Jazz Articles about Rave Tesar

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Anton Roolaart: The Ballad of General Jupiter

by Glenn Astarita
July 20, 2026

Dutch American multi-instrumentalist Anton Roolaart has inhabited the progressive rock world long enough to have earned his credentials, having spent more than a decade championing artists from Van der Graaf Generator to Camel through his streaming station, ProgRockRadio. His album The Plight of Lady Oona (Self-Produced, 2014) featured collaborations with Renaissance vocalist Annie Haslam and confirmed that his ambitions were genuine. In 2020, Roolaart relocated to Amsterdam after most of a lifetime in the States, and the emotional weight of ...

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The Rave Tesar Trio: You Decide

by C. Michael Bailey
April 28, 2008

Jazz is music of inherent high quality. Like sex and pizza, even the worst one experiences is still pretty good. This is why the jazz audience has such a high tolerance for trio recordings. The vast majority are very good, while not being great. This trio tachyphylaxis makes it difficult for the erstwhile trio leader to produce a recording that is great and recognized as such.

Gladly the chore is only difficult, but not impossible. New York pianist ...

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Rave Tesar Trio: You Decide

by Walter Kolosky
October 30, 2007

New York pianist and composer Rave Tesar has been on the scene since the early 1980s. His strong playing, highlighted by his inventive improvisational skills, has made him an in-demand session player for years. His acoustic trio for this straight-ahead recording is rounded out with Kermit Driscoll (Bill Frisell, Buddy Rich, Patti Austin) on bass and Rave's brother Bill (Angela Bofill, Bob Berg, Mark Feldman) on drums. They present ten of Rave's compositions, expertly recorded. They are, without exception, finely ...