Jazz Articles about Dick DeGraaf

About Dick DeGraaf

Album Review

Dick de Graaf: Trio Nuevo - Jazz Meets Tango

Read "Trio Nuevo - Jazz Meets Tango" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
January 8, 2008

Saxophonist Dick de Graaf's restless and inquisitive musical imagination is on display once more with the enchanting Trio Nuevo - Jazz Meets Tango. The album's (and group's) title is a direct reference to Astor Piazzolla (b. March 11, 1921, d. July 4, 1992) and the music he created: Tango Nuevo. Piazzolla himself was constantly searching for new ways to express himself musically, starting out playing traditional Argentinean tango on the bandoneon but dropping it entirely before he ...

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Album Review

Dick de Graaf: Moving Target

Read "Moving Target" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
January 7, 2008

Possessing a tight sound that cuts through the rest of the band, saxophonist Dick de Graaf spins lines and ideas with abandon on Moving Target. If an album can be thought of as a calling card that gives an idea of how the band would sound live, then this album should produce plenty of gigs. Crackling with energy and fine band interplay from beginning to end, Moving Target contains ten originals, of which “Deka Deka" and the ...