Jazz Articles about David Weiss

David Weiss: The Mirror

by Ken Hohman
October 2, 2004

Trumpeter David Weiss is rejuvenating mainstream jazz with the tough work ethic and clarity of purpose that his hard bop predecessors brought to the Blue Note label throughout the sixties. Kind of a hard bop Dave Douglas, Weiss's specialty as a composer is stretching the boundaries of the genre without straying too far from the mainstream.

On The Mirror, Weiss takes a respite from his well-received New Jazz Composer's Octet to create a set of songs inspired by the works ...

A Fireside Chat With David Weiss

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2003

David Weiss is one of the founding members of the New Jazz Composers Octet. Three years and counting, the NJCO is one of the hippest things going in the Big Apple these days. Including a saxophonist who is el fuego, Marcus Strickland, Elvin alumnus, Xavier Davis at the piano, Roy Haynes and sometimes Dave Douglas bassist, Dwayne Burno, oh and Myron Walden on alto, Nasheet (I am part of the best piano trio in the land) Waits, and Weiss on ...

David Weiss: Breathing Room

by Jack Bowers
August 2, 2002

The '60s are considered by many to have been a golden age of small-group Jazz, one that trumpeter David Weiss, making his debut as leader, and his quintet of up-and-coming young lions traverse again on Breathing Room, an album that shines its light on that earlier era without producing much heat. Weiss, whose forebears include Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard and other hard boppers, is technically and spontaneously sound, as are his companions--pianist Xavier Davis and bassist ...

David Weiss: Breathing Room

by Ken Hohman
February 1, 2002

You have to admire the patience of David Weiss. For fifteen years he has resisted the impulse to release a debut disc, choosing instead to play a more collaborative role in projects. That choice has been a wise one for Weiss so far, as he has developed a reputation as a first class trumpeter, composer and arranger through performances with artists from Freddie Hubbard to Jimmy Heath, collaborations with Abbie Lincoln and Phil Woods and leadership in the critically acclaimed ...