Jazz Articles about Ralph Pyl

Ralph Pyl's Sydney All-Star Big Band: Pyldriver

by Jack Bowers
February 13, 2005

"It's hard to write liner notes for an album like this," Australian superstar James Morrison says about Pyldriver, the second recording by trumpeter Ralph Pyl's superlative Sydney All-Star Big Band. It's hard to review it too. Where does one begin--with the picturesque and persuasive charts, the precise and powerful ensemble work, the sharp and sinewy rhythm section, the energetic and eloquent solos--or all of the above? Whatever the starting point, the conclusion is the same--that this is not only Australia's ...