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.
University of Toronto 12TET: When Day Slips into Night
The students of the University of Toronto’s Jazz Music faculty are a moveable and ever-changing pool of gifted musicians who not only read and...
Joani Taylor: In a Sentimental Mood
Torontonians like to fantasise that Toronto is the centre of the universe when it comes to sports and culture – including music – even...
John Pittman: Kinship
At the height of his addiction Charlie Parker once said, “Bread is your only friend.” He was also speaking from the standpoint of how...
Solon McDade: Murals
The “Murals” title of this enterprising disc from Solon McDade was, it seems, suggested by the line and seemingly visual flow of the music’s...
Aaron Shragge & Ben Monder: The World of Dew
The music that Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder make as a duo is ghostly and conceptually appears to reimagine hypnotic faux-electronic music on an...
TU Jazz Fest 2018: Next-Gen Jazz Musicians Spend Their Inheritance
The lineage of Jazz has now gone back almost four generations since the legendary Buddy Bolden is known to have blown his life out...
Robert Diack: Lost Villages
The slow, haunting wave of music from the start of Lost Villages by Robert Diack is immediately discernable as an intimation of something dark...
Toronto Jazz Fest 2018: Still About the Music
When the outspoken musician and multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton deemed himself the preserver of “archaic pop” he was giving a kind of true, historical legitimacy...
Melody Diachun: Get Back to the Groove
This short programme by the Québec-born, British Colombia-based vocalist Melody Diachun is a timely reminder that while she may not record as frequently as...
Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Got a Light?
Jeremy Ledbetter has traversed a fairly wide musical topography: from the Caribbean with his preeminent ensemble Canefire to weaving his virtuoso pianism into the...
