Home » Jazz Articles » Jordan Young

Jazz Articles about Jordan Young

About Jordan Young

213

Album Review

Jordan Young: Jordan Young Group

Read "Jordan Young Group" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
December 10, 2010

The Brooklyn-based Jordan Young Group has an unusual lineup featuring drummer Young, guitarist Yotam Silberstein, saxophonist Joe Sucato and organist Brian Charette. Self-described as an organ group, Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff are cited among its influences. Organ has been part of jazz since the Fats Waller days, but has never had an ongoing prominent role in the genre. In large part, the sustained harmonics of the organ limit its scope in music that is fundamentally rooted in the flexibility ...

118

Album Review

Jordan Young Group: The Jordan Young Group

Read "The Jordan Young Group" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
November 30, 2010

Organ albums have always been the comfort food of jazz. Buying one of the classics from the fifties and sixties, the line-up is almost certain (guitar and/or sax, drums, never a bass), and a bunch of songs that would satisfy some primal need for deep, funky grooves. However, this predictability ensured that a lot of them were pretty interchangeable, and after buying three or four of them it became apparent that there probably wasn't a need for any more. But ...

216

Album Review

Jordan Young Group: Jordan Young Group

Read "Jordan Young Group" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
October 23, 2010

On their self-titled debut. New York-based Jordan Young and his group go through a mix of different sounds, from a straight-ahead Hammond-based version of Cole Porter's “Every Time We Say Goodbye" to the more experimental “PinGs"--four short interludes spread throughout the disc that hint at the band's desire to tackle contemporary material while still keeping their admitted 1960s organ trio vibe. The musicians demonstrate great synchronicity. On “Claudes Monet," guitarist Yotam Silberstein and saxophonist Joe Sucato trade ...