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Saltman Knowles: Return of the Composer

Read "Return of the Composer" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
March 10, 2009

Mark Saltman (double bass) and William Knowles (piano) met at the University of Massachusetts while attending the composition program. They forged a common musical bond, one that has grown stronger over the years.

The two make composition the strong point of their music and the natural springboard for improvisation. But they also explore melody and rhythm and on this CD have brought in vocalist Lori Williams Chisholm to expand the boundaries. With ideas that are stimulating enough, the ...

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Saltman/Knowles Quintet: It's About the Melody

Read "It's About the Melody" reviewed by Michael J. West

by Michael J. West
May 14, 2007

Washington, D.C.'s Saltman/Knowles Quintet (four-fifths of whom were once four-sixths of Soulservice) have staked everything on making tuneful, singable jazz. That's made clear in the liner notes of It's About the Melody. After a list of “Things we like that includes everything from Borat to sweet potatoes to Billy Strayhorn, their dislikes contain but one entry: “Music without melodies.

Little wonder, with melodic gifts like those of bassist Mark Saltman and pianist William Knowles--who met while studying composition in college. ...