Search results for "Scott Colley"
Andrew Hill: Divine Revelation (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08"Divine Revelation" from Andrew Hill's A Beautiful Day, a live big band date recorded at Birdland in 2002, is an exam...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS
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David Binney: Squares and Palaces (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music February 16, 09Saxophonist David Binney's composition has an air of mystery and intrigue. It could make a good movie soundtrack for ...
David Binney: Third Occasion (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music February 17, 09The title is from a passage in Graham Greene's novel The Heart of the Matter (1948). "To be a human being one had to ...
John Pondel: Mr. Obvious (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music September 24, 09“Mr. Obvious” is a clever John Pondel composition that utilizes the cool, smoky sound of David Binney’s alto and Pon...
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...
Chris Potter: Boogie Stop Shuffle (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music January 14, 08After a four-minute-plus unaccompanied tenor sax introduction (so substantial that it is separated onto another track...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
Whenever I step inside the Village Vanguard, I am always struck by a déjà vu sense of the awe-inspiring amounts of ...
Chris Potter: 7.5 (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 22, 07In November 1957, Sonny Rollins became the first jazz artist to record live at the Village Vanguard. Forty-five year...
Andrew Hill: Dusk (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 20, 08This project was initially spurred by Hill's re-creation of the instrumentation from his classic 1964 Point of Depart...
Komeda Project: Ballad for Bernt (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 01, 09Tribute bands, for better or worse, are increasingly setting the tone for the jazz scene. But a tribute band dedicat...
Daniel Sadownick: Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 17, 09The appealing strong melody and rhythm of "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" has attracted countless jazz artists since...
Colley, Scott posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Colley, Scott, bassist; b. Los Angeles, CA, 24 November 1963. Played in jazz clubs around the Los Angeles area from t...
Greg Osby: Indiana (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music February 12, 08Here, the melody of "Indiana" is more a pretext for exploration and improvisation than the real center of intere...
Roy Hargrove: Ruby, My Dear (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music May 03, 08Back in 1989, when the young trumpet phenom Roy Hargrove was still establishing himself as a voice to be reckoned wit...
Roy Hargrove: Whisper Not (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 03, 08This 1989 recording has the distinct sound of the best 1960s Blue Note albums featuring such trumpeters as Lee Morgan...
Daniel Sadownick: There Will Be A Day (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music March 11, 09There Will Be A Day is Daniel Sadownick's debut album, and on it he reveals his impressive abilities not just as a pe...
Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence), drummer, composer, b. Mount Vernon, OH, 6 July 1950. His mother is Ann Willi...
McCaslin, Donny (Donald Paul) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07McCaslin, Donny (Donald Paul), tenor and soprano saxophone. also, flute, alto flute, and clarinet; b. Santa Clara, CA...
Carrothers, Bill (William Gaylord Carrothers III) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Carrothers, Bill [William Gaylord Carrothers III], pianist, composer; b. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 13 July 1964. His f...
Shank, Kendra posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Shank, Kendra (Ann), vocalist, guitarist, percussionist; b. Woodland, CA, 23 April 1958. Lived in Davis, CA until ...
Perowsky, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Perowsky, Ben, drummer, percussion, electronics; b. New York City, NY, 12 May 1966. His father is saxophonist/clarine...
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