Jazz Articles about Keith Oxman

Keith Oxman: Glimpses

by Neri Pollastri
October 1, 2019

Disco nato da un'incontro, cercato ma in parte anche fortuito, tra Keith Oxman, eccellente tenorsassofonista e didatta di Denver, e Dave Liebman, che per Oxman è sempre stato un dichiarato modello. La registrazione ha preso corpo dopo un breve periodo di lavoro comune, che ha permesso di cementare un'intesa peraltro non difficile da trovare, grazie alla sensibilità comune di due musicisti che si rifanno entrambi all'eredità di Coltrane. E proprio quest'ultima affinità si percepisce a più riprese in ...

Keith Oxman Quartet at Nocturne

by Douglas Groothuis
March 19, 2017

Keith Oxman Quartet Nocturne Denver, CO March 10, 2017 Jazz is enjoyment. Lent is denial. Or so it seems. Can the twain meet? Yes, for me. I am observing Lent for the first time in my sixty years. The significance of Lent is clear and compelling. My church has taught and celebrated this eloquently. We set aside what does not give us life and embrace the Cross of Christ and his life. Few are ...

Keith Oxman: Dues in Progress

by Michael P. Gladstone
April 28, 2006

Denver saxophonist and bandleader Keith Oxman has released six albums on the Colorado-based Capri label since 1996, most recently Dues In Progress, a combination of six originals and six standards or jazz standards. Oxman has worked with a number of prominent jazz bandleaders including Art Blakey, Max Roach, Sonny Stitt and the Buddy Rich Big Band. The latter group best represents Oxman's current musical preference and arranging skills.

Oxman is joined by renowned trombonist Curtis Fuller, who also ...

Keith Oxman: Dues In Progress

by Jerry D'Souza
April 17, 2006

Listening to music can be a pleasant experience, and Keith Oxman serves up just the right recipe on Dues In Progress, his sixth album. Trombonist Curtis Fuller contributes one track, the happy, snappy, Latin zinger “Cap'n Kidd," and the other members of the band chip in with some fine performances. At the end of it all, the listener can breathe a sigh of high satisfaction.

Oxman, who wrote six of the tunes, leans towards bop, but he also throws in ...

Keith Oxman: Dues in Progress

by Jim Santella
March 31, 2006

Keith Oxman's straight-ahead sextet interprets this program of standards and original compositions with a veteran's touch. Trumpeter Marcus Hampton sits in for “C.H.O.C., oboist Peter Cooper for “Darn That Dream. With his cohesive ensemble in sync, the tenor saxophonist delivers a clear message.

Keith Oxman is from Denver. His thirty years' experience in the jazz world includes an extensive stint with the Buddy Rich Big Band. His “Dues in Progress reflects the same kind of soulful swing that ...