Raul da Gama
TMR Senior Writer. Based in Milton, Ontario, Canada. Raul is a musician and an accomplished writer whose profound analysis is reinforced by his deep understanding of music, technically as well as historically.
Amos Hoffman & Noam Lemish: Pardes
It is not common in Judeo-Christian and Islamic cultures for the sacred and the secular to come together. This is why among the Hebrew...
Living Fossil: Never Die
The only whimsy that you will find on Never Die is that of the name of the ensemble that makes this music, Living Fossil....
Les Poules à Colin: Morose
The good fortune of the musicians of Les Poules à Colin – all but one from Joliette, in Quebec – who met at Université...
Chris Platt Trio: Sky Glow
The first thing that will strike the listener about Sky Glow by the Chris Platt Trio is the absolutely pure sound of Mr. Platt’s...
Justin Gray & Synthesis: New Horizons
It does not take long to grasp the enormity of achievement on the part of Justin Gray as heard on New Horizons a record...
Emmet Cohen: Featuring Ron Carter and Evan Sherman
The Oxford English Dictionary describes master relating to the art of music as being “a great artist or musician” as in, for example, (to)...
Adrean Farrugia & Joel Frahm: Blued Dharma
The relationship between pianist Adrean Farrugia and saxophonist Joel Frahm was fostered during their nine-year association with drummer and bandleader Ernesto Cervini which matured...
The Heavyweights Brass Band: This City
The young, peripatetic trombonist Chris Butcher divides his time between Toronto and New Orleans. By a stroke of good fortune (his mother is American...
Ilios Steryannis · Bethany Project
The fact that Ilios Steryannis is a drummer may account for his being drawn not only to complex rhythmic pulses and time signatures. However...
Robi Botos · Old Soul
The Hungarian-born, Canadian pianist, Robi Botos won the 2004 edition of what is now called the Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Piano Competition and, we know...
