Jazz Articles about Elliot Bild

About Elliot Bild

Album Review

Greg Farnese: Oh No, I'm In Love Again

Read "Oh No, I'm In Love Again" reviewed by Acacia Grace

by Acacia Grace
October 29, 2026

Greg Farnese brings an easygoing charm to Oh No, I'm in Love Again, an album that balances personality with a polished, straight-ahead jazz sensibility. The record opens conversationally, offering a glimpse of Farnese's playful character before settling into arrangements shaped by a classic horn section, crisp hi-hat patterns, upright bass, and fluid jazz piano. His warm, unassuming voice gives the material an inviting quality, while his phrasing suggests the theatrical instincts of a seasoned stage performer. Throughout the ...

Album Review

Michael Hudson-Casanova: Echoes of Thought

Read "Echoes of Thought" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
November 4, 2021

Art Blakey would always open with a theme. Over the years, the theme changed, just as did Bu and his musicians. But the context was always the same. “Pay attention, y'all. This is Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers." If a listener is old enough to remember that moment, and willing to make due allowance for a Philly band “in the tradition," well, there you are. “Spin the Context" starts us. “The Old Days, Whenever They Were," is right on ...

Album Review

Elliot Bild & the Zone: ISMS

Read "ISMS" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 27, 2021

A textural and improvisational tour de force from Elliot Bild and the Zone, ISMS, recorded live, consists of ten selections—nine of which are Bild originals—and offers up an evening of intelligent and enlightening jazz. “Army of Aliens (Your Thoughts)" opens the set and is a classic hard-bop burner with Bild and saxophonist Hudson-Casanova lifting off the launch pad. “Lines and Dots" is a tasty bossa with an angular melodic head reminiscent of Oliver Nelson's symmetrical melodic patterns.