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John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is
by Jack Bowers
Worth waiting for--an expression that can be used to describe any number of life's pleasurable experiences: a memorable vacation, a sumptuous meal, a thrilling chance encounter --or even the fifth recording (and first in roughly eight years) by trombonist John Fedchock's superlative New York Big Band. Pleasurable it is from start to finish, with inspired blowing by the ensemble enhancing ten of Fedchock's exemplary charts. Whatever the premise or circumstance, Fedchock tells it Like It Is, and the band responds ...
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by Edward Blanco
Veteran trombonist and big band leader John Fedchock, has had a history of showcasing some of the finest contemporary ensemble music ever presented, and on the audacious Like It Is, keeps that tradition alive on the fifth album from his 16-piece New York Big Band. A group by the way, that has been around and swinging for over two decades boasting a personnel listing of all-stars and jazz luminaries which, have garnished the eventual Grammy nods with the four previous ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Trombonist John Fedchock may be a seasoned veteran, but he's not set in his ways as a player, arranger, or composer. While some big band leaders of his ilk either try to recreate the past or completely abandon it, attempting to reboot themselves by genuflecting at the altar of modernism, he isn't one of them. Fedchock appreciates the history of the music yet he understands that time marches on. With that in mind, he delivers Like It Is, an album ...
Continue ReadingJohn Fedchock Quartet Live: Fluidity
by Jack Bowers
When talk turns to outstanding contemporary trombonists, it's surprising that the name John Fedchock isn't mentioned more often. It should be. Not only has Fedchock been on the scene for quite a while, having played with and arranged for the renowned Woody Herman Herd (1980-87) and led his own New York Big Band for more than twenty years, he's a consistently sharp and creative soloist out of the Carl Fontana school whose compositional skills and taste in music are impeccable. ...
Continue ReadingJohn Fedchock Quartet Live: Fluidity
by Dan Bilawsky
Fluidity could have just as easily been called A Night In The Life Of A Jazz Musician. There's no high profile or out-of-place guest here to sell records, no world famous stage for this quartet to grace, and no abstruse concept to push the music with. This is just four men doing what they do on any given night in a small club in Anywhere, USA. Were it any four men, of course, nobody would probably pay Fluidity much notice. ...
Continue ReadingJohn Fedchock New York Sextet: Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is a rugged elegance in the kinetic energy that propels the music played by John Fedchock's New York Sextet. The performances on Live at the Red Sea Music Festival hark back to the hard driving live bebop performances that powered on in the best venues during the '50s and '60s. This does not mean that Fedchock's music is patently imitative; rather it is wildly inventive, as it pays tribute to one of the most enduring metaphors of jazz. Not ...
Continue ReadingJohn Fedchock NY Septet: Live at the Red Sea Jazz Festival
by AAJ Italy Staff
"Bel festival, sole, mare": è quello che avranno pensato i musicisti guidati dal trombonista John Fedchock, quando hanno appreso di essere stati invitati dal Red Sea Jazz Festival (ad Eilat, in Israele, una cittadina turistica sul Mar Rosso). Certo non potevano aspettarsi un caldo che, durante le prove di giorno, faceva sciogliere le suole delle scarpe. Per fortuna di notte l'aria si è rinfrescata rendendo possible un'ottima performance. I tecnici del suono, a loro volta, erano in perfetta forma. E ...
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