Jazz Articles about John O'Gallagher

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line of Sight

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 12, 2007

Spesso i parametri ritmici di una composizione influenzano direttamente l’andamento melodico e la natura delle improvvisazioni. Sopra un beat spezzato, una figurazione divisa in due o tre parti, il tema si inarca, si distende, acquista un andamento obliquo. E’ il caso di molti brani di questo Line of Sight, del gruppo Axiom diretto dal sassofonista John O’Gallagher, con Tony Malaby pure ai sassofoni, John Hebert al basso e Jeff Williams alla batteria. Si tratta di un quartetto di altissima levatura, ...

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John O'Gallagher: Line of Sight & Rules of Invisibility, Vol. 2

by Rico Cleffi
May 1, 2005

John O'Gallagher Line of Sight Fresh Sound-New Talent

Comparison can be useful in a review. In the case of John O'Gallagher's Line of Sight, there was something familiar, composition-wise, I just couldn't put my finger on. My first point of reference was Herbie Hancock's Maiden Voyage so I listened to the two albums back to back. The fact that O'Gallagher's music can be played in the company of such classics says quite a lot. ...

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John O'Gallagher's Axiom: Line Of Sight

by AAJ Staff
April 20, 2005

John O'Gallagher's latest album sounds focused on a narrow band of sound, in that the compositions are all built around an interval of a fourth, with a series of syncopations appearing in each line. These similar-sounding building blocks are then taken apart, reassembled, and subjected to an astonishing variety of treatments, so that through differences in tempo, time signature, and rhythmic emphasis, Line Of Sight takes on an impressive variety.

With Tony Malaby, O'Gallagher has found an ideal ...