Jazz Articles about Graham Haynes

Warriors of the Wonderful Sound: Soundpath

by Giuseppe Segala
May 31, 2021

Nel 2011 il sassofonista di Filadelfia Bobby Zankel, leader della big band The Warriors of the Wonderful Sound e promotore di laboratori di musica contemporanea, propose a Muhal Richard Abrams un lavoro compositivo che avrebbe dovuto essere affidato alla band, con la direzione dello stesso pianista. Operazioni di questo tipo erano già state realizzate da Zankel negli anni precedenti con le musiche per big band di Julius Hemphill, dirette da Marty Ehrlich, poi con composizioni di Rudresh Mahanthappa e Steve ...

Soundpath

by Victor L. Schermer
January 2, 2021

Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017) was a revered pianist, composer and teacher of great capability and range who, in addition to his own achievements, inspired and influenced many jazz musicians in both the mainstream and avant-garde categories. Largely self-taught as a result of a personal decision to follow his own path, and early on pursuing church music, big band, blues, bebop and avant-garde jazz in his home city of Chicago, he grasped music from its roots, and so was able to ...

Graham Haynes: Full Circle

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 22, 2008

Graham Haynes ha ormai maturato un’esperienza ricca, diversificata nei suoi capitoli. Se come strumentista ha saputo costantemente farsi valere sia in contesti d’avanguardia che in quelli più convenzionali, come leader-compositore ha intrapreso strade sperimentali tuttora in divenire, come dimostra questo recente Full Circle, opera in otto atti densa di riferimenti, proiettata idealmente in un futuro ancora dai contorni indeterminati, ibrido linguisticamente. Haynes, pur essendo figlio di un’icona del jazz (il batterista Roy), non si definisce quale musicista jazz, ma come ...

Graham Haynes/Hardedge: Austere Geometry & Reality Eclipsed

by Ty Cumbie
July 15, 2006

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Some jazz musicians lean hard toward experimentation. A few fall over the rail. Trumpeter Graham Haynes seems to have been eaten alive by the exotic creature known as 'electronica'. These two CDs are live recordings from ...

Bob Stewart: Then & Now

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Bob Stewart is one of a select few who have catapulted the tuba into more of a prominent role within jazz and modern music circles. With that, Stewart enlists a mighty impressive cast of jazz musicians along with the legendary folk-blues singer/songwriter, Taj Mahal on Then & Now.

Stewart handles the bottom end without the utilization or perhaps, requirements of a bassist as he drives the band forward on “Hambone” which is a New Orleans style R&B/Funk number featuring brassy ...