Jazz Articles about Alphonse Mouzon

Eugene McDaniels: Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse

by AAJ Staff
January 20, 2003

This is soul. Not Al Green soul. Not Isaac Hayes soul (but perhaps a bit closer to that). This is the soul of the black man. It is the soul of a student of history who is sick and tired of force-feeding and ready to spit back. This is the soul of a man tired of the system and using his art to reframe and correct it.When it first came out in 1971, Eugene McDaniels’ vitriolic statement irked ...

Alphonse Mouzon: Love Songs and Ballads

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 1998

When I reviewed Alphonse Mouzon's last album entitled Turning night into day I was amazed at the line-up of stars appearing on his album, well this greatest hits album includes an array of stars which I have never seen before, just look at the list of saxophonists which have appeared on his albums. Its like a who's who of CJazz.

Alphonse has selected 15 cuts from his previous releases and added two new songs from his forthcoming Smooth ...

Alphonse Mouzon: The Night Is Still Young

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 1997

When I first received this autographed copy of Alphonse Mouzon's current release, I was amazed to learn that this multi-instrumentalist had no fewer than eleven solo albums to his credit. Reading the musicians on these albums is like reading the who's who of the contemporary jazz world with artists appearing such as Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Lee Ritenour, Stanley Clarke, Russ Freeman, Nathan East, Michael Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, Tom Scott, Ronnie Laws to namedrop with only a few of these ...