Jazz Articles about Marvin Stamm

Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra: Hiding Out

by Karl Ackermann
August 12, 2019

Mike Holober's background as a classical pianist and conductor is just one thing that sets Hiding Out apart from the current crop of big band releases. Holober has worked in a variety of settings from solo, duo, and quintet to large ensembles. Two previous recordings with his Gotham Jazz Orchestra were the critically acclaimed Thought Trains (Sons of Sound Records, 2004) and Quake (Sunnyside Records, 2009), comprised of covers and original Holober compositions. On the ambitious double-disc Hiding Out, Holober ...

Mike Holober: Balancing Act

by Angelo Leonardi
July 11, 2016

Non è facile coniugare raffinatezza formale e tensione emotiva, meticolose orchestrazioni e libertà individuale, sottigliezze cameristiche e momenti jazzisticamente impetuosi. A capo del suo ottetto, Mike Holober offre un appassionante esempio di tutto ciò, realizzando il suo lavoro più maturo e ricercato, a distanza di sei anni dal precedente con la Gotham Jazz Orchestra (Quake, Sunnyside 2009). Pianista, compositore e insegnante al City College e alla Manhattan School of Music di New York, Holober s'è ...

Mike Holober: Balancing Act

by Mark Sullivan
November 12, 2015

Pianist/composer Mike Holober has had an active career with big bands (including HR Big Band Frankfurt, WDR Big Band Cologne, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, and the Westchester Jazz Orchestra in the U.S.). So he brings a refined approach to the composing and arranging on this octet recording. He set himself an ambitious goal: to feature a vocalist, but as another frontline instrument rather than the primary focus. “I wanted to use a singer and lyrics in extended form compositions--not wrapped up ...

Mike Holober: Balancing Act

by Dan Bilawsky
October 14, 2015

Conceptualizing and creating music is a delicate balancing act, leaving composers to strive for symmetry between head and heart, reasoning and intuition, and structure and freedom. Who better to understand that than Mike Holober? Whether penning a piece or playing piano, Holober has always shown himself to be mindful of the need to find harmony between those and other opposing principles. It's his ability to do so that, in large part, has made him such a hot commodity in the ...

Marvin Stamm: Delaware River Suite/The Nearness of Two

by Ken Dryden
June 28, 2009

Bill Mays, Marvin Stamm & Alicia Horn: Inventions Trio Delaware River Suite No Blooze Music 2008 Dena De Rose & Marvin Stamm The Nearness of Two GoFour 2007

Trumpeter/flugelhornist Marvin Stamm is an alum of several orchestras, including those led by Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, plus Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. In recent ...

Dena DeRose - Marvin Stamm: The Nearness of Two

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 4, 2008

Ecco una di quelle incisioni in cui i musicisi si sono trovati ad affrontare un concerto improvvisando non solo dal punto di vista musicale ma anche da quello organizzativo. Lei, la pianista Dena DeRose arriva al concerto direttamente dal Portogallo, mentre lui, il trombettista Marvin Stamm, viene in treno da Roma dove aveva tenuto un corso. I due suonano per la prima volta insieme ed il luogo di incontro è Ancona, dove il concerto viene registrato in modo molto professionale. ...

Marvin Stamm: Fantasy & Alone Together

by Ken Dryden
March 8, 2008

The Marvin Stamm Quartet Alone Together Jazzed Media 2007 Bill Mays The Inventions Trio: Featuring Marvin Stamm & Alisa Horn Palmetto 2007

Marvin Stamm has worked with many big band leaders, including units led by Woody Herman, Thad Jones & Mel Lewis and Stan Kenton. But his lyrical style of trumpet ...