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Karl Silveira: A Porta Aperta

Read "A Porta Aperta" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Toronto-based trombonist Karl Silveira opens his debut recording, A Porta Aperta, with no ego at all. The disc spins into life with “Nymark Plaza," featuring an arrangement which allows the rhythm section—pianist Chris Pruden, bassist Dan Fortin, with Nico Dann on drums—a good deal of room to stretch out after a brief beginning of understated harmony from the leader, and alto saxophonist Allison Au. The piano, bass and drums ease into an off-center, Andrew Hill-like rumination before the leader re-enters ...

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Tania Gill Quartet: Disappearing Curiosities

Read "Disappearing Curiosities" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Pianist Tania Gill has been making inspired music in the ever-thriving Toronto jazz scene since the early 2000s, although her output has become especially visible since her debut release Bolger Station (Barnyard Records, 2010). An artist equally attentive to melody and songcraft, Gill refuses to be pigeonholed, contributing to a range of projects which defy easy labeling; she appeared on vocalist Rebecca Hennessey's All the Little Things You Do (self-released, 2020), an album both jazz-inflected and pop-friendly, and on saxophonist ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Disappearing...

Self Produced
2022

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A Porta Aperta

Self Produced
2022

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Rye & Lilacs

From: A Porta Aperta
By Nico Dann

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