Jazz Articles about John O'Gallagher

John O'Gallagher: The Honeycomb

by Dan McClenaghan
February 14, 2015

Bring up the trio format, one with an alto saxophone, bass and drums, and Ornette Coleman, alto man extraordinaire, might come to mind, especially those fantastic Blue Note Records sets, The Ornette Coleman Trio at the Golden Circle Stockholm, Volume One and Two (1965). In fact, alto saxophonist John O'Gallagher, on The Honeycomb, has a lyricism not unlike Coleman's, a similar sharp, keening tone. Add to this a geometrical compositional structuring to the tunes, and a predominance from Gallagher's horn ...

John O'Gallagher Trio at Triskel Arts Center, Cork

by Ian Patterson
March 27, 2014

John O'Gallagher Trio Triskel Arts Center Cork, Ireland March 22, 2014 Had there been a stage invasion--a historically rare occurrence at a jazz gig--saxophonist John O'Gallagher's trio, armed with its sticks, wood and metal--and with the ace up its sleeves of the high ground--would no doubt have repelled the waves. This, alas, was not a well attended gig. In fact, had the trio played an encore it could feasibly have dedicated one song per ...

John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

by C. Michael Bailey
June 11, 2013

Here's to avant-garde jazz. Unruly and ill-behaved, the seeds planted by saxophonists Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, and carried forward by reed multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton and melded with trumpeter Miles Davis's Post-bop, gave rise to a brand of jazz that, while not the complete chaos of free jazz, nevertheless possessed such an inventive spirit that begged the listener to hear “what comes next." Layer this spirit with a cogent theme and an entirely new dimension to the music is revealed. ...

John O'Gallagher and Jeff Williams: In a Whirlwind

by C. Michael Bailey
May 30, 2013

Here's to avant-garde jazz. Unruly and ill-behaved, the seeds planted by saxophonists Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, and carried forward by reed multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton and melded with trumpeter Miles Davis' post bop, gave rise to a brand of jazz that, while not the complete chaos of free jazz, nevertheless possessed such an inventive spirit that begged the listener to hear “what comes next." Layer this spirit with a cogent theme and an entirely new dimension to the music is ...

John O'Gallagher - Vardan Ovsepian: Nocturnal Prophecy

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 7, 2012

Vardan Ovsepian è un pianista di origini armene dai solidi studi classici, animato da passione jazzistica coltivata in luoghi di eccellenza come il Berklee College of Music. John O'Gallagher è contraltista tra i più originali della scena jazz newyorchese, con collaborazioni che spaziano da Uri Caine a Joe Henderson, da Maria Schneider a Tony Malaby. Il loro incontro, avvenuto nei PBS Studios di Westwood nel novembre del 2007, si svolge sul piano di un dialogo intimo ma ricco di tensione, ...

John O'Gallagher: Dirty Hands

by David Adler
September 5, 2009

Saxophonist John O'Gallagher and bassist Masa Kamaguchi have a history. They documented their intense, ruminative interplay on O'Gallagher's two-volume CIMP session of 2004, Rules of Invisibility, featuring Jay Rosen on drums. Dirty Hands, recorded in Portugal during a 2007 European tour, is a continuation of that history, although this time we hear the leader and Kamaguchi with veteran drummer Jeff Williams, who has lent much textural acuity to Axiom, O'Gallagher's burning double-sax quartet.

Rules found O'Gallagher playing both alto and ...

John O'Gallagher: Dirty Hands

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2009

Saxophonist John O'Gallagher, a veteran New York player, has been heard in Joe Henderson and Bob Belden's big bands as well as with the much under appreciated players Pete McCann and Ron Horton. He has made some ambitious recordings, including Abacus (Arabesque, 2003), with Ben Monder, and Line of Sight (FSNT, 2005), with Tony Malaby, as well as previous trio sessions on CIMP.

On Dirty Hands, O'Gallagher presents the jazz equivalent to rock's power trio. Stripping his compositions ...