Jan 08 2012
He uses a couple of dozen microphones placed around the room and on his body and on his instrument and he walks around among them while playing. I don’t know what else he does, but whatever it is, it’s unbelievable that he can do it live– there is no overdubbing or layering. Colin Stetson… The two pieces [...]
Dec 17 2011
Most artists on any weekly edition of my Giant Steps radio show (new jazz and its relatives on Kootenay Co-op Radio) are still “Alive. Alive and living” as my daughter Laura said in a poem to indicate not just alive but also dealing in the world of the present and future tense. Sometimes doing a music show [...]
Nov 21 2011
Giant Steps is my music show on Kootenay Co-op Radio. I subtitle it New Jazz and its Relatives, which means made my musicians who are still alive, mostly all recorded since 2000, new styles and concepts, not classic jazz. By “relatives” I mean music that overlaps from jazz into classical, world music, blues. This show needs [...]
