Sylvie Courvoisier

Electronic effects and prepared piano rustlings are deployed with finesse on occasion, bringing imaginary wind chimes into the air, but a single open note from Smith or a stark, densely voiced... — Jazzwise, Dec 25/Jan 26, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Free Hoops is the Courvoisier Trio’s third album, and picks up directly from where the last one, D’Agala, left off with another sequence of originals dedicated to Courvoisier’s friends and inspirations... — Jazzwise, February 2021, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Chicago reeds flamethrower Ken Vandermark can be a fearsomely uncompromising free-improviser, but his resourcefulness as a comparably powerful composer both draws on improv for syntax and vocabulary,... — Jazzwise, November 2018, 3 out of 5 starsMore…