Jazz Articles about Bobby Bradford

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David Ornette Cherry: Organic Groove

by Rex Butters
October 20, 2005

Recorded in 2000, Organic Groove features a too brief taste of David Ornette Cherry's writing and playing with a Los Angeles dream band, including Bobby Bradford, Roberto Miranda, and Ralph Jones, to name a few. Cherry possesses a broad musical attention span, making a program of his work a musical travelogue. But no dilettante is he, holding legitimate lineage in several musical traditions. A generous leader, he usually limits his contributions to skillfully framing his ace soloists.“Mano opens ...

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Bobby Bradford: Love

by Rex Butters
March 6, 2004

During an extended stay in England in 1973, cornetist Bobby Bradford found kindred musical spirits in reedman Trevor Watts, drummer John Stevens, and bassist Kent Carter. They only recorded once, live during a week’s residency in a Parisian club. Parts of those shows make up Love’s Dream, the latest release of this material from Emanem. Of the six tracks only two are complete, the other four edits. Two tracks are previously unreleased, with all compositions by Bradford. ...

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Bobby Bradford: Love's Dream

by A. Henkin
February 14, 2004

The avant-garde has never really endeared itself to the trumpet. More players seemed to have gravitated towards the snarls of the saxophone or the vox humana quality of the trombone.

Bobby Bradford is a lesser known but no less accomplished member of the progressive trumpet ranks, even replacing Cherry in Ornette Coleman’s band in the early ‘60s. He is best known for a long collaboration with the late clarinetist John Carter, one of the more successful long term relationships in ...

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Bobby Bradford/Francis Wong/William Roper: Purple Gums

by Rex Butters
August 25, 2003

The San Francisco-based Asian Improv label continues to release remarkable sessions with Purple Gums, a wind trio with Bobby Bradford, William Roper, and Francis Wong. The resulting disc shows a band deeply attuned to each other's whims, and skillful in extending musical conversations.

"Baleen and Porpoises" begins with Roper's low notes on tuba. Bradford enters with a cornet fanfare, then Wong, and the two of them chase each other like pups. Roper's round smooth tone and fluency makes him an ...