Jazz Articles about Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose & Scott Amendola

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Ben Goldberg / Todd Sickafoose / Scott Amendola: Here to There

by Mark Corroto
December 7, 2024

There was a very good reason that James Brown would shout “take me to the bridge." In an interview, he explained: “I heard someone use that expression maybe 45 years ago, referring to the middle part of a song, and I changed it to mean a release." Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassist Todd Sickafoose and drummer Scott Amendola utilize that same release with an exploration of the bridges from Thelonious Monk's compositions. Goldberg and Amendola have explored Monk's music ...