Jazz Articles about Dave Anderson

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Album Review

A follow up to his highly-acclaimed debut album Clarity (Pony Boy Records, 2010), saxophonist Dave Anderson presents his second foray into the modern jazz landscape but this time, adding a tinge of the blues with the artful and engaging Blue Innuendo, offering a selection of original music that sizzles and swings from beginning to end. The title of the album is drawn from an original song penned and dedicated to the great organ master Joey D'Francesco after hearing the organist ...

Album Review

Dave Anderson: Clarity

Read "Clarity" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 8, 2011

Cresciuto in una famiglia di musicisti e svezzato da una serie di interessanti collaborazioni (Clark Terry, Gene Bertoncini, Mel Torme), il saxofonista Dave Anderson arriva al debutto da leader per la Pony Boy Records a capo di un quartetto compattato da un paio d'anni di comune militanza.Clarity è un album che rilascia una infinita serie di melodie gradevoli, adatte sia per essere ascoltate a volume deciso (l'up tempo “Troubled Angel"), ma anche per staresene in sottofondo con discrezione ...

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Album Review

Dave Anderson Quartet: Clarity

Read "Clarity" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
August 16, 2010

Having built a reputation as an exceptional reedman in Seattle, Dave Anderson presents a sparkling debut on the melodically rich Clarity, alternating between alto and soprano saxophones on eight original compositions and two covers. Having performed extensively throughout North America with luminaries like Jim McNeely, Clark Terry and the late great Mel Tormé, Anderson moved to Seattle in 2005 from his native Minnesota, forming Dave Anderson Quartet after a one-nighter at Egan's Ballard Jamhouse. The group consists of pianist John ...