Jazz Articles about Ed Breazeale

Ed Breazeale: Just Beyond

by Larry Taylor
July 2, 2007

Drummer Ed Breazeale is that creative artist who wants to get it just right. In the notes to Just Beyond, Breazeale says that after he arranged each piece, questions lingered: was there a concept that was just beyond his reach, and was the message delivered? “Therefore," he says, “I subjected almost every piece to a series of abstract alterations. After undergoing the alterations, I recomposed or re-arranged each piece. This care shows in this mixture of originals and standards.

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