Jazz Articles about Geoff Roach

Octobop: Live @ Savanna Jazz

by Jack Bowers
September 29, 2018

Having recorded half a dozen creditable albums in studio settings, saxophonist Geoff Roach's central California-based ensemble Octobop has added something new and exciting on No. 7--a hip and enthusiastic audience. Live @ Savanna Jazz was recorded in January 2018 at the nightspot which bears that name in San Carlos, CA. “I've always thought the band was better live than in a recording studio," Roach writes. “The energy, humor, fun and elusive sense of swing always seemed better feeding off an ...