Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by John Kelman
August 13, 2005

The term “world music gets bantered around frequently these days, referring (among many other things) to anyone who integrates any kind of ethnic folk music into a larger musical concept. But there's really nothing new about the idea of cross-cultural blends from a jazz perspective. Even before groups like Oregon, guitarist John McLaughlin's Shakti, and ECM artists like saxophonist Jan Garbarek began fusing diverse cultural influences, jazz absorbed Afro-Cuban influences in the late '50s and the popular music of Brazil ...

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by Jerry D'Souza
August 12, 2005

One of the prime factors in assembling this project was that each musician should represent a distinct musical culture. Peter Epstein (saxophones), Brad Shepik (guitar), and Matt Kilmer (percussion) home in and open the doors to a world of fascinating rhythms.

Jazz has often moved across various lands in search of its muse. This outing is made more compelling by the way the musicians bring their instruments to bear on the characteristics of the various genres and give ...

Peter Epstein/Brad Shepik/Matt Kilmer: Lingua Franca

by Dan McClenaghan
August 4, 2005

The music we call jazz--a broad and ill-defined category--embraces a wide array of sounds. Under the jazz umbrella you find bebop to electronica, ambient to power trio, turntablism to tablas, ferocious saxophones to Balkan folk music. That's a big part of the music's appeal. The art form is not static; it evolves and incorporates everything it hears, and it moves in a million different directions.Lingua Franca, by saxophonist Peter Epstein, guitarist Brad Shepik, and percussionist Matt Kilmer, is ...