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Richie Cole, Geri Allen & Vince Ector
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 813th Episode of Neon Jazz with drummer Vince Ector leading his Organatomy Trio Plus with a cut from Llive at The Side Door. From there, we hear from his mentor in the late Ralph Peterson. We follow Bemsha Swing" with music from Leo Sidran, Ben Miller, Jeb Patton and Ellie Martin. In between, we get classic cuts from Richie Cole, Maynard Ferguson and Geri Allen. Dig the jazz, my friends. Playlist Vince Ector and ...
read moreThe Vince Ector Group at Cecil's Jazz Club
by David A. Orthmann
The Vince Ector Group Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, NJ April 28, 2006
The opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club was the first time The Vince Ector Group worked together as a unit. Instead of the familiar language of a standard repertoire, Ector choose to perform mostly material from his two records as a leader, Rhythm Master (Blues Leaf Records), and Renewal of The Spirit (Mambo Maniacs Records). There was also nothing safe about ...
read moreVince Ector's Renewal Of The Spirit
by David A. Orthmann
During the course of Renewal Of The Spirit (Mambo Maniacs Records), Vince Ector's second recording as a leader, he forges a coherent, highly individualistic style of drumming from a number of disparate elements. One of the pleasures of listening to Ector on the disc's eleven tracks is discovering all of the things he brings to the music while working inside of the parameters of conventional jazz, funk, and Latin rhythms. His diverse sticking patterns, changes in dynamics, and contrasting timbres ...
read moreVince Ector: Rhythm Master
by David A. Orthmann
Energized by a core trio with bassist Dwayne Burno and pianist John di Martino, drummer Vince Ector's debut displays the loose, enjoyable feeling of a hard bop blowing session, yet the scope of the material and arrangements indicate a great deal of thought and preparation. Inventively utilizing a number of combinations of trombone, tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, trumpet, guitar, and percussion, the set includes American popular songs (eg. I've Got The World On A String"), jazz standards (eg. Short ...
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