Search results for "Mark Turner"

Mark Turner (with Joshua Redman): 317 East 32nd Street (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

As a student at Berklee, Mark Turner was looking for an alternative to the dominant post-bebop ideology, and discover...

Mark Turner: Late Lament (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 07, 09

When Mark Turner did his obligatory Ballad Session for Warner Brothers in 1999, another of his influences—in addition...

Mark Turner: She Said, She Said (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

At the time of this recording, Mark Turner and Kurt Rosenwinkel were in two working groups together, developing a sea...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Mark Turner: Moment's Notice (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music February 11, 09

The lone standard on Mark Turner's debut as a leader could not pass through the hands of these young talents and come...

Jaleel Shaw (with Mark Turner): Grand Central (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music May 25, 09

This is a studio band that I would like to hear live, or at least on another CD. The pairing of Shaw and Turner in t...

Mark Turner / Larry Grenadier / Jeff Ballard: Child's Play (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 03, 08

Ballard's highly melodic drums open this tune, soon followed by Grenadier's bass. Turner enters last, almost on tipto...

Fly: Sky & Country (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 12, 09

The jazz trio Fly considers itself to have three co-leaders. You've heard of group think? This is group-think music. ...

Fly: Lady B (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 09, 09

This is very much an ensemble performance. And these guys are really serious about that. An email went out from Fly's...

Robert Glasper: Riot (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

Robert Glasper’s reputation as an entertaining character is earned yet again in his performance of Herbie Hancock’s ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Flute (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 16, 09

This track from Kurt Rosenwinkel’s latest CD refers to the Japanese Shakuhachi flute traditionally associated with Ze...

Fly: Super Sister (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music March 10, 09

Saxophone, bass, drums. I immediately think of Sonny Rollins, or maybe even Branford Marsalis in a more modern contex...

Enrico Rava: Outsider (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

Although I can't read Enrico Rava's mind, "Outsider" could just as well refer to his late mentor Steve Lacy, who spen...

Enrico Rava: Lulù (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music January 31, 09

At first glance, this summit of leading Italian and American jazz musicians might seem to present an incongruous comb...

Perico Sambeat: Barri de la Coma (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music February 26, 08

Close your eyes, open your ears, and you'll almost think this is one of those Blue Note sessions with a Latin twist t...

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Chords (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music April 09, 08

Rosenwinkel's debut release on ArtistShare finds him stretching out at length – two CDs comprised of just eight track...

Fly: Perla Morena (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music March 13, 09

The jazz tradition of pianoless sax trios mostly derives from the example of a few hard-edged and gritty tenor-driven...

The October Trio & Brad Turner: Bird Colony (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 01, 09

In what might seem like a nod to the early music of Ornette Coleman, The October Trio draws out a musical line of log...

Bill Wimmer: Cherry Red (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music March 10, 09

Tenor saxophonist Bill Wimmer leads his group of native Nebraskans on this funky tune credited to the blues shouter a...

In Conversation With Fly: Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, and Mark Turner posted in Features and Interviews June 09, 09

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Kramer, Mark (Steven) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kramer, Mark (Steven), pianist, recording engineer; b. Philadelphia, PA, 3 November 1945. Kramer was born into a fami...

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