Jazz Articles about Bennie Wallace

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Bennie Wallace: Bennie Wallace in Berlin

by C. Michael Bailey
August 15, 2002

Bennie Wallace, we are glad you are back from Hollywood...

I whole-heartedly agree with magazine-mate Glenn Astarita in his summation of Bennie Wallace’s new Enja recording Bennie Wallace in Berlin, when he states that “Bennie Wallace is irrefutably one of the finest tenor saxophonists alive." I am a relative late comer to Mr. Wallace’s music. I had known him by reputation and reading (two ways of “knowing" that are sorely lacking once compared to listening ), and Live in Berlin ...

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Bennie Wallace: Bennie Wallace In Berlin

by Glenn Astarita
August 8, 2002

Bennie Wallace is irrefutably one of the finest tenor saxophonists alive. Although his distinguishable talents sometimes lack the widespread recognition he justifiably deserves. With this live release, the tenorist performs with a superior rhythm section. They pep up Gershwin, and Arlen standards, while the leader contributes three pieces to this vibrantly enacted set. Wallace’s fluent, angular lines and acute utilization of all registers is subsidized by his broad, corpulent tone. Whether deconstructing or retooling a familiar ballad or adhering to ...

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Bennie Wallace: Moodsville

by Dan McClenaghan
May 18, 2002

Here's another set of standards, a bunch of songs out of The Great American Songbook. The line-up: Tenor sax out in front of the piano/bass/drums rhythm section. Nothing earthshaking here...But it's done on this Moodsville, with such style and reverence, with a distinct muscular-toned tenor flavor.The three rhythm guys on the disc--Mulgrew Miller on piano; Peter Washington, bass; and Lewis Nash doing the drum chores--are all better known in jazz circles than leader/tenor man Bennie Wallace, ...