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Cory Weeds: Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon
by Jack Bowers
A proper response to the statement Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon could well be “it's about time!" Although widely separated geographically--Weeds is Canadian, Weldon a native New Yorker--these masters of the tenor saxophone have been brightening stages and delighting audiences at venues in the U.S. and around the world for decades. And even though they have 'met' professionally more than once, it is only now--in 2025--that Weeds and Weldon have joined forces and pooled their enormous talents to produce a ...
Continue ReadingCorey Weeds: Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon
by Pierre Giroux
Tenor saxophone battles are a rich tradition in jazz, dating back to the vibrant days of Gene Ammons and Dexter Gordon and especially the fiery partnership of Eddie Davis and Johnny Griffin. With Cory Weeds Meets Jerry Weldon, the torch is passed with style, swagger, and an infectious swing. Weeds, the Canadian impresario and saxophonist, teams up with seasoned tenor giant Jerry Weldon, whose commanding tone and blues-inflected phrasing offer both a challenge and a source of inspiration. Their interplay ...
Continue ReadingJerry Weldon: Those Were the Days
by C. Michael Bailey
It's no longer certain what music cold be classified as “mainstream" jazz. One can argue that the genre (and all others, for that matter) have atomized to the point of each performance being considered a genre in itself (a desirable outcome to the music anarchists among us). That said, some type of classification remains useful in describing music, if for no other reason than to let a listener know that “this sounds a great deal like that." Which brings us ...
Continue ReadingJerry Weldon at The Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Jerry Weldon The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York September 22, 2008
During some inspired moments towards the end of an hour-long set, tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon lumbered across the stage, crouched low, the bell of the horn nearly pointed at the ground. Earthbound and restless in equal measure, the recurring gesture was an apt representation of his solo style. Weldon took charge of the music in ways that weren't excessive, overblown, or indifferent ...
Continue ReadingJerry Weldon: Well-Done!
by David A. Orthmann
The high-water mark of Well-Done! is Jerry Weldon's rousing, up-tempo cover of “Filthy McNasty." Barking out four bars of Horace Silver's angular, no-nonsense line, Weldon sounds as if he can bulldoze anything that gets in his way. The tenor saxophonist's single-mindedness is exhilarating. Subsequent to the entrance of Hammond B-3 organist Kyle Koehler's pumping bass line and drummer Jason Brown's sturdy beat, he takes fifteen smart, frenetic choruses, pushing and pulling phrases into shape so as to make each chorus ...
Continue ReadingJerry Weldon-Michael Karn Quintet: Head to Head
by C. Andrew Hovan
There's something magical about the idea of dueling tenor saxophones that has kept it a popular commodity for many years now. Historically, the first memorable pairing was that of Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray. Then, we had Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, and let's not forget that incendiary duo of Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis! Now you can add a modern day equivalent in the likes of tenor men Jerry Weldon and Michael Karn. While certainly not yet household ...
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