Jazz Articles about Footprints

About Footprints

Album Review

Footprints is a New York-based five-piece, formed in 2008 by trumpeter Christoph Siegrist and saxophonist Joshua Kwassman. Together they set out with the intention of exploring the music of trumpeter Miles Davis' second great quintet, which blazed such a glorious path from '64 until the end of that decade. Repertory has since been largely replaced by original compositions on the group's debut, When You Dream, though Davis' spirit is ever-present despite Siegrist's distinctive, full-bodied tone, refreshingly unlike so many trumpeters ...

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Album Review

Footprints: When You Dream

Read "When You Dream" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 30, 2010

Dreams can be vivid or cloudy, mellow or intense, and everything in between. Ditto for the music on When You Dream, the debut release from Footprints. This New York City-based band might bear the name of one of Wayne Shorter's most popular songs--and take inspiration from none other than Miles Davis, Shorter's longtime employer--but their music is of their own creation. Like dreams themselves, the music of Footprints lives in an uncertain, ever-evolving plane of existence. Its ...