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Eva Novoa: Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio, Vol. 1

Read "Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio, Vol. 1" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


A vivid sense of drama and its intrinsic, minute shadings of light upon dark places animate pianistEva Novoa's work. Barcelona bred and keening with Brooklyn bravura, Novoa swaps the fore and backgrounds with uncompromised glee. Expressionistic, Impressionistic, and forthright, she aligns and upsets the edges to her liking. That, along with the crackling, crosstown chi of bassist/modular synthesist ((Drew Gress}} and drummer Devin Gray makes music like “Miss Celebrity," “Sushi at 6," in fact the whole of Novoa/Gress/Gray Trio, Vol. ...

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Devin Gray: Most Definitely

Read "Most Definitely" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Un intero album di sole percussioni (peraltro con periodiche intromissioni elettroniche) di oltre settanta minuti (23 brani, 19 brevissimi e due attorno ai venti minuti, con svariate dediche, più o meno esplicite) non è proprio ciò che ci capita di ascoltare tutti i giorni. La sfida è di quelle da far tremare i polsi, come si dice, anche se ormai da tempo operazioni del genere non sono più una novità, sfida che il quarantenne Devin Gray, nativo del Maine, supera ...

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Devin Gray, Benoit Delbecq and Oh! Canada

Read "Devin Gray, Benoit Delbecq and Oh! Canada" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


With this show's air date falling on July 1st, Canada Day, I decided I best get all patriotic, eh, and program a wide variety of Canadian artists in the second half to celebrate Canadian jazz. In the first part there are tunes from new releases by Benoit Delbecq, the trio of Devin Gray, Ralph Alessi and Angelica Sanchez, Ireland's freewheeling trio of saxophonist Adam Nolan, and two guitarists--Poland's Grzegorz Lesiak and his band Tatvamasi and New York's Alex Levine.

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Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan II

Read "Dirigo Rataplan II" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


A sei anni di distanza dall'ottimo esordio, ecco il secondo capitolo del Devin Gray's Dirigo Rataplan, una delle formazioni che l'ancor giovane batterista di stanza a New York utilizza per veicolare la sua eclettica visione musicale. E che quartetto, perché oltre al leader troviamo Dave Ballou (trombettista assai considerato dai colleghi e attivo anche nell'ambito della musica classica e barocca), Ellery Eskelin (sassofonista che sfugge a qualsiasi categorizzazione ed è riferimento imprescindibile della scena creativa statunitense), Michael Formanek, un gigante ...

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Devin Gray, Jakob Bro Trio and More

Read "Devin Gray, Jakob Bro Trio and More" reviewed by Maurice Hogue


This episode of One Man's Jazz is in its usual global mode with new releases from Portugal's José Lencastre and his Nau Quartet, the Jakob Bro Trio, Medeski Martin & Wood, Devin Gray, France's Stéphane Kerecki Quartet and Bruno Tocanne, Norway's Anders Lønne Grønseth, Earthflow and the Gondwana Orchestra (with Dwight Trible) from England, and the Walking Distance Quartet. Plus a small tribute to the great pianist, Randy Weston, who passed away in September. Playlist Adam Hopkins ...

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Devin Gray: Dirigo Rataplan II

Read "Dirigo Rataplan II" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Dirigo Rataplan is a group led by drummer Devin Gray that contains three outstanding musicians with Baltimore ties, saxophonist Ellery Eskelin, trumpeter Dave Ballou and bassist Michael Formanek. They first recorded in 2012, and six years later they have released a followup CD, Dirigo Rataplan II, with a rambunctious inside-outside style that is based on strong melodies and rhythms but still allows plenty of room for fiery improvisation. Several of the tracks are built around heavy rumbling bass ...

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Devin Gray e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Devin Gray e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Devin Gray: L'improvvisazione. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. D.G.: La consapevolezza. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. D.G.: Quando sento che il pubblico sta ascoltando. AAJ: Come musicista, il mio principale difetto. D.G.: Cercare di fare tutto, ogni volta. AAJ: ...


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