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, 09

Saxophonist 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, 09

The 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, 09

Donny 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, 08

After 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, 07

In 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, 08

This 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, 09

Tribute 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, 09

The 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, 07

Colley, 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, 08

Here, 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, 08

Back 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, 08

This 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, 09

There 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, 07

Williams, 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, 07

McCaslin, 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, 07

Carrothers, Bill [William Gaylord Carrothers III], pianist, composer; b. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 13 July 1964. His f...

Shank, Kendra posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Shank, Kendra (Ann), vocalist, guitarist, percussionist; b. Woodland, CA, 23 April 1958. Lived in Davis, CA until ...

Perowsky, Ben posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Perowsky, Ben, drummer, percussion, electronics; b. New York City, NY, 12 May 1966. His father is saxophonist/clarine...

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