Search results for "Danny Gottlieb"

Danny Gottlieb: Reef Warriors (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 14, 08

What is it about drummer Danny Gottlieb and bassist Mark Egan that keeps making them write about water? As the leader...

Danny Gottlieb: Gloria's Step (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music May 13, 08

For such a fragile instrument, the flute sure can dominate the proceedings. This is especially so of Jeremy Steig's f...

Danny Gottlieb: Aquamarine (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 09, 08

For a while there in the late 1980s there was a short-lived fusion comeback. The Chick Corea Electrik Band was having...

Elements: Saturn Return (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 10, 08

The group Elements was assembled in the early '80s by drummer Danny Gottlieb and bassist Mark Egan, who had met durin...

Elements: Quetico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 07, 08

Over the years, I have been a big fan of Elements, the band founded by bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb. ...

Deborah Henson-Conant: On The Rise (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

I am a huge fan of Elements, the experimental jazz group formed over 20 years ago by bassist Mark Egan and drummer Da...

Elements: Surf Blues and Greens (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music May 07, 08

Blown Away was not one of the better efforts from the normally stellar Elements. It seemed less inspired. Perhaps thi...

Bill Evans (sax): The Alternative Man (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

As I write this in late 2008, Bill Evans (sax) is enjoying a good career playing music he calls "soulgrass." This sty...

Pat Metheny: Lone Jack (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

It is 1982 or 1983. We've brought our cooler and blanket and spread ourselves across the grass of Hartford's Bushell ...

Pat Metheny: April Joy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 05, 09

"April Joy" is notable for Mark Egan's lovely fretless bass work, which dominates the tune's opening strains. This me...

Bill Evans (sax): Arthur Ave. (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 12, 09

It is virtually impossible to hear any 1980s Bill Evans (sax) jazz or fusion cut and not find something worth your wh...

Bill Evans (sax): Summertime (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 12, 08

Summertime is a collection of six of Bill Evans (sax) jazz-rock original compositions and five jazz standards. Among ...

Pat Metheny: Travels (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Works is a compilation album featuring selected cuts from Pat Metheny's ECM catalog released from 1979 through 1983. ...

Michael Franks: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music May 29, 08

Jazz to the World is my favorite Christmas CD. I like jazz and I like Christmas. Lots of times these hybrid holiday "...

Mahavishnu: Florianapolis (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 11, 08

What a fun tune! "Florianapolis," written by John McLaughlin and the brilliant pianist and composer Mitchel Forman, i...

Bill Evans (sax): Kwitchur Beliakin (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 03, 09

"Kwitchur Beliakin" is a swinging number leaning more straight ahead than one was used to hearing Bill Evans (sax) pl...

Mahavishnu: The Wait (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 10, 08

Adventures in Radioland was the follow-up to Mahavishnu's 1984 Mahavishnu. That album had John McLaughlin almost excl...

Bill Evans (sax): Chatterton Falls (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 02, 09

The 1980s was an exciting, creative and busy period for jazz fusion star Bill Evans (sax). He had high- profile gigs ...

Egan, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Egan, Mark, One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself as an in-d...

Rolli, Maurizio posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rolli, Maurizio, bass; Maurizio Rolli is a graduate in double bass and jazz music studies. He is currently teachin...

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