Colin Fisher / Mike Gennaro — Tactile Stories (out July 29th, 2022 on Cacophonous Revival Recordings CD/ CS/ DL)

Genre(s): Free Jazz/ Free Improvisation

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ABOUT: Having both cut their teeth in Toronto underground venues from the long-gone Idler Pub to the legendary Music Gallery—Colin Fisher (reeds/ guitar) and Mike Gennaro (drums) first came together as a duo in 2014. That same year yielded Sine Qua Non,a limited edition live recording from Toronto’s now-defunct Arachnidiscs imprint. On Tactile Stories, their second release, the pair have refined their potent, energetic synergy, crafting a collective sound that manages to capture the vibrant urgency of classic free jazz while also alluding to both players’ roots in extensions of punk rock. Tactile Stories‘ four extended pieces are often delivered with a certain ferocity, yet the pair also convey great sensitivity through their exchanges, mutually discovering passages of meditative focus.

COVERAGE:
Year-End — DJ Picks, WMSE
Year-End — Tim Mah’s Recommended Canadian Jazz Albums of 2022, Four on the Floor
Review — Adam Scime, The WholeNote
Review — Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
Review — Ken Waxman, Jazzword
Review — Tom Haugen, Take Effect Reviews
Review — Jan Granlie, salt peanuts* (in Norwegian)
Review — Arjan van Sorge, Vital Weekly
Review — nitestylez.de
Review — Ivan Rod, Ivanrod.dk (in Danish)
List — Best of Jazz
List — Jazz in Family
List — Tinnitist
List — Friday Five, The Moderns (July 29, 2022)
Podcast — The Moderns, Episode #223
Radio — Sound Projector Radio, Resonance FM (March 10, 2023)
Radio — Dr. Sushi’s Free Jazz BBQ (December 13, 2022)
Radio — Dr. Sushi’s Free Jazz BBQ (December 6, 2022)
Radio — Ear of the Behearer, PBS Australia (November 22, 2022)
Radio — The Jazz Disturbance, WGXC (November 6, 2022)
Radio — Sam Yorko, KFJC (October 24, 2022)
Radio — Albion Moonlight, KFJC (October 21, 2022)
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Radio — Cousin Mary, KFJC (Aug. 19, 2022)
Radio — Dr. Sushi’s Free Jazz BBQ, WMSE (Aug. 2, 2022)
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