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Karl Latham: Living Standards II

Read "Living Standards II" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
January 31, 2025

Karl Latham's Living Standards II offers a daring sonic voyage, boldly blending jazz and classic rock into a transformative musical journey. Following its predecessor, Living Standards (Dropzone Jazz Records, 2016), Latham's quintet breathes remarkable new life into rock anthems, reimagining them as inventive jazz fusion pieces. The album's impressive ensemble--including bassist Mark Egan, guitarist Mitch Stein, keyboardist Henry Hey, vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid and percussionist Roger Squitero deconstructs iconic rock tracks into musical dialogues that transparently surpass customary boundaries. ...

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Alex Collins/Ryan Berg/Karl Latham: Together

by Jack Bowers
August 8, 2021

Together—what a splendid title for a piano-led trio whose members work hand-in-glove from start to finish on an album whose music may seem familiar but is approached from various garden-fresh angles and avenues by pianist Alex Collins, bassist Ryan Berg and drummer Karl Latham, who always keep the keynotes ingenious and engaging. Collins, the melodic ringmaster, is an adventurous yet tasteful machine-gunner, spraying notes and phrases with the technical mastery of an Oscar Peterson, while Berg and Latham are ever-ready ...

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Karl Latham / Ryan Carniaux / Mark Egan: Constellations

Read "Constellations" reviewed by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton

by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
March 21, 2015

If you happened to be in vitro fed Isao Tomita during your pre-personage, you're going to recognise Karl Latham's Constellations electronica subliminally--regardless any jazz/Bjork connections. 70's Japanese synth/horn, space music trembling has that tendency to unhinge a certain primeval magic. Space music in the 21st Century has less artefacts than the 70s first steppers, and more of the technician's space time feel of Miles Davis' electric purview. Karl Latham suggests that fundamentally there is an air of Miles ...