Jazz Articles about Marcus Printup

Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by C. Michael Bailey
October 9, 2003

Still Evolved can be heard as an accidental suite, a collection of compositions that hang together independent of design. Ted Nash is most recently holding down a tenor chair in the Kennedy Center Jazz Orchestra. Here he turns his attention to small group performance and composition... with a hurricane-like creative force. Mr. Nash has composed eight pieces for the standard trumpet-tenor quintet. And the music is a fresh as strawberries bursting on the roof of your mouth.

Besides ...

Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by Elliott Simon
October 7, 2003

Before he was 20, saxophonist Ted Nash had recorded his first record and had played with musicians as diverse as Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones and Don Cherry. Now, more than 20 years later, he is at home in both the up- and downtown worlds of NYC jazz as a part of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Jazz Composer’s Collective. With such connections, Nash is able to assemble the decidedly adventurous rhythm section of bassist Ben Allison, drummer Matt ...

Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

While there's nothing that's less than respectable on Still Evolved, tenor saxophonist Ted Nash's third album as leader and first on Palmetto Records, I kept waiting for the session to catch fire. Despite the presence of two of Nash's well-known colleagues from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, trumpeters Wynton Marsalis and Marcus Printup, and a blue-chip rhythm section, it seldom does, even though, taken as a whole, the music is engaging and there are occasional intervals of inspired blowing.

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Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by Riel Lazarus
June 25, 2003

Multi-reedist Ted Nash is a man of many masks. Some days he poses as a featured soloist in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) and others he spends as a scribe-in-residence for the Jazz Composers Collective (JCC). At times he wields a robust, full-bodied tenor, while at others he brandishes a fluttering clarinet. Whatever the case, this is one busy cat - and if his recent Palmetto debut is any indication, Nash should brace himself for even busier days ahead. ...

Marcus Printup: The New Boogaloo

by C. Michael Bailey
August 22, 2002

Sweet, Intelligent tone in the new Lou Donaldson...

The work “Boogaloo" makes me think of the Lou Donaldson soul jazz of the 1960s on Blue Note. Marcus Printup resurrects this term for his debut recording for the Nagel Heyer label and gives it a bit of a dusting off and updating. The New Boogaloo is not a blues blowing session in 4/4 meter. It is an intelligently conceived and deftly executed collection of originals with two standards thrown in, performed ...

Marcus Printup: Nocturnal Traces

by John Sharpe
March 1, 1999

Trumpeter Marcus Printup may echo the sounds of the greats, but this young, hard-bopper is slowly finding his voice and is making quite a name for himself. His tone on this CD, his third for BlueNote as a leader, is tart and tangy, very musical and totally confident. His assured demeanor could be explained by the fact that this is the first time Marcus has recorded with his own band. Kevin Bales (piano), Ricky Ravelo (bass) and Woody Williams (drums) ...

Marcus Printup: Nocturnal Traces

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 1999

Second, Additional Thoughts. AAJ collegue Jim Santella opined on Marcus Printup's most recent release Nocturnal Traces in the December 1998 issue of the magazine stating that “Printup's Tone is thin and pure; his technique down-to-earth..." That is exactly how I found this recording and I wanted to further discuss its fineness against the larger backdrop of larger ensemble jazz.

Stripping Down. One of my central loves in classical music is Georg Fredric Handel's Messiah. This oratorio has been interpreted in ...