Review by Ken Laster This is the debut album by Hartford (now New York) bassist Matt Dwonszyk. Matt is joined with some of his college colleagues with which he has developed a musical bond over nearly a decade. Besides being a vehicle for Dwonszyk's front and center bass playing, he shows off his ample composing [...]
by Ken Laster click images to enlarge In September of 2018 Wayne Shorter released an epic 3 CD set of music with his long-standing adventurous quartet of Shorter on tenor and soprano saxophones, Danilo Perez on piano, John Pattitucci bass and Brian Blade drums. This release is so much more than a record [...]
by Ken Laster During this year’s holiday season I decided to set up my turntable which had been purchased during my college years back in the 70s. Sometime after the advent of CDs in the 80s my records and turntable had been relegated to storage in my basement. On rare occasions I would peruse through [...]