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Daniel Smith: The Swingin' Bassoon
by Jerry D'Souza
The bassoon is a difficult instrument to navigate. Yusef Lateef, Ken McIntyre and Frankie Trumbauer are among the few who have played it, although the fit into jazz is often less than tidy. Daniel Smith has sufficient technique to give his instrument of choice an interesting enough voice. Smith has focus and creativity, which he shows ...
Scrapple From The Apple
Album: The Swingin' Bassoon
By Daniel Smith
Label: Zah Zah
Released: 2007
Duration: 4:28
Bebop Bassoon
By Daniel Smith
Label: Zah Zah
Released: 2006
Track listing: Killer Joe; Anthropology; Blue Monk; Sister Sadie; In A Sentimental Mood; All Blues; Doxy; Up
Against the Wall; Birk's Works; Sticky Wicket.
Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
by AAJ Italy Staff
Beh, che si può dire di un disco come Bebop Bassoon, un titolo un programma, due parole che racchiudono intenti e soprattutto limiti di una tale operazione? Daniel Smith è un virtuoso del fagotto, strumento che traghetta con estrema disinvoltura dall’ambito classico a quello jazzistico, conferendogli una dignità solistica da sempre negata soprattutto nella musica improvvisata. ...
Killer Joe
Album: Bebop Bassoon
By Daniel Smith
Label: Zah Zah
Released: 2006
Duration: 6:26
Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
by Dan McClenaghan
The bassoon is rarely heard in jazz. The big, deep-toned double reed instrument is much more at home in the classical world. When encountered in a jazz setting, it's usually in larger ensemble recordings, painting dark colors in the harmonies. Saxophonist Wayne Shorter's classic Alegria (Verve, 2003) is a good example of the more common usage ...
Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
by Jim Santella
The unique sound of a bassoon brings a considerable amount of restraint to jazz. By its nature, the centuries-old instrument provides a suitable avenue for channeling cool, laid-back ventures; classical music has long depicted its gentle spirit with subtlety. Bassoonist Daniel Smith swings with hearty passion on this recording, alongside an acoustic piano trio that does ...
Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
by Michael P. Gladstone
Daniel Smith has invested a lot of time and energy to bring the repertoire of the bassoon into ragtime, jazz and contemporary music. Smith has recorded such titles as Bassoon Bon Bons, Bravo Bassoon and The Swinging Bassoon, as well as performances of Gunther Schuller's “Concerto for Contrabassoon and Orchestra" and Steve Gray's “Jazz Suite For ...
Sounds Like Rain
By Chris Conway
Label: Zah Zah
Released: 2000
Track listing: Silver Rain/Gwezen an Avalou'; Endless Night; Inside Out; Earth Child; Tomorrow Lives Again; Stormy Point; Who Pays The Price; The Long Way; Received Wisdom; Minute Of The Hour; Chasing Rainbows/Rainbow Reel/Rainbows End; River Blue; Nova Scotia; The Old Road; Better Times In Sight
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