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Instrument: Saxophone, alto
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by Jack Bowers
Mike Holober has been Hiding Out rather openly for the past ten years or so, waiting for the proper time to gather together his world-class Gotham Jazz Orchestra and record for the first time since 2009's widely acclaimed album Quake (Sunnyside), in which his picturesque compositions and arrangements were compared favorably to those of Duke Ellington and Gil Evans, to name only two. In the interim, Holober has hardly been sitting on his hands, serving time as director of New ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
If musical polymath Mike Holober is hiding out, he's doing it in plain sight. Constantly in demand, his work as a pianist, conductor, arranger and composer has drawn plenty of attention. In the past 15 years alone he has served as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Westchester Jazz Orchestra (from 2007-2013), the Associate Guest Conductor of the hr-Bigband (from 2011-2015), and the Associate Director of the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop (from 2007-2015). In that same stretch of time, ...
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by Karl Ackermann
Mike Holober's background as a classical pianist and conductor is just one thing that sets Hiding Out apart from the current crop of big band releases. Holober has worked in a variety of settings from solo, duo, and quintet to large ensembles. Two previous recordings with his Gotham Jazz Orchestra were the critically acclaimed Thought Trains (Sons of Sound Records, 2004) and Quake (Sunnyside Records, 2009), comprised of covers and original Holober compositions. On the ambitious double-disc Hiding Out, Holober ...
read moreJon Gordon: Evolution
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'evoluzione di Jon Gordon è inarrestabile. Lo deve ammettere anche lui visto il titolo del suo ultimo disco per la Artist Share. Gordon non è solo un sassofonista, ma ormai anche un compositore ambizioso che cerca nuove strade che lo portino oltre i percorsi che lo hanno fatto conoscere. I brani di Evolution si susseguono in forma di suite, una costruzione precisa che tuttavia lega registrazioni fatte in luoghi e tempi diversi. Si comincia con un preludio con Gordon che ...
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by Raul d'Gama Rose
Evolution, from saxophonist and composer, Jon Gordon, is a fine record. It sparkles with mature ideas, unbridled creativity, and soul-searching profundity. There is also polished musicianship throughout. This is where the special quality of the music of this record lies--that it is not just built on an ediface of ideas suggested by its title, but on the superb development and delivery of these through an extravagantly aural suite. To that extent this work is not unlike some others including the ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Che Jon Gordon fosse uno bravo l'avevamo sempre saputo. Dagli studi con Phil Woods al primo premio ottenuto al Monk Award, dai riconoscimenti di colleghi come Bobby Watson ai dischi con musicisti di tutto rispetto del calibro di Mark Turner e Tim Hagans. Purtroppo tutto questo non basta per essere nel catalogo di una major vista la poca attenzione dedicata al genere, così che alla fine non resta che produrre da soli dischi dalla forza impressionante che si rivolgono ad ...
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by Budd Kopman
Alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, despite having a discography going back to 1992, remains underappreciated as a leader. Hopefully, Within Worlds will correct that and introduce him to a larger audience. The album presents Gordon's distinct musical personality and thus has the feel of an integrated work, despite containing sessions ranging from 2002 to 2007. The sessions are not only disparate in time, but in configuration, using familiar players in three different trios and one quintet.
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