Jazz Articles about Marshall Gilkes

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WM Project: From a Familiar Place

Read "From a Familiar Place" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
December 23, 2017

The WM Project, led by saxophonist Krzysztof Medyna and pianist Andrzej Winnicki, doesn't sound much like the Komeda Project. Medyna and Winnicki have earned well-deserved acclaim for their work in that ensemble that explores the music of their countryman, Krzysztof Komeda. But here, instead of the Polish melancholy, haunting themes and brooding melodies, they take From A Familiar Place into the more American realm of straight ahead, at times even brash bebop with, always, big solid grooves. Two ...

Album Review

Marshall Gilkes / WDR Big Band: Koln

by Jack Bowers
April 23, 2015

For four years, American-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes (pronounced “Jilks") was a member of one of Germany's premier jazz ensembles, the WDR Big Band, in Cologne (Koln). One month after leaving the band in 2013, Gilkes was invited back to preside over a farewell performance at the WDR Funkhaus Studio 4, the result of which is this sharp and stylish recording, named after the city in which Gilkes embraced new friends while broadening his musical horizons. Gilkes wasn't ...

Interview

Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success

by R.J. DeLuke
February 23, 2015

Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band in Germany for a time earlier this decade. Gilkes also has extensive classical training (a few years ago he nearly landed the ...

Album Review

Marshall Gilkes & The WDR Big Band: Köln

by Dan Bilawsky
February 12, 2015

In jazz journalism, it's de rigueur for writers to trace the evolution of an artist when covering their work. But encountering the likes of Marshall Gilkes makes that difficult: The Juilliard-trained trombonist seemed to arrive on the New York scene as a fully-formed entity, projecting a warm and full-bodied tone quality and possessing astounding lip flexibility. No surprise then that he became a pivotal figure on the scene, working with everybody from composer-arranger-bandleader Maria Schneider to Colombian harp phenom Edmar ...

Album Review

Marshall Gilkes: Sound Stories

Read "Sound Stories" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
November 22, 2012

One thing evident from the outset of Marshall Gilkes' Sound Stories: this is a band that impresses with the sheer force of its Herculean chops and unbridled, ceaseless energy. Juilliard-educated and currently residing in Cologne, Germany, Gilkes is one of the most impressive young jazz trombonists to emerge in the last few years. Given the crop of amazing young trombonists on the scene these days--Joe Fiedler, Robert Bachner, Samuel Blaser--that's really saying something. Gilkes' solos combine uncanny pinpoint control with ...

Album Review

Marshall Gilkes: Sound Stories

Read "Sound Stories" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 27, 2012

Difficile trovare un incipit potente, che renda bene l'impressione che si ha all'ascolto di Sound Stories. Il trombonista Marshall Gilkes, già sideman, tra gli altri, di Maria Schneider, Richard Bona e Dave Douglas, ha composto otto ottimi brani e li ha affidati ad un gruppo esperto ed affiatato, che li ha resi con libertà espressiva e rigore formale straordinari. Proprio questa, che pare una contraddizione in termini, è invece la sorpresa più piacevole che riserva il disco. Gilkes dichiara di ...

Album Review

Marshall Gilkes: Sound Stories

Read "Sound Stories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 22, 2012

Lyrical strains and muscular machinations are a counterintuitive combination, but trombonist Marshall Gilkes is living proof that they need not be mutually exclusive methods of musical dissemination. Gilkes has made a name for himself through his work with Colombian harp hero Edmar Castaneda, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and many others, but the full scope of his talents is better observed on his own albums.Gilkes first gained wide recognition with “Puddle Jumping," from his 2004 debut, Edenderry (Alternate Side). ...