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Brian Lynch, Emmet Cohn: Questioned Answer
by Maurizio Zerbo
Per l'ennesima volta Brian Lynch si conferma come uno dei migliori trombettisti jazz in circolazione. Questo CD mette in bella mostra tutte le sue potenzialità artistiche, facendone cogliere tutta quella poetica espressività che solo i grandi musicisti possiedono. Alla testa di un superbo quartetto, Lynch sfodera doti artistiche che non hanno nulla da invidiare a quelle di nomi più altisonanti, in particolare raffinato gusto armonico come compositore e improvvisatore e fraseggio estremamente elegante. Senza voler essere a ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch and Emmet Cohen: Questioned Answer
by Dan Bilawsky
Four highly regarded musicians from three different age groups come together for a two-leader session resulting in one terrific album. That's Questioned Answer by the numbers, but there's a lot more to the story than basic numerics. The partnership between veteran trumpeter Brian Lynch and rising star pianist Emmet Cohen was born out of serendipity and mutual appreciation. Lynch first heard Cohen when they were both working the 2011 Jazz Cruise--the former as a featured soloist and ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch: Unsung Heroes Vol. 2
by Maurizio Zerbo
Un'aurea classicità sostanzia l'elevato livello artistico di un trombettista superbo, abile nell'assorbire e riplasmare la tradizione del proprio strumento. L'ultimo CD di Brian Lynch costituisce un affascinante excursus nel repertorio dei musicians' musicians degli anni '50 e '60, tra i quali Tommy Turrentine, Idrees Sulieman, e Joe Gordon di cui Lynch propone partiture inedite. Le dieci tracce proposte fanno rilucere una tecnica brillante, che parte da una piena conoscenza del passato per delineare un percorso di forte impatto emotivo.
Continue Reading"Killer" Ray Appleton: Naptown Legacy
by AAJ Italy Staff
Quanti batteristi vorrebbero un'adolescenza come quella di “Killer" Ray Appleton? Nato a Indianapolis nel 1941, ha iniziato a suonare le percussioni a nove anni, formandosi in quella fervida scena musicale accanto a Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Melvin Rhyne, Larry Ridley e altri protagonisti dell'hard-bop anni cinquanta. In quel periodo Indianapolis era uno dei centri propulsivi del jazz moderno: da lì sono venuti Wes e Buddy Montgomery, J.J. Johnson, Slide Hampton, Pookie Johnson e molti altri strumentisti, che hanno contribuito a ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch and Spheres Of Influence: ConClave Vol. 2
by Edward Blanco
Long an exponent of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Latin jazz music, trumpeter/educator Brian Lynch presents a fine selection of originals and standards in another Latin-styled album, grounded in a strong modern jazz foundation. ConClave Vol. 2 draws on obvious elements of Latin music and contains the influence within a framework of a jazz project, as opposed to a typical, overtly expressive Latin jazz statement. On ConClave (Criss Cross, 2004), the majority of the tunes such as the blazing “Tom ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch and Spheres Of Influence: ConClave Vol. 2
by Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter Brian Lynch's ConClave Vol. 2 arrives six years after the first installment and, while the personnel are completely different on each date, both volumes boast collections of intelligent arrangements that juxtapose Latin rhythms and Afro-Cuban musical elements against modern jazz ideals. Lynch's ability to create hybrid forms of music that blend seemingly dissimilar elements with ease comes into play on this second volume, and the musicians that he selects for the date reflect this melting pot mindset.
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch: Unsung Heroes
by Bruce Lindsay
Trumpeter extraordinaire Brian Lynch is always willing, quite rightly, to acknowledge the masters who have gone before him. Some of the finest jazz trumpeters never made it big, while others no longer sit as securely in the minds of jazz fans as they once did. Nevertheless, they are all part, as Lynch writes, of “the jazz trumpet tradition" and their talents as players and composers deserve to be remembered and revisited. Unsung Heroes is Lynch's salute to some of these ...
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