Jazz Articles about Denny Zeitlin

About Denny Zeitlin

Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: Wishing On The Moon

Read "Wishing On The Moon" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 13, 2018

The title of the final cut on this live date--"Signs & Wonders," written by David Friesen--truly homes in on the truth about this trio. For in gestures large and small, guideposts laid out by form and instinct, a time-strengthened sense of equilateral idealism, and an open-minded aesthetic, this outfit continually creates music to marvel at. While pianist Denny Zeitlin, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Matt Wilson have been at it together for eighteen years, this set doesn't ...

Live Review

Denny Zeitlin, Buster Williams & Matt Wilson at Mezzrow Jazz Club

by Mike Jurkovic
May 13, 2018

Denny Zeitlin, Buster Williams, Matt Wilson Mezzrow Jazz Club New York, NY May 5, 2018 It was cramped on Cinco de Mayo in Mezzrow. Real cramped. Just as it should be for the last night of Denny Zeitlin's rare, four night residency. A West Coast resident, Zeitlin doesn't get out this way much, so when he does, the people respond, listen, and marvel. Denny Zeitlin may not be a name that rolls off ...

Jazz Journal

Winter 2017

by Doug Collette
December 11, 2017

Jazz Journal is a regular column consisting of pithy takes on recent jazz releases of note as well as spotlights on those titles in the genre that might otherwise go unnoticed under the cultural radar. Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh Expedition: Duo Electro-Acoustic Improvisations Sunnyside2017 Because the multiplicity of drums and percussion instruments George Marsh uses on Expedition is comparable to the comparable array of acoustic and electric keyboards Denny Zeitlin utilizes, ...

Album Review

Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh: Expedition: Duo Electro-Acoustic Improvisations

Read "Expedition: Duo Electro-Acoustic Improvisations" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 15, 2017

In spite of his achievement, early on, of having attained the status of top tier jazz pianist, Denny Zeitlin has always wanted to expand his artistry beyond the confines of the trio format where he made his name. Call it artistic restlessness. His first release came in 1964, the Columbia Records date, Cathexis, an acoustic trio affair followed by three more of the same on Columbia. All well received. But something must have been missing. In 1973, Zeitlin--along ...

Album Review

Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh: Expedition

Read "Expedition" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 4, 2017

While fear often paints the idea of spontaneous creation as a sea of uncertainty, openness tend to shape it as an ocean of possibility. The difference all comes down to how you look at it and the way you choose to operate. To exist in the latter mindset, and boldly travel to new and unknown realms without trepidation, one need only live in the moment, let go, and listen. Just look at the work of pianist Denny Zeitlin and drummer ...

Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: Early Wayne

Read "Early Wayne" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 7, 2016

Il titolo di questo album Early Wayne è leggermente fuorviante. Le composizioni proposte costituiscono il cuore dell'estetica shorteriana, non soltanto gli esiti giovanili. La musica proposta denota un'approfondita ricerca sulle strutture e le armonie originarie, di cui vengono tracciati a tratti nuovi sentieri melodici inaspettati. Non è sempre automatico che la rilettura di ammalianti standard faccia scaturire una proposta all'altezza delle aspettative. Ma in questo concerto in solitudine per solo pianoforte, è scattata la felice e misteriosa ...

Album Review

Denny Zeitlin: Early Wayne: Explorations of Classic Wayne Shorter Compositions

Read "Early Wayne: Explorations of Classic Wayne Shorter Compositions" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
August 26, 2016

Early Wayne has many things going for it: it is a well recorded, live concert; pianist Denny Zeitlin, who has been recording for over fifty years, is masterful to the point of completely taking over the listening space, and, last but not least, the material used as the base for his improvisation is a set of ten Wayne Shorter tunes, mostly from the mid-60s. The list of tunes, and the albums from which they come is below; the ...