Jazz Articles about Ross Pederson

About Ross Pederson

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Brenda Earle Stokes: Motherhood

Read "Motherhood" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 12, 2024

Motherhood is a salient subject if ever there was one. Yet few jazz musicians ever touch on it in their work, never mind dedicating an entire record to the topic. The real or keenly felt need to keep up with the Joneses in a musical atmosphere that typically applauds and promotes standard bearers, hyper-masculine happenings, politically charged firebrands, and cutting-edge quests doesn't leave much room for an honest and open-hearted look at the scope of selflessness and self-discovery involved with ...

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Senri Oe: Class of '88

Read "Class of '88" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
July 28, 2023

Imagine a superstar musician, someone along the lines of Ed Sheeran perhaps. Then imagine him giving up his lifestyle and commercial success just to re-awaken his love for the jazz musicians of his youth. You may think that was a difficult story to believe, but with J-Pop superstar, Senri Oe, that is exactly what happened. With 45 hit singles, numerous albums and a TV career, he had achieved mega-star status in Japan and had the celebrity lifestyle to match. At ...

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Andrea Veneziani Trio feat. Kenny Werner: Oltreoceano

Read "Oltreoceano" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 6, 2012

Oltreoceano segna il debutto da leader del bassista toscano di base a New York Andrea Veneziani, che in dieci tracce propone un approccio alla materia sonora teso, pieno di spunti d'interesse e prossimo a un'idea di jazz svolto con energia e spontaneità. Veneziani, che negli ultimi anni ha perfezionato il suo modo di suonare sfruttando al meglio diverse collaborazioni di rilievo, è in ottima compagnia. Il trio è completato da Ross Pederson alla batteria e da un Kenny Werner come ...

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Andrea Veneziani Trio: Oltreoceano

Read "Oltreoceano" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 19, 2012

Since the advent of pianist Bill Evans' groundbreaking late 1950s/early 1960s group with drummer Paul Motian and bassist Scott LaFaro, piano trios have been largely focused on interplay. On his debut, Oltreoceano, Italian-born bassist Andrea Veneziani employs a trio very much in the Evans fashion, with pianist Kenny Werner (with whom Veneziani studied in the NYU Masters' program) and swinging and interactive drummer Ross Pederson.Werner is a superb choice of pianists for an exploration of the Evans-style piano ...