Jazz Articles about Jon Raskin

Jon Raskin Quartet: The Bass & The Bird Pond

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

A member of the acclaimed West Coast based woodwind quartet, “ROVA”, saxophonist Jon Raskin aligns himself with East Coast modern jazz champion, saxophonist/bandleader Tim Berne on The Bass & The Bird Pond. Here the “Jon Raskin Quartet” featuring the monstrous rhythm section of bassist Michael Formanek and drummer Elliot Kavee inscribe a few more pages into the ever-evolving and expansive idiom some of us refer to as “modern jazz”.

The dual alto saxophonists ruminate as if they were belting out ...