Jazz Articles about George Cables

About George Cables

Album Review

Who could have guessed that the next wave of world-class big-band composers and arrangers would wash ashore in the U.S. after starting its journey in faraway Asia? In 2024 alone, many composers with roots in the Far East have nourished their credentials with impressive and well- received big-band recordings. Those whose names spring to mind include Jihye Lee, Hyeseon Hong, Noel Okimoto and Zhengtao Pan, a list that has now grown by one with the addition of pianist and composer ...

Radio & Podcasts

Renee Rosnes, Peter Erskine, Brad Goode & George Cables

by Joe Dimino
January 19, 2025

Kicking off the second episode of 2025, we dive straight into brilliance with the legendary George Cables, showcasing music from his stunning new album, I Hear Echoes. From there, we honor one of his heroes and collaborators, the iconic Art Blakey. The journey continues with fresh sounds from Montreal's electrifying improv duo Simon Angell and Tommy Crane, alongside innovative tracks by Thelonious Garcia, Brad Goode, and Rick Roe. Sprinkled throughout are gems from jazz legends Peter Erskine, Renee Rosnes, and ...

Album Review

George Cables: I Hear Echoes

Read "I Hear Echoes" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
December 22, 2024

Pianist George Cables has released a steady stream of albums as a leader since the mid-1970s, but may be best known to listeners as a stalwart side man whose contributions to a slew of classic records by the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw never fail to enliven the proceedings. I Hear Echoes, another in a string of strong releases on High Note Records, was released on his 80th birthday, though ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alvin Queen, George Cables, Misha Tsiganov, Javon Jackson and more

by Benjamin Boddie
November 20, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Alvin Queen, Daniel Pardo, George Cables, Misha Tsiganov, Adrian Cunningham, Day Dream, Steven Feifke, Javon Jackson, Joel Jeschke, Andy Wheelock, Steve Davis, Brandon Sanders, Bob Baldwin, Jazzmeia Horn, John Fedchock, T.K. Blue, Dexter Moses, Christian Sands, Music Soup, Teri Parker, and more. Playlist Alvin Queen “Blues For Sluggo" from The Jazzcup Cafe Blues (Cellar Music Group) 00:00 Daniel Pardo “Bebo" from Ese Momento (Daniel Pardo) 07:07 George Cables “Blue Nights" from I ...

Album Review

Art Pepper: Art Of Art

Read "Art Of Art" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 16, 2024

Registrato dal vivo al festival genovese di Villa Imperiale il 6 luglio 1981, vale a dire nel periodo in cui Art Pepper, in una sorta di oasi estrema da quel mix esplosivo di tossicodipendenza e conseguenti reclusioni che ha segnato buona parte della sua vita, era tornato a lavorare sodo, incidendo in studio album fra i suoi migliori, nonché girando il mondo alla testa di un quartetto di grande affidabilità di cui il pianista George Cables era il perno (ricordiamo ...

Album Review

Art Pepper: Art Of Art

Read "Art Of Art" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
May 22, 2024

This is late period Art Pepper, he died a year later, in 1982. The music is full of striving, intensity, urgency. Pepper's sound and tone changed over the years moving from the smooth alto with the Stan Kenton band, altering to a more searching Lee Konitz-like in the fifties, before absorbing an edge from John Coltrane in the 1960s. The tartness, the darkness, the sudden cries, the rhythmic twists are pure Pepper. Laurie Pepper, Pepper's partner, who sustained ...

Album Review

Eddie Henderson: Witness To History

Read "Witness To History" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
February 14, 2024

Make no mistake: it is the hot buttered soul, “Shaft"-like theme of “Scorpio Rising" that first snags one's attention. But once snagged, the old cool sets in and Witness To History, trumpeter Eddie Henderson's self curated soundtrack, unwinds with a wicked fervor. A deep, wicked joy. Henderson--who has pretty much seen it all from the impulsive, jazz rock Realization (Capricorn, 1973) through The Cookers to the still palpable Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Avenue, 2020)--looks back for a PBS ...