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Mac Gollehon: The End is the Beginning
by John Pietaro
From the opening moments of “As Your World Burns," Mac Gollehon's music embraces not simply the underground, but the underside. This collection of fleeting, gripping brass and dense atmosphere amounts to the lost score for the '70s-'80s noir film we've longed for, as nasty in its perfection as was the Manhattan of those years. Gollehon's trumpet soars above the fray, offering a mind's eye view of urban decay, violent crime, and rooftop fisticuffs in the cold light of day or ...
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by Paul Naser
It's not often you hear of Miles Davis complementing trumpet players, but apparently prolific studio player Mac Gollehon was one of the rare exceptions. Nicknamed “chops" by the jazz icon (according to myth anyway), Gollehon has a very impressive resume; arranging and playing lead trumpet on over 500 gold/platinum records, he worked with big names like the late master David Bowie on his legendary “Let's Dance," 80's favorites Duran Duran and the inimitable Rick James to name just a few. ...
read moreMac Gollehon: Oddissey of Nostalgia
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ecco un CD che, a un primo ascolto, potrebbe essere facilmente trascurato: un programma di classici del jazz, riproposti in modo apparentemente privo di particolarità - né filologici, né rivoluzionari - da musicisti non di primo piano (vi svetta, e un po' sorprende la sua presenza, Amina Claudine Myers), coronato da un titolo (offerto dall'unica composizione originale) che lo inquadra in modo perfetto. E invece un ascolto più attento rivela aspetti originali che si nascondono, forse volutamente, tra le pieghe ...
read moreMac Gollehon: Straight Ahead
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ogni tanto si scoprono artisti che, per l'altissimo livello professionale raggiunto, passano buona parte della loro esistenza fra studi e tour, non facendosi notare in ambito jazzistico. Quando trovano il tempo e il sostegno per realizzare un lavoro personale, spesso sorprendono per maturità e competenza. Mac Gollehon è uno di questi e Straight Ahead è uno dei suoi rari lavori da titolare, fra i quali si distingue In the Spirit of Fats Navarro. Adolescente era già membro occasionale della big ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Brass man Mac Gollehon means business on Mac Straight Ahead. The ten tracks on this album present Gollehon in a variety of settings and on a variety of instruments...at the same time. While the idea of overdubbing oneself on record is fraught with peril, Gollehon beats the odds. Sometimes he conjures sounds of a full, brassy big band, while other settings pare things down to a few instrumental voices. Though trumpet might be his main axe, Gollehon plays better trombone ...
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by AAJ Staff
The broad listening public may be starting to perceive the exhilarating trumpeting of Mac Gollehon. However, the musicians and entertainers have known about him for a long time.Having performing with top-shelf music industry icons like Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Mick Jagger, Gollehon understands the necessity to entertain audiences through the power of his instrument. And he has learned to improvise on-the-spot solos that thrill listeners, even as he weaves a story and ...
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