Jazz Articles about Ethan Winogrand

Ethan Winogrand: Tangled Tango

by Troy Collins
June 12, 2007

Drummer Ethan Winogrand's early days were spent in the punk band Joe Cool, playing alongside such innovative acts as Television, The Talking Heads, Blondie and the Ramones at New York's CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. An early interest in jazz led to a variety of side-man gigs and four years living in Copenhagen. Moving from Brooklyn to the north of Spain in 2000, Winogrand assembled an international cast for Tangled Tango. Drawing on his varied past, Winogrand's swinging post-bop writing ...

Ethan Winogrand: Tangled Tango

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 14, 2007

Tangled Tango, tango aggrovigliato. Ammesso che esista un tango, ovvero la traduzione in musica della sensualità, semplice. Ma, contravvenendo al titolo dell'album, il brano di apertura è abbastanza diretto e lineare, nonchè piuttosto distante dal tango. Poi, con il susseguirsi dei brani, l'album acquisisce in complessità, merce rara nelle composizioni dei batteristi, solitamente più focalizzati sugli aspetti prettamente ritmici della musica. Interessante questo Winogrand, ci viene da pensare. Ma ... un momento ... Negli anni '70 al CBGB's si esibiva ...

Ethan Winogrand: Made In Brooklyn

by Mark Corroto
October 23, 2003

You have to love drummer-led recordings. Is it because the producer mixes the leader a bit louder, or maybe you just concentrate more on the beat? Maybe both. Sessions led by Billy Higgins, Roy Haynes, Tony Williams, or today’s stars like Jim Black, Matt Wilson and Joey Baron cause you to focus on subtleties and the sounds made with sticks.

Try as he does to direct your attention away from himself throughout Made In Brooklyn, Ethan Winogrand ...