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Brian Lynch
by AAJ Staff
For any aspiring young jazz player determined to make the move to the musical Mecca of New York City and make a living as a professional musician in the Big Apple, trumpeter Brian Lynch has some sage advice. “I think the thing about moving to place like New York, if you can make connections ahead of time and meet people there before you move, it helps a lot,” comments Lynch during a recent interview from his New York ...
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by C. Andrew Hovan
From stints with Horace Silver and Art Blakey to those with such Latin luminaries as Hector LaVoe and Eddie Palmieri, trumpeter Brian Lynch has learned his lessons well. First turning a few heads with his solid series of dates as a leader for Criss Cross, Lynch made the move to the fledgling Sharp Nine label in 1995. There he would record his first volume of quartet recordings, Keep Your Circle Small, to be followed two years later with the multifaceted ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch: Tribute to the Trumpet Masters
by David A. Orthmann
On his third release for Sharp Nine, Brian Lynch pays tribute to several influential trumpet stylists, and in the process proves that he also belongs in this elite circle. With two exceptions, the short list of his favorites is connected with the two progenitors of the hard bop genre, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, both of whom Lynch played with extensively. Utilizing a responsive rhythm section of pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Essiet Essiet, and drummer Carl Allen, he plays original ...
Continue ReadingBrian Lynch: Tribute to the Trumpet Masters
by David A. Orthmann
On his third release for Sharp Nine, Brian Lynch pays tribute to several influential trumpet stylists, and in the process proves that he also belongs in this elite circle. With two exceptions, the short list of his favorites is connected with the two progenitors of the hard bop genre, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, both of whom Lynch played with extensively. Utilizing a responsive rhythm section of pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Essiet Essiet, and drummer Carl Allen, he plays original ...
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