Jazz Articles about Bobby Zankel

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Live Review

Bobby Zankel Quartet at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

by Victor L. Schermer
December 25, 2015

Bobby Zankel/ Dave Burrell/ William Parker/ Andrew Cyrille QuartetPhiladelphia Art Alliance Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia, PA December 18, 2015 When you bring together four of the most passionate avant-garde jazz musicians, something interesting is bound to occur. In this concert, the musicians were not only top shelf but, in addition, they were superbly well-matched and the planets were all in the right configuration for magic to happen. Most importantly, the personnel assembled for ...

Live Review

Oliver Lake and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound at the Painted Bride

by Victor L. Schermer
November 7, 2015

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Special Guest Oliver Lake The Painted Bride Philadelphia, PA November 4, 2015 This was the second of three events in which Philadelphia's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound brought on musically diverse special guest artists to perform with them, following a highly successful similar series last season. The first concert of the present series featured tenor saxophonist Odean Pope and multi-talented entertainer and artist Raphael ...

Live From Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Cutting Edge Big Band: Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound

by Victor L. Schermer
October 5, 2015

Anyone familiar with the music business can tell you that it's hard enough to get a big band together for an occasional gig, let alone sustain it over an extended period of time. The time and effort involved in composing and arranging new charts, covering the cost of twelve or more musicians, and meshing their complicated schedules, all militate against the longevity of such enterprises. Thus, a working big band that features the best players performing challenging cutting edge jazz ...

Live Review

Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Jaleel Shaw at Philadelphia Clef Club

by Victor L. Schermer
June 6, 2015

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Jaleel Shaw Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz Philadelphia, PA June 2, 2015 This killer of a concert capped a series of four in which Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound invited guest artists to join them in performing Zankel compositions and arrangements. Seasoned innovators Dave Burrell, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Don Byron were featured in the first three events, and this show brought ...

Live Review

Bobby Zankel’s Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Rudresh Mahanthappa at Philadelphia Clef Club 2015

by Victor L. Schermer
April 13, 2015

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Rudresh Mahanthappa Jazz Appreciation Month Ars Nova Workshop Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz Philadelphia, PA April 7, 2015 Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound have been delivering exciting shows featuring Zankel's and others' innovative compositions and arrangements for over fifteen years, and this was one of their most glowing and electrifying performances to date. This big band of some of the best and most ...

Live Review

Celebrating Cecil Taylor at the Painted Bride Art Center

by Victor L. Schermer
March 14, 2014

Still the New Thing The Painted Bride Art CenterPhiladelphia, PA March 8, 2014 This concert was the first in a series entitled “Still the New Thing" honoring three icons of avant-garde jazz: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and Sun Ra. Cecil Taylor turns 85 years old in March. To acknowledge the occasion, saxophonist, band leader, and composer/arranger Bobby Zankel brought with him to the Painted Bride four other legendary musicians who worked extensively with Taylor or ...

Interview

Bobby Zankel: Revisiting Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

by Victor L. Schermer
October 10, 2012

John Coltrane's iconic A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) is a jazz perennial, continuing to attract and move listeners around the globe nearly five decades after it was released. Great musicians, such as guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana, and saxophonist Joshua Redman cite its profound influence on their career. The Branford Marsalis Quartet , with A Love Supreme Live (Marsalis Music, 2004, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, on A Love Supreme (Palmetto, 2005), The Turtle Island String ...