Jazz Articles about David Binney

David Binney / Edward Simon: Oceanos

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 9, 2007

Alto saxophonist David Binney has had a very active year. The well-received Cities and Desire (Criss Cross, 2006) was an intense and autobiographical album. Oceanos, co-led by pianist Edward Simon, offers a diverting and more satisfactory package.

Simon and Binney go back a long way and have recorded together on various projects over the years. In addition, Simon has received much recognition for his long-standing role as composer/pianist for Bobby Watson's Horizon ensemble. What is especially attractive about ...

David Binney & Edward Simon: Oceanos

by Glenn Astarita
April 22, 2007

Recorded in 2004 and released in 2007, this studio set provides another musical viewpoint set forth by the collaborations (2001's Afinadad, on Red Records) of pianist Edward Simon and saxophonist David Binney. With lithe supported from bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, the music iterated here parallels the album title. Think of a soothing coastal breeze during a sunset, where the bustling ocean undercurrents provide a lucid framework for the mind's eye.

Vocalist Luciana Souza's over-the-top vocalise ...

David Binney / Edward Simon: Oceanos

by John Kelman
April 19, 2007

Reconvening the same core quartet as on Afinidad (Red, 2001), altoist David Binney and pianist Edward Simon demonstrate how a collaborative effort can bear the distinct imprint of each musician while, at the same time, possessing its own indelible stamp.

Binney and Simon have emerged, over the past decade, as leaders in an evolving musical context informed by broader cultural concerns, often complex harmonic and rhythmic foundations, and a fresh thematic approach that's eminently lyrical yet steadfastly avoids the obvious. ...

David Binney / Edward Simon: Oceanos

by Mark F. Turner
April 10, 2007

Oceanos is the re-convergence of two dynamic musicians/composers: saxophonist David Binney and pianist Edward Simon. Both have many individual releases and recent works have earned glowing and deserved praise including Binney's Cities and Desires (Criss Cross, 2006) and Simon's Unicity (Cam Jazz, 2006). The recording is a continuation of fertile and fruitful ideas last heard on their joint release Afinidad (Red Records, 2002), and five years later the results show a greater collaboration of creativity. Enlisting jazz ...

David Binney: Cities And Desire

by Budd Kopman
January 22, 2007

David Binney is one of the few player/composers whose work is almost immediately recognizable: he has a personal approach, yet it ranges far and wide across musical styles. Paradoxically, Cities And Desire has as many differences with Binney's last release, Out Of Airplanes (Mythology, 2006), as similarities, and yet both are quite distinctly David Binney. Some phrases or instrumentation here might remind some listeners of South (ACT, 2001).

This thread, the Binney style, has something to do with the freedom ...

David Binney: Cities And Desire

by Michael P. Gladstone
January 10, 2007

I approached this album with some trepidation, still carrying a perception of David Binney as a free blower from his work in the '90s. I pulled out a copy of The Luxury of Guessing (Audioquest, 1995) and gave it a listen. It wasn't bad, and it also included another hot sax man, Donny McCaslin. Perhaps my impression was due to Binney's debut recording on Owl from 1989, Point Game, but it was nowhere to be found. Regardless, I've likely been ...

Dave Binney: Out Of Airplanes & Cities And Desire

by Matthew Miller
December 3, 2006

Dave Binney Out of Airplanes Mythology 2006 Dave Binney Cities and Desires Criss Cross 2006 David Binney's music has always sounded unique. In the liner notes to Cities And Desire, he tells writer Ted Panken, “I touch the keyboard and hear a note, from that point on it leads me into all these different ...