Tag: Jeff Parker

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Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet can shake a groove in any direction, falling into it with an air of ease and inevitability then riding it out to its farthest extent before twisting and turning once more, as though they were affording us a view through their own shared kaleidoscope or laying out an undifferentiated mass of iron filings...

Self-titled and typically understated, at first glance the new album by Matthew Stevens might scan as a solo record, just like Pittsburgh the prior release under his own heading which has become one of my most cherished and listened to works of unaccompanied guitar. In fact this Matthew Stevens is a group outing with a stable lineup and a steady...

Around the turn of the seventies, the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad was the place to be as a hub of industrial development meant to furnish the needs of a thriving independent state, a pioneering educational centre conceived along Bauhaus lines which emphasised learning by doing and drew such luminaries as John Cage, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Kahn and...