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David Sills: Bigs
by C. Michael Bailey
David Sills is back and Getzian as ever, with a bit of Monk thrown in.
I considered David Sills debut on Naxos Jazz, Journey Together , to be one of the finest sessions released by that label since its inception. He had a definite Getzian lilt with a pretty large helping of Lester Young added to the mix. That disc was released in 1999 and what a difference two years has made. Sills's latest, Bigs, sounds fully matured compared to ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
A Melting Pot of Styles. In the liner notes to his debut, David Sills states, I want my playing to be representative of earlier styles, say the '50s and '60s and taking it from there into my own direction, make it reflective of today, modern." I buy that. From the head of Lenny Tristano's 317 East 32nd Street" I felt encouraged that this would be a well-behaved mainstream outing by the 28 year old tenor player. I ...
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