Jazz Articles about Denny Zeitlin

Denny Zeitlin: Slickrock

by Jim Santella
June 2, 2004

With his straight-ahead acoustic piano trio, Denny Zeitlin improvises over familiar standards and fresh originals. As a practicing psychiatrist in the San Francisco Bay Area, he also teaches at the University of California and lectures on the psychology of improvising. A good teacher should always demonstrate when necessary, and who better for the task than one who’s devoted a lifetime to jazz performance? Zeitlin has juggled two careers to fulfillment, and he continues to demonstrate his capacity to lovers of ...

Denny Zeitlin: Slickrock

by Louis Heckheimer
June 1, 2004

Denny Zeitlin, one of the most senior but least known of the great jazz piano innovators to arise from the ‘60s, makes his MaxJazz debut with Slickrock. With bassist Buster Williams and drummer Matt Wilson (his working trio), he explores a collection of three originals, six arrangements of jazz standards and a suite reminiscing about his mountain biking trips in Utah.

They open with a swinging “You and the Night and the Music," expanding into a probing of ...

Denny Zeitlin: Slickrock

by John Kelman
May 21, 2004

There are those who contend that the only way to have a serious career in music is to make it a full-time profession: a calling if you like. Pianist Denny Zeitlin who, for most of his adult life, has split his professional time between music and a psychiatric practice, is as good an argument as any against that philosophy. While he may not record as frequently as some, his career has been marked by an uncompromising devotion to his craft ...

Denny Zeitlin Trio: As Long As There's Music

by Glenn Astarita
December 1, 2000

Practicing psychiatrist and jazz pianist extraordinaire, Denny Zeitlin has long been considered one of the finest exponents of his craft and here with, As Long As There’s Music, the artist elegantly performs a series of standards and a few originals along with a top notch rhythm section. Basically, Zeitlin epitomizes taste and flair, while garnering the sympathetic support of bassist Buster Williams and drummer Al Foster, who collectively bring years of seasoned experience to the table, which is quite evident ...