Jazz Articles about Steve Colson

About Steve Colson

Album Review

Esponente della seconda onda generazionale dell'AACM e insieme a Chico Freeman pupillo di Fred Anderson e allievo di Muhal Richard Abrams, il pianista Steve Colson, detto Adegoke dal nome yoruba corrispettivo di Steven, riflette nel proprio approccio stilistico la varietà a tutto campo metabolizzata in uno scenario coerente, come è tipico di quella scuola. Radici blues e neroamericane, eterofonie del jazz arcaico, influenze del pianismo eurocolto da Chopin a Debussy, attenzione alla poliritmia africana e alle asperità sonore della musica ...

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Interview

Steve Colson: Doing Jazz Justice

by Gordon Marshall
April 14, 2010

As well as being a great music educator, Steve Colson is one of the most versatile jazz pianists of the last forty years, with a grasp of idioms ranging from swing to free, and from European romanticism to new music. What's more, he is a master of compression, incorporating these sources into solos and compositions with the balance of a fine blended coffee. Colson has never been one to trumpet his own achievements, nor is he ...

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Album Review

Steve Colson: The Untarnished Dream

Read "The Untarnished Dream" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
February 5, 2010

The embracing of jazz tradition while simultaneously reinterpreting is pianist Adegoke Steve Colson's pedigree and he continues to enrich us with every challenging note. The Untarnished Dream is more than a standard jazz trio session. With bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille as fellow standard bearers, Colson vividly interprets several original tunes he has composed throughout his distinguished (if somewhat overlooked) career. Colson's writing skills and the trio's musical excellence are on display immediately. The cleverly ...

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Opinion

The Power in Music

by Steve Colson
February 3, 2010

Toward the end of last year, the National Endowment for the Arts published results of its study on Public Participation in the Arts. One finding is that over a six-year period, less than 8% of Americans attended jazz events. So annually, out of some 300 million Americans, less than 2,500,000 attend jazz clubs, concerts and festivals and even those numbers may be dwindling. American popular culture has become primarily commercial, often putting the mind in a passive ...