Jazz Articles about Myron Walden

Myron Walden: This Way

by Javier AQ Ortiz
August 19, 2005

Alto saxophonist Myron Walden's quartet on This Way, featuring bassist Vicente Archer, drummer E.J. Strickland, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, is quite robust.The musicians engage in a scorching pursuit of heavy swinging and melodically dissonant bopping on “Like I See It. As the saxophonists burn with discriminating abandon, their respective approach to thematic progressions within their solos is revealing. The temporal, harmonic, tonal, and rhythmic interplay between Greene and Walden is somewhat similar nonetheless. Virtuosity, among other things, ...

Myron Walden: This Way

by Mark F. Turner
July 10, 2005

There have been many notable jazz saxophone pairings recalling the great collaboration of John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley on Kind of Blue (Legacy, 1959), including several very recent recordings with younger players like John O'Gallagher's Axiom, where the altoist is matched with tenor Tony Malaby. The duality and contrast of reed tones propelled by the unique voices of each musician can create magic when the combination is right. This Way, featuring alto saxophonist Myron Walden joined with tenor saxophonist Jimmy ...

Myron Walden: This Way

by AAJ Staff
July 2, 2005

Myron Walden is a refreshing, individualistic alto saxophonist, perhaps the most original player on his instrument to come along since Kenny Garrett. Walden's sound, plaintive, shot through with a bluesy wail, is fully his own; there's nothing quite like it in jazz today. He takes lots of chances, often leaping outside the changes or bursting into swirling clusters of notes, but he never forgets to swing.

On This Way, Walden uses an instrumentation he apparently favors: a front ...

Myron Walden: Higher Ground

by AAJ Staff
September 18, 2002

Myron Walden is one to watch for. That's been the buzz about him for some time, and this record does nothing to diminish the belief.

For those as yet unfamiliar, Walden is a 20-some old alto saxophonist from Miami who first gained notable experience playing with Wynton Marsalis, Nat Adderley and Lou Donaldson, and later went on to play with and be featured in ensembles led by Jason Lindner (Lindner Big Band), Brian Blade (Fellowship) and the New Jazz Composers ...

Myron Walden: Like A Flower Seeking The Sun

by Mark Corroto
March 1, 2000

I don’t hate Celine Dion. I’ve never met her, but I hate her music. Her voice, all sanitized and safe, has been processed like so much cheese. I prefer my musical nutrition to be fresh, real. No genetically mutated sounds thank you. Enter saxophonist Myron Walden. The real deal. This, his second date as a leader like the ambitious the Hypnosis (NYC), contains all original Walden compositions. This time he works without a piano safety net, in a quartet where ...