Jazz Articles about Bruce Ditmas

About Bruce Ditmas

Album Review

Non è purtroppo un musicista che sia facile ascoltare dal vivo per la penisola Angelo Olivieri, uno dei nostri migliori trombettisti e artista che non si adagia sui materiali facili o sulle forme espressive consolidate, come ben dimostra in questa sua eccellente ultima fatica. Ve lo troviamo alla testa di un quartetto “elettrico," composto dalla chitarra di Antonio Jasevoli, dal basso elettrico di Lorenzo Feliciati e dalla strepitosa batteria del veterano Bruce Ditmas, la cui estroversione di fa sentire per ...

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John Clark: I Will

Read "I Will" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

French hornist John Clark along with his venerable band-mates go straight to the heart with their expressive and altogether grand rendition of Coltrane’s hypnotically melodic, “India”. Bright, rousing horn charts, and fluent phrasing by Clark get things off to a rather rapid and somewhat boisterous start! Here, the pre-eminent french hornist and his fine cast including, drummer Bruce Ditmas, saxophonists Alex Foster, Chris Hunter and others assist Clark in compiling this outstanding production consisting of jazz standards and Clark originals. ...

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Bruce Ditmas: What If

Read "What If" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

Drummer Bruce Ditmas’ wish list comes to fruition on the 1995 “Postcards” release titled, What If. Among the noteworthy crop of re-releases from Arkadia Records who now own the Postcards catalogue is this mind boggling work featuring a who’s who of modern jazz stylists such as pianist Paul Bley, bassist Dominic Richards, saxophonist Sam Rivers and guitarist John Abercrombie. According to the liners, Ditmas handed Postcards something similar to a Christmas want-list as they proceeded to round up these consummate ...

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Album Review

Ralph Simon and Magic Club: Music for the Millennium

Read "Music for the Millennium" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

Music for the Millennium is saxophonist/composer Ralph Simon’s second release for the Postcards label which in case you haven’t heard was an admirable early to mid 90’s jazz label featuring the creme de la creme of the jazz world. Thankfully, Arkadia Records has acquired the Postcards catalogue resulting in a venerable crop of reissues featuring the original artwork, and liners. Here Ralph Simon and “Magic Club” pursue an aggressive conceptual approach that articulates free-jazz, ethereal sonic soundscapes combined with ethnocentric ...

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John Clark: I Will

by Joel Roberts
December 1, 1997

The French horn is not the first instrument that comes to mind when one thinks of jazz. In modern jazz history, there have been only a handful of musicians -- David Amram, Julius Watkins, Gunther Schuller -- who have achieved any acclaim on the instrument. John Clark is another. A veteran of the progressive big bands of Gil Evans, Carla Bley, and McCoy Tyner, and a current member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Clark is probably the most in-demand ...