Jazz Articles about Bruce Saunders

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Sued / Nandayapa / Bergmann / Saunders: Mad Dream

by Katchie Cartwright
May 20, 2024

Mad Dream is the fourth release by Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders, a far-flung ensemble with geographic roots in North, South and Central America, plus Europe. Natalio Sued, an Argentinian saxophonist, Andrew Bergmann, a bassist from Massachusetts and Gustavo Nandayapa, a Mexican drummer, met in Holland, while studying at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Bruce Saunders, a New York, Boston and Austin-based guitarist who teaches at Berklee College of Music and University of Texas at Austin, joined up with Bergmann in Texas, where ...

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Bruce Saunders: 8x5

by John Barron
March 3, 2008

The evolving jazz musician is one who refuses to rest on past laurels. The examples of Miles Davis and John Coltrane quickly come to mind as stalwarts on a never ending quest for fresh sounds. Even with a handful of releases under his own name and an impressive list of sideman credentials, jazz guitarist Bruce Saunders fits the mold of a musician intent on expanding his comfort zone.

On 8x5, Saunders, with Gibson 335 in hand, explores the ...