Jazz Articles about Chris Cheek

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Cheek/Iverson/Street/Rossy: Lazy Afternoon/Guilty

by Mark Corroto
September 12, 2002

Preconceived ideas about musical lineups (and just about everything), often lead to disappointment. Maybe it’s just the times we live in, or our subconscious reliance on marketing. Reading the lineups of these two live sessions, I was fully expecting deconstructed renditions of jazz classics. The results, although unforeseen, were ultimately satisfying.

The youthful musicians assembled all have post-Wynton AND post-Downtown pedigrees. Saxophonist Chris Cheek took over Joe Lovano’s place in Paul Motian’s band as the drummer moved ...

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Matt Penman: The Unquiet

by Phil DiPietro
August 14, 2002

Either Matt Penman wrote his own bio or paid a comedian friend (who knows a thing or two about the jazz world) to write it for him. It contains the following gems that lend humorous light to the how and why he eventually grew up to be a beautifully introspective, reflective composer, to wit: “The introduction by an insistent school teacher of Jazz music into the mix was of course life-altering, as now there was a legitimate reason to not ...