Search results for "Ben Monder"
Ben Monder: The Third Eyebrow (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 05, 08Ben Monder has rather quietly built one of the strongest reputations among New York guitarists of the last 20 years, ...
Ben Monder: Hatchet Face (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 16, 09Showcasing a wide variety of influences and disparaging sounds ranging from fusion-oriented soundscapes to heavy meta...
Dylan van der Schyff, Chris Gestrin, Ben Monder: The Distance (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music August 04, 09Chris Gestrin plays an attractive Bill-Evans-out-of-Keith-Jarrett piano on "The Distance," complemented nicely by his...
Bill McHenry: The Lizard (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 05, 08Bill McHenry's most recent four records have featured the stunning guitar work of Ben Monder, a prodigious alumnus of...
Aaron Irwin: Little Hurts (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music September 13, 08Aaron Irwin may be running the show here, but guitarist Ben Monder is the secret weapon. Monder sets up a moody under...
Mika Pohjola: Blues Chacarera (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 14, 09In our constantly evolving musical syntax the phrase “global jazz” is showing up with increasing frequency. Usually ...
Donny McCaslin: Uppercut (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music July 29, 09Donny McCaslin has a steely, angular sound and urgency in his music. As a prolific sideman with such incubators of pr...
Taylor Haskins: Live Free or Die (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music January 24, 08Among the 10% of U.S. state mottoes lauding liberty/freedom, the most in-your-face is New Hampshire’s. Echoing Patric...
Paul Motian: Mumbo Jumbo (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 17, 07Intriguing track featuring a unique lineup, written by an iconoclast composer and one of the best drummers in the bus...
Maria Schneider: Hang Gliding (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 19, 07As a major figure in contemporary big band composition, Mrs. Schneider's use of lush textures and complex, yet satisf...
Julia Dollison: Autumn in New York (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 20, 07Yes, there are undiscovered gems in the growing ranks of self-produced CDs. Dollison is a major talent who deserves...
Maria Schneider: The 'Pretty' Road (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music December 28, 07Maria Schneider continues to impress with her 13-minute "The 'Pretty' Road" from her Sky Blue CD. Frank Kimbrou...
Maria Schneider: Evanescence (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music December 31, 07Maria Schneider honors her mentor Gil Evans -- whom she assisted in various musical pursuits during the last three ye...
Maria Schneider: Cerulean Skies (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 08We have come to expect grand things from Maria Schneider, and she delivers again on "Cerulean Skies" -- a 22-minute t...
Noah Preminger Group: Sax of a Kind (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 17, 08In the tradition of such great jazz jam-session tunes as Sonny Stitt's "The Eternal Triangle," saxophonist Noah Premi...
Reid Anderson: Prehensile Dream (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 11, 09It's easy to overlook Reid Anderson in The Bad Plus. Ethan Iverson is most often the lead voice, both with his piano ...
Bruno Råberg: Fora Do Retrato (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 05, 08Bruno Råberg is a Swedish bassist who studied with the great Czech bassist Miroslav Vitous and has performed with man...
Maria Schneider: Bird Count (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08Maria Schneider wrote "Bird Count," a tribute to Parker and Basie, while still at Eastman School of Music over 25 yea...
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McAll, Barney (Barnaby Johnathon) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07McAll, Barney (Barnaby Johnathon), pianist; b. Melbourne, Australian, 1966. His father, Jack McAll, was born in South...
Bleckmann, Theo posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bleckmann, Theo, voice, composition; b. Dortmund, West Germany, 1966. His adoptive parents (birthparents are unknown)...
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