Jazz Articles about Brian Woodruff
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Instrument: Drums
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsBrian Woodruff Sextet: A Centering Peace
by Jerome Wilson
The title of this release by drummer Brian Woodruff suggests a set of meditative, spiritually-focused jazz by his long-standing sextet. While that may be the underlying theme of the disc but only a couple of tracks have that actual sound. The others go off in several different directions. The album is dedicated to Woodruff's spiritual advisor, Monsignor Edward Straub, and the title track was written to celebrate his 75th birthday and his 50th Anniversary in the priesthood. It ...
read moreOKB Trio: The Ing...
by Geannine Reid
There is something intoxicating about the sound of a jazz trio. The comradery, the symbiosis of group interreacting and communicating on a higher level of language through music. Such is the case with the OKB Trio. Each player is an esteemed player in many outside projects under other leaders' names, but on this recording Brian Woodruff on drums, Oscar Perez on piano, and Kuriko Tsugawa on bass come together to create their own leader imprint titled The Ing...
read moreBrian Woodruff: The Tarrier
by Woodrow Wilkins
Music is often best when culled from a variety of sources. That's the approach drummer Brian Woodruff takes with The Tarrier.Woodruff has worked the New York City scene since 1995. A student of jazz and commercial music, he has toured the United States, Asia and Europe, and his associations include Harvie S, Gary Versace and Adam Niewood. For this outing, he is joined by Lisa Parrott on alto and soprano saxophone, Jacob Varmus on trumpet and cornet, Alan ...
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