Search results for "Gil Goldstein"

Dave Liebman & Gil Goldstein: A Boy Like That / I Have a Love (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music February 23, 09

West Side Story revamps its Shakespearean source most clearly in the final scenes, as "Juliet" (that is, Maria) does ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Karrin Allyson: All I Want (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music December 05, 07

Allyson livens up Joni Mitchell's ode with a lively Jamaican beat, courtesy of Gil Goldstein's overheated imagination...

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...

Abbey Lincoln: Throw It Away (2006) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

“Throw it Away” is Lincoln’s best-known composition, and has gradually become a jazz standard. But nobody sings it ...

Pat Martino: Willow Weep for Me (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 30, 08

This is a rather unusual tempo for Pat Martino, but on this whole ballad record he decided to renounce his "fastest g...

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 ...

Karrin Allyson: Estrada do Sol (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 28, 08

On her Imagina CD, Karrin Allyson uncovers some of the lesser known gems from the oeuvre of Antonio Carlos Jobim. In...

David Sanborn (with Eric Clapton): I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music August 18, 08

You don't often find Eric Clapton guesting on a jazz CD, but the heavy blues emphasis on this new David Sanborn relea...

Gil Evans: Let The Juice Loose (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music May 12, 08

For the last five years of his life, Gil Evans and his Monday Night Orchestra held forth at the New York's Sweet Basi...

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 ...

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...

Pat Martino: Exit (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 31, 08

"Exit" is an interesting, almost free-form performance. Bassist Davis starts things off with a textured solo. Pianist...

Jim Hall: Big Blues (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

On this dark-toned blues dedicated to Stanley Turrentine, Hall displays his advanced harmonic sense and lyricism in t...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

          The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...

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...

In Conversation with Mike Stern posted in Features and Interviews October 02, 09

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Chris Botti: La Belle Dame Sans Regrets (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

During the original mid-'60s bossa nova craze, Brazilian Portuguese was the lingua franca. Despite being understood w...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: HARMON-IZED TRUMPETS

"It has heretofore been a great annoyance for the neighborhood if a person commences to practice on a brass inst...

Clark, John (Trevor) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Clark, John (Trevor), French horn, composer; b. Brooklyn, NY, 21 September 1944. He grew up mainly in Rochester, NY....

Petite Blonde: Two Price Hit (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 01, 08

Ostensibly, Bill Evans (sax) led the band for this live outing. The players have all been part of a revolving fusion ...

Pietro Tonolo & Danilo Rea: Ah, cosa non è stato sotto la luna (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music July 22, 08

They are not well known beyond the borders of their native country (although Tonolo has played with the likes of Gil ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ITALIAN JAZZ

From its American origins, jazz has spread all over the world. In the process, the music has revealed not just i...

Garrison, Matt (Matthew Justin) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Garrison, Matt (Matthew Justin), bassist; b. New York, NY, 2 June 1970. From an early age he would sing the bass line...

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