born composer-arranger Darcy James Argue, who has lived in Brooklyn for the past two decades, will release an album on Nonesuch, “Dynamic Maximum Tension”, on 8 September. A single, “Dymaxion”, is just out. Three previous albums by Secret Society, “Infernal [...]
For listeners familiar with Donny McCaslin’s work in his acoustic quartet, or in his key role as a soloist in Maria Schneider’s Orchestra, his latest album, I Want More, on Edition Records comes as a surprise. The album is a hard-hitting set of music [...]
From Keith Tippett to Benoît Delbecq and Eve Risser, improvising pianists continue to find inspiration in John Cage’s seminal works for prepared piano. Canadian pianist and composer Matt Choboter dives deeper than most, adding an array of live electronics to [...]
