Search results for "Marcus Gilmore"
Joe Martin: Semente (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music September 13, 09You must be a pretty good acoustic bass player if you stand out without even having to solo, and even more so when yo...
Mimi Jones: Watch Your Step (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music August 13, 09Recorded by Mimi Jones, "Watch Your Step" may remind you of tracks cut by the Derek Trucks Band after Trucks signed w...
Mimi Jones: For Granted (Rating: 81/100) posted in Music August 13, 09Mimi Jones' "For Granted" manages to entertain even though its final results are average. The first aspect of the mu...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Peace (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music January 30, 08Horace Silver was better known for his groove numbers of various types -- Latin, funk, hard bop -- than for ballads. ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: This Is It (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 30, 08On the longest track from Rubalcaba's Avatar CD, the band stretches out for a 12-minute exploration of Yosvany Terry'...
Hans Glawischnig (with Chick Corea): Oceanography (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 05, 08Back at the birth of modern jazz, songs were named after academic disciplines. Jam session participants would move f...
Vijay Iyer: Comin' Up (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 12, 08The composition may have been written by bebop titan Bud Powell, but don't let that fool you. Few pianists of the cu...
Christian Scott: Anthem (Antediluvian Adaptation) (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 03, 09Young, bold, and loquacious, New Orleans born trumpeter Christian Scott is a breath of fresh air to modern jazz. At a...
Mimi Jones: Suite Mary (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music August 25, 09A New Day is the debut CD from bassist Mimi Jones, formerly known by her real name, Miriam Sullivan. As Sullivan, sh...
Nicholas Payton: Fleur de Lis (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 30, 08After deliberately establishing the beat with Gilmore's clear and sustained cymbal and snare work on the opening, the...
Jeff Tain Watts: 107 Steps (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 21, 09The drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts has a fertile imagination, to say the least. How he transposed Bjork’s slow and sweepin...
Wayne Shorter: Children of the Night (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 18, 08"Children Of The Night" appeared frequently on set lists for Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers during Wayne Shorter’s tenu...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: 12 ESSSENTIAL WAYNE SHORTER TRACKS
Early stints with Horace Silver and Maynard Ferguson introduced Wayne Shorter’s riveting sound to the jazz community ...
In Conversation with Hans Glawischnig posted in Features and Interviews March 05, 08By Tomas Peña Your father, Dieter Glawischnig is a classically trained pianist and composer whose heart lies...
Nicholas Payton: Chinatown (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music April 30, 08Nicholas Payton, hailed by some as a young lion of jazz trumpet, takes a fresh approach in this offering. Predominate...
Christian Scott: Litany Against Fear (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music June 24, 08The atmosphere is dark and poignant: we are in Hurricane Katrina's wake, and Christian Scott has very efficiently ren...
Sardinia Presents Time in Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 08Paris-based Thierry Quénum, a regular contributor to jazz.com, sends us this report on an unusual jazz festival in a ...
In Conversation with Nicholas Payton posted in Features and Interviews August 29, 08By Ted Panken ...
Gilad Hekselman: New York Angels (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 11, 09It takes a special player to amass remarkable technical skills but to use them primarily to create an unpretentious p...
In Conversation with Terence Blanchard posted in Features and Interviews November 01, 09By Ted Panken ...
Day Three at Monterey posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 22, 09Pamela Espeland, who writes on jazz for MinnPost.com and her own blog Bebopified, concludes her coverage of the 52n...
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