Jazz Articles about Dominic Duval

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Duval / Rosen / Whitecage: No Respect

by Frank Rubolino
June 25, 2003

The trio of Dominic Duval, Jay Rosen, and Mark Whitecage convey a strong sense of intimacy on No Respect. Recorded during a club date in Austria, the set reflects three musicians picking up a spark of current and transforming it into brilliant light. Their music has rushing absorbability, rolling mightily along and gathering momentum as the sound of reeds, bass, and drums all intertwine cohesively.

Whitecage, who composed five of the pieces on this date, is an intriguing woodwind player. ...

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Dominic Duval String & Brass Ensemble: American Scrapbook

by Derek Taylor
December 2, 2002

American folk music takes many forms, from the austere jangle of tautly strung banjo strings to the urban blues wail wrung from a burnished saxophone bell. Dominic Duval’s freshly minted ensemble falls somewhere in between on this admittedly slipshod spectrum of indigenous sounds. The instrumentation evinces strong chamber music connotations - strings balanced by a small bulwark of brass sans percussion and reeds. But the music and the pathos-permeated playing that suffuse the program suggest other reservoirs of creative energy. ...

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Dominic Duval's String and Brass Ensemble: American Scrapbook

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2002

Just the instrumentation lets you know your ears are in for a unique listening experience. Bassist and leader Dominic Duval has gathered a sextet featuring a string trio of Jason Hwang (violin), Tomas Ulrich (cello), and himself with a horn trio of long-time associate Joe McPhee (playing exclusively cornet), Tom Varner (French horn), and Steve Swell (trombone). There's a cohesive feeling throughout to the release. Other than the exquisite arrangement and interpretation of “Round Midnight", the traditional “Amazing Grace" and ...

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Marshall Allen Quartet Featuring Mark Whitecage: Mark-n-Marshall: Monday

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2000

It’s taken the legendary alto player Marshall Allen 50 years to record his debut as a leader – he first recorded with saxophonist James Moody in 1949 – but it was worth the wait. As anyone who’s seen Allen snapping his fingers and bobbing his head on his regular gig with the Sun Ra Arkestra can tell you, Allen can play some of the most excoriating horn lines around, but his main mission is to have fun. This Monday date ...

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Duval - Heward - McPhee: Undersound

by Glenn Astarita
October 1, 2000

Modern jazz/improvising bassist Dominic Duval and the inimitable saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee join forces yet again, along with drummer John Heward on this sprightly and altogether attractive release titled, Undersound. With this new effort, no two pieces sound alike. And other than two interesting solo bass excursions by Duval, the musicians dart, nudge and counterbalance one another as McPhee performs solely on soprano saxophone throughout the entire affair. On “Undersound 3”, Heward executes crooked march-style rhythms yet accelerates the momentum ...

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Dominic Duval: Anniversary

by Derek Taylor
September 1, 2000

For a bassist operating well beyond of the gaze of the illuminating pop culture limelight Dominic Duval has managed to keep surprisingly busy throughout his career. Prestigious gigs with the likes of Cecil Taylor and Joe McPhee just keep cropping up at his doorstep and he’s managed to record an incredibly prolific body of work (admittedly most as a sideman) over past few years on CIMP, Cadence Jazz Records and a handful of other independent labels. Why all the attention? ...

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Dominic Duval & Jason Kao Hwang: The Experiment

by Glenn Astarita
July 1, 2000

Two highly regarded modern jazz or – new music - improvisers explore the outer reaches of their respective crafts with this new release titled, The Experiment. Dominic Duval performing on his – hutchins bass, teams with violinist Jason Kao Hwang for a truly exhilarating series of works that are justifiably referred to as “Tone Poems” on the CD insert.

Duval, a prolific - forward thinking New York City bassist and the equally adventurous violinist Hwang, render scathing dialogue on the ...