Jazz Articles about Marcus Strickland

Marcus Strickland: Triumph of the Heavy

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 23, 2011

Strickland è cresciuto molto nella statura da leader, qui proposta attraverso un duplice percorso che dalla sala di incisione porta al palco. Le composizioni proposte in Triumph of the Heavy costituiscono una stimolante riflessione sullo stato dell'arte del jazz contemporaneo. Oltre ad una invidiabile dose di intensità e coinvolgimento chiaramente percepibili nelle 17 tracce, Strickland si cimenta con personalità da vendere al sax tenore, alto, soprano e clarinetto. Soprattutto la parte live del progetto rivela un'intesa profonda con i compagni ...

Marcus Strickland at Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C.

by David Lighton
May 11, 2010

Marcus Strickland TrioBohemian CavernsWashington, D.C.May 1, 2010

The current stream of tenor saxophonists is often lamented by older generations of musicians and fans alike as decidedly postmodern: producing artifice over art. And while this has been a frequent, and often unfounded critique of the old guard's throughout the history of the music, it perhaps has new resonance today. Technique has reached ever-dazzling heights in the advent of the super-musician. As such, it is not surprising that Chris ...

Marcus Strickland: Idiosyncrasies

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2009

Ormai è sempre più raro imbattersi in formazioni - grandi o piccole, elettriche o acustiche poco importa - che realizzino un disco di sole composizioni originali, e dotato di una chiara progettualità. Alla regola non sfugge nemmeno questo Idiosyncrasies album nel quale ad una manciata di originals vengono aggiunti brani di Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorius, Outkast e naturalmente l'onnipresente Bjork. Nulla da obiettare sulla liceità dell'operazione, ci mancherebbe, è che la strategia (facciamo fatica a credere che sia sempre questione ...

E.J. Strickland & Marcus Strickland: Double Album Release Party at Joe's Pub, NYC

by David Miller
September 8, 2009

E.J. Strickland Quintet & Marcus Strickland TrioJoe's PubNew York, New YorkAugust 21, 2009At a recent Christian McBride show, the bassist professed good-humored jealousy over the Strickland family “getting all the gigs," then invited saxophonist Marcus to sit in. Having witnessed the performances of twin brothers Marcus and E.J. (drums) with their respective groups at Joe's Pub, it is no surprise that from even a busy musician's perspective the Strickland family would seem to have a ...

Dave Douglas and Keystone: Moonshine

by Matthew Miller
August 30, 2008

Dave Douglas is not your typical iconoclast. The progressive trumpeter--a mainstay of John Zorn's Masada and more typically avant-garde groups--favors an understated upheaval in his efforts as a leader, courting, in the words of writer Andy Battaglia “tradition and progression without puzzling over the difference." On Moonshine, his second album with Keystone, a sextet featuring Marcus Strickland (saxophone), Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes), Brad Jones (bass), Gene Lake (drums) and DJ Olive (turntables and laptop), Douglas once again focuses his modernist ...

Dave Douglas & Keystone: Moonshine

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 23, 2008

Originariamente concepito come progetto di sonorizzazione dei film dello sfortunato comico degli anni Venti, Roscoe “Fatty" Arbuckle [clicca qui per leggere la recensione del disco di esordio di questa formazione], il sestetto Keystone del trombettista Dave Douglas ha da subito dato l'impressione di non essere una prova isolata, una semplice divagazione, ma di ampliare il percorso intrapreso con il quintetto “elettrico" [ormai strutturatosi in una sua, per quanto stimolante, classicità], dimostrandosi più aperto a influenze della natura più varia. Questa ...

Dave Douglas & Keystone: Moonshine

by Mark F. Turner
May 29, 2008

As one of jazz's most omnivorous thinkers, trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas continues to explore ideas outside of the norm. Moonshine is a continuation with Keystone--an electric sextet that includes Marcus Strickland (saxophones), Adam Benjamin (Fender Rhodes), Brad Jones (bass), Gene Lake (drums), and DJ Olive (turntables)--exploring in music, the life and art of 1920s silent film actor/director Roscoe “Fatty" Arbuckle, whose career was abruptly ended when he was falsely accused of murder. Whether or not Douglas' odd juxtaposition ...