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Year in Review

Mark F. Turner's Best Releases of 2016

by Mark F. Turner
December 31, 2016

Another year of outstanding releases which not only unveiled new artists but also fresh material from those I've admired over many years. While the roots of jazz were formed during the music diaspora from Africa to America its branches are continually grafting and evolving--artistically, culturally, and geographically as musicians and composers find creative ways to express the music. As usual, the task is arduous but here are my picks for 2016. Logan Richardson Shift

Album Review

Logan Richardson: Shift

by Mark F. Turner
February 11, 2016

Shift is a welcome return to the emotive stylings of Logan Richardson, the Paris-based, Kansas City-born saxophonist and composer who garnered respect as a fluent voice with his 2007 debut Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound) and projects with peers like pianist Gerald Clayton in NEXT Collective. With this debut on Blue Note the blending of culturally rich environments feed creative music realized by Richardson's dream band of jazz luminaries: guitarist Pat Metheny, pianist Jason Moran and a superb rhythm unit of ...

Live Review

Logan Richardson Quartet al Teatro Parenti di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
April 28, 2015

Teatro Franco Parenti Milano 26.04.2015 Se credete che il jazz sia musica notturna, una visita a Milano potrebbe minare le vostre convinzioni. Il rito jazzistico ambrosiano prevede infatti che molti dei concerti più interessanti ospitati in città abbiano luogo la domenica mattina. Alla ormai trentennale rassegna Aperitivo in Concerto, che ha introdotto questa curiosa ma piacevole consuetudine, quest'anno si è affiancata -in una sorta di ideale proseguimento di stagione -la rassegna ...

Live Review

Dolomiti Ski Jazz 2014

by Paolo Peviani
March 20, 2014

Val di Fiemme, 8-15 Marzo 2014 Lassù, qualcuno ama il Dolomiti Ski Jazz. Nell'inverno più pazzo e ricco di precipitazioni degli ultimi anni, il periodo del festival ha coinciso con un meraviglioso anticipo di primavera. Un'intera settimana di sole e temperature sopra la media, che hanno portato un nutrito e caloroso pubblico sulle piste da sci e nei rifugi della Val di Fiemme, luoghi dove il festival propone i suoi concerti più leggeri ed orientati all'intrattenimento. ...

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Album Review

Logan Richardson: Ethos

by Laurel Gross
April 4, 2009

Logan Richardson is an enterprising and resourceful young alto player, composer and bandleader. Like his well-received debut, Cerebral Flow (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2007), Ethos--also favoring a concept-driven title--shows off Richardson's ample technique and compositions imbued with feeling. His 14 originals move between a variety of tempos, structures and moods, giving a nod to sensible architecture while containing and perhaps even celebrating much looser, experimental freeform elements, marrying skillful restraint with spirited improvisation. Richardson has wisely enlisted ...

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Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow

Read "Cerebral Flow" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 17, 2007

There is enough stated in the opening minute of unaccompanied sax which kicks off Cerebral Flow to suggest that Logan Richardson is going to make a name for himself. The track in question, “Turning Maze, may have provided a better title for Richardson's debut as leader, as his alto sax lines twist sharply, turn blind corners, and hits dead ends at velocity, in a dizzying display of virtuosity which may draw applause and raise eyebrows in equal measure. ...

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Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow

Read "Cerebral Flow" reviewed by Laurel Gross

by Laurel Gross
June 2, 2007

The label Fresh Sound New Talent is aptly named in regard to the young alto saxophonist it introduces on this recording. Logan Richardson has a fresh sound, accommodating enough to please the adventurous but not so out it canâ????t be enjoyed by general jazz listeners who want to explore new territory. Despite its brainy title, Cerebral Flow is about more than conceptual ideas or even technical virtuosity. Richardsonâ????s intriguing compositions and playing convey emotion--or maybe itâ????s that they provoke feeling ...