Jazz Articles about Pete McCann

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 8, 2006

Dopo una cinquantina di incisioni da sideman con musicisti di tutti i tipi può anche risultare difficile costruirsi una propria precisa immagine o sentire l'esigenza di scrivere composizioni che abbiano un'identità riferibile ad uno stile ben definito. È quello che succede a Pete McCann, chitarrista molto eclettico che su Most Folks passa con disinvoltura dalla fusion alla chitarra acustica: sa di poterlo fare bene ed il resto del compito lo ha solo l'ascoltatore, a cui questo tipo di operazioni può ...

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by Tom Greenland
August 12, 2006

Along with a prestigious career as a flexibly eclectic sideman, guitarist Pete McCann has released his third effort as a leader, Most Folks, an impressive outing showcasing his considerable chops and tuneful craftsmanship, backed by Mark Ferber (drums), John Herbert (bass), Mike Holober (piano) and John O'Gallagher (alto and tenor saxophones). The recording boasts compelling original tunes, including the neobop title track and “Rack 'Em Up, the contemplative “Hunter Gatherer, the jaggedly lyrical “JM and the serpentine “Yes, My Friend, ...

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 25, 2006

Guitarist Pete McCann's third album, Most Folks, continues his his varied approach to the instrument. After two exciting albums for Palmetto Records, McCann has moved over to the Brooklyn-based OmniTone label, known for cutting-edge jazz. On his previous albums, McCann showed his influences in Bill Frisell and John Scofield and played in number of formats, including straight-ahead, post bop, avant-garde, Latin and fusion.

Pete McCann studied at the University of North Texas, where he received his undergraduate music ...

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 7, 2006

Pete McCann is a versatile guitarist with a daunting list of sideman credits: Kenny Wheeler, Maria Schneider, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett and many others. Most Folks is his third date as leader. As an artistic statement, it's organized around the notion of sketches, portraits and tributes to “folks" whose lives have intersected with McCann's. McCann's instrumental voices range from meaty feedback-laden electric soloing ("JM," “Yes My Friend") and low-treble mellowness not far from Wes Montgomery ("About Face," ...

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by Jerry D'Souza
May 19, 2006

Pete McCann confesses to a love of music from several different streams which influenced him as he was growing. The guitarist opens up a few of those influences on Most Folks with a skill which reveals him to be not only a good listener, but also a writer with the ability to build a striking composition that gets to the core. Yes, he works with jazz, which he can mesh with rock, but he also knows how to get grunge ...

Pete McCann: Most Folks

by Troy Collins
May 18, 2006

Pete McCann, a ridiculously versatile guitarist, takes his varied interests to extremes on this Omnitone debut. McCann's third album as a leader is his most diverse collection of songs yet. He explains his stylistically unbound aesthetic this way: “I like music; I like all different types of jazz.... I love it all. I don't like to be pigeonholed into one category. I don't even know why you should really have to be."

With a wide range of styles ...

Lindsey Horner: Don't Count on Glory

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 24, 2006

Contrabbassista flessibile e sicuramente troppo poco considerato, Lindsey Horner ha condiviso sin dagli anni Ottanta alcune importanti esperienze del jazz creativo newyorkese, a fianco di Myra Melford e di Herb Robertson, di Muhal Richard Abrams o di Bobby Previte, distinguendosi per timbro preciso e acuta sensibilità. Nelle sue prove da leader, come nel caso di questo nuovo Don't Count on Glory, l'attenzione è focalizzata sulla scrittura, con sette temi a firma propria e una rilettura di “Green Chimneys" di Thelonious ...