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Keri Johnsrud / Shawn Maxwell: C8H10N4O2
by Hrayr Attarian
Vocalist Keri Johnsrud is a master of subtlety. She delivers intricate songs with elegance and grace, making them sound deceptively effortless. Saxophonist Shawn Maxwell is one of the most innovative members of the Chicago creative music scene. Both are also accomplished composers. All these elements make their collaborative effort C8H10N4O2 (the chemical formula for caffeine) stimulating and delightful. A concept album, C8H10N4O2 represents a hectic day. Bookending it are two takes of “Peace," one labeled “720 AM" and ...
Continue ReadingNew Standard Quintet: Another Time, Another Place
by Jack Bowers
Another Time, Another Place is a well-drawn album by Chicago's New Standard Quintet whose seven original compositions may please the ears but seldom inflame the senses. The music is good—and often better than that—without prompting a listener to reach for the replay button. Of course, that could be the listener's fault, as there is nothing here that lands shy of respectable. A matter of personal taste? That's as reasonable as any assumption. Be that as it may, ...
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Wish You Were Here
From: ReminiscingBy Tom Vaitsas
Midnight at the Oasis
From: ReminiscingBy Tom Vaitsas
Last Dance
From: ReminiscingBy Tom Vaitsas
Use Me
From: ReminiscingBy Tom Vaitsas
Tell Me Something Good
From: ReminiscingBy Tom Vaitsas
