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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
Dennis Mitcheltree and Johannes Wallmann: Holding Space
by Troy Dostert
Tenor saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree and pianist Johannes Wallmann team up for a full program of enticing music on Holding Space. Encompassing a range of idioms and compositional parameters, the duo charts a lot of territory on the album's eighteen cuts, and it is terrain well worth exploring. Mitcheltree has been recording since the 1990s, with his debut release, Brooklyn (Dengor Music), released in 1996. He has a warm, ingratiating tone, amply demonstrated on the album's opener, “Annus Mirabilis," ...
Continue ReadingBobby Watson, Clifford Lamb & Dennis Mitcheltree
by Joe Dimino
The 773rd Episode begins with Los Angeles-based saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree with a song off his latest album Golden Rule. We also hear from some other veterans including Don Sickler, Marshall Gilkes, Clifford Lamb and Kansas City legend Bobby Watson. Speaking of Kansas City, we present a track from up-and-coming pianist Brant Jester. Finally, we say thank you and good-bye to Pharoah Sanders. Keep on digging the jazz, my friends.Playlist Dennis Mitcheltree “Waltz for Tai" Golden Rule (254 Records) ...
Continue ReadingDennis Mitcheltree: Brooklyn
by Jim Santella
This, Mitcheltree's third release as a leader, shows the tenor saxophonist in fine form with a voice of his own. After graduation from the Berklee School of Music in Boston ten years ago and studying with Joe Lovano, Billy Pierce, and Ralph Lalama, Mitcheltree has grown, of course, but his first influence from listening to John Coltrane recordings still shines through. Based in Brooklyn and performing regularly in the downtown club scene, Mitcheltree's sphere of exposure seems to be due ...
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