Jazz Articles about Ronnie Mathews

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Blue Moon Over Paris: ORTF Recordings 1963 and 1968

by Keith Flint
November 2, 2026

By the spring of 1963, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers had established themselves as something of a dynasty within the jazz community, irrespective of their lineup. As both a band leader and prodigious drummer, Blakey was a driving force who reigned from the throne behind his drum kit, around which he surrounded himself with players of outstanding competence and unique personality. The Jazz Messengers consistently delivered startling live performances and a burgeoning collection of studio successes. Blue ...

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Dexter Gordon: Tokyo 1975

by Mike Jurkovic
August 6, 2018

Though in many regards a standard, none-too-frenetic quartet setting, Dexter Gordon Quartet Tokyo 1975 is still as grand a starting point for Elemental Music's inaugural launch of previously unreleased jazz performances as can be. Gordon found himself exuberantly liberated from the antiquated (and sadly all too present) prejudices of America during his fourteen-year expatriation to Europe from 1962 to '76. Working and living primarily in Paris and Copenhagen, Gordon gigged and recorded with visiting friends and fellow expats ...

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Dexter Gordon Quartet: Tokyo 1975

by C. Michael Bailey
July 11, 2018

Elemental Music is a record label that can be uttered in the same breath with Omnivore Records and Resonance Records. These labels can be credited with significant additions to the universal jazz catalog. Near recent examples of unreleased performances put out by Elemental Music include: Art Pepper Live At Fat Tuesday's (2015) and Red Garland's Swingin' On The Korner: Live At Keystone Korner (2015), as well as Jimmy Giuffre: New York Concerts (2014). Elemental Music has since found ...

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Roni Ben-Hur: Fortuna

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 23, 2010

Il chitarrista israeliano Roni Ben-Hur vive a New York da oltre 25 anni, ma il sangue tunisino e spagnolo presente nelle sue radici familiari rimane ben presente e tinge con piacevoli influenze il suo jazz moderno adottato come linguaggio di base, in puro stile mainstream. Lo accompagnano in questo album il pianista Ronnie Mathhews (purtroppo deceduto per un tumore, poco tempo dopo aver completato le registrazioni di questo album), il bassita Rufus Reid, il batterista Lewis Nash e il percussionista ...

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Ronnie Mathews/Roland Alexander/Freddie Hubbard: Ronnie Mathews/Roland Alexander/Freddie Hubbard

by David Rickert
November 9, 2002

The early sixties were filled with musicians who gigged constantly at clubs, enjoyed infrequent work as sidemen, and managed to put out an album or two on a major label. This two-fer from Fantasy highlights Ronnie Mathews and Roland Alexander, two obscure musicians who nevertheless were afforded the opportunity to record as leaders in a market that was willing to take chances on promising talent.

Mathews shows on his debut a willingness to extend the hard-bop template; someone who writes ...