Jazz Articles about Jessica Jones

Saxophonist Jessica Jones is on a Continuum

by Lorens Chuno
May 19, 2019

Jessica Jones Quartet's latest album, Continuum, is the product of an earnest and organic execution of musical creativity. Continuum features Jessica Jones on tenor saxophone, tony Jones on tenor saxophone, Stomu Takeishi on bass, Kenny Wollesen on drums, Devante Dunbar on alto saxophone, Ed Reed on vocals, Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet, and Mamadou Sidibe on Kamali ngoni. Joins Jessica and me as we talk about the album, the Bay area, cats in Africa, and other not quite related topics. Playlist ...

Jessica Jones Quartet: Moxie

by Dan Bilawsky
November 21, 2015

Moxie is both an extension of tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones' previous work and a glimpse back to an earlier point in her career: she continues to explore the possibilities inherent in a piano-less quartet with a two-tenor front line while reuniting with a rhythm duo that she worked with in the '80s--bassist Stomu Takeishi and drummer Kenny Wolleson. The music that she makes here, with that team and fellow tenor/husband Tony Jones, is predictably unpredictable, grounded yet far-reaching, and irresistibly ...

Jøkleba: Outland

by Vic Albani
April 9, 2015

Jøkleba giunge al quinto capitolo della propria storia approdando finalmente sulle spiagge ECM. Il più imprevedibile dei gruppi della Norvegia contemporanea omaggia il trionfo dell'enfasi elettronica correlando il discorso musicale a quello (citato iconograficamente nel libretto di copertina) del pittore, compositore e scrittore elvetico Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) che passò oltre metà della propria vita in un ospedale psichiatrico. Il fiume musicale è ricco e minimalista. Parla di colore e pulsione, di collettivo e di ispirazione e sembra voler porre in ...

Jessica Jones - Mark Taylor: Live at the Freight

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 23, 2013

Una formazione con il corno francese ci fa inevitabilmente tornare in mente John Graas, specialista di questo strumento rarissimo nel jazz e musicista che ha lasciato pochissimi eredi dopo la morte, avvenuta per infarto nel 1962, quando aveva solo trentotto anni. Tra i suoi continuatori c'è sicuramente Mark Taylor che in questo live dimostra una spiccata personalità, sia come strumentista in grado di fraseggiare con un bell'eloquio senza farsi imbrigliare nei toni ampi e aulici del corno francese, sia come ...

Jessica Jones & Mark Taylor: Live at the Freight

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
August 29, 2012

Live at the Freight chronicles a June 2011 date at the venerable Freight & Salvage coffeehouse in Berkeley, California, co-led by tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones and French horn and mellophone player Mark Taylor. The compositions, all originals and mostly quite good, are split between the two leaders.The first slightly unusual twist to the quartet is the presence of the French horn, rather than a trumpet. Saxophonist Jones makes the case for the French horn this way: “Trumpeters don't ...

Jessica Jones: More "Word"

by Mark Corroto
March 24, 2009

Tenor saxophonist Jessica Jones has worked with the likes of Joseph Jarman, Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Steve Coleman and Peter Apfelbaum. A current resident of Brooklyn, NY, she lives with her saxophonist/husband Tony and is a long time jazz educator focusing on children to develop their talent for improvising, composition and oral tradition.

She has previously released Family (Nine Winds, 1997) and Nod (New Artists, 2004). Word (New Artist, 2008) includes poetry, song, and some free ...

Jessica Jones Quartet: Word

by Michael P. Gladstone
August 26, 2008

The provocative Word takes a few bites from different pies, making it quite an interesting album. This is a Jones family project--leader, pianist and saxophonist Jessica is joined by husband Tony (saxophone), daughter Candace (vocals) and son Levi (bass).

Jessica Jones, Bay Area native, is now a resident of Brooklyn. Both she and her husband have a background working within the free jazz community with artists including Joseph Jarman, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor and Peter Apfelbaum. ...