Jazz Articles about Gregg Kallor

About Gregg Kallor

Album Review

Solo piano recordings are risky. Even the acknowledged masters of the form--Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett--fall flat from time-to-time. Somehow, outside of an interactive ensemble, magic seems harder to conjure. Pianist Gregg Kallor tries his hand at going it alone on A Single Noon, a nine movement suite, a musical ode to life in New York City.This is composed music, with improvisation, and sounds like a very refined recital. Kallor's take on the big city seems to focus on ...

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Album Review

Gregg Kallor: There's a Rhythm

Read "There's a Rhythm" reviewed by Dave Nathan

by Dave Nathan
August 23, 2002

Gregg Kallor, a young 20 something pianist out of Connecticut, has released his first album which focuses on his compositional creations, plus four standards just to show that he can handle those great perennials of American Popular Song. The outcome is salutary, laid back, elegant piano trio music lasting for almost 70 minutes. Judging not only from his playing, but from his writings about one of his somewhat more renowned peers, he clearly admires the style and approach of Brad ...