Jazz Articles about Steve Turre

SteveTurre: Rainbow People

by Jim Santella
August 8, 2008

Trombonist Steve Turre carries the jazz torch high, noble and filled with blues tones that ramble eloquently. His trombone expresses each personal theme with a knowing ear and a high, tenor vibrancy that resonates with the psyche of an artist who has a story to tell. The message comes at you with the emotional force of a Caruso, Carreras or Pavarotti. His trombone has developed into a vocal instrument through which he sends out thoughts and impressions with remarkable accuracy. ...

Steve Turre: Keep Searchin'

by Russ Musto
December 31, 2006

Steve Turre has consistently endeavored to avoid the commonplace on his dozen releases as leader during the past two decades. On Keep Searchin' he continues his triumphant quest to present music on the highest possible artistic level. Eschewing the company of another horn on the date, Turre showcases his versatility and virtuosity on trombone and conch shells in the company of an inspired unit featuring vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianist Xavier Davis, alternating bassists Peter Washington and Gerald Cannon, and drummer ...

Steve Turre: Keep Searchin'

by Dan McClenaghan
December 21, 2006

Few jazz artists today are as adept as Steve Turre in straddling the “one foot in the future, one foot in the past" endeavor. On his past two CD releases, the long-time Saturday Night Show trombonist tipped his hat to a couple of past masters: to fellow trombonist J.J. Johnson with One4J: Paying Homage to J.J. Johnson (Telarc, '03) and to Rahsaan Roland Kirk with The Spirits up Above (High Note, '05).On Keep Searchin' Turre pays tribute to ...

Steve Turre: Still Searchin'

by Gary Firstenberg
August 21, 2006

Steve Turre is widely considered to be the finest jazz trombonist in the world. In addition to his twenty-plus years of service in the Saturday Night Live Band, he has performed with a virtual who's who of legendary jazz musicians, both as a leader and a sideman. His music is always diverse, challenging, and passionate. His thirteenth studio album, Keep Searchin', will be released by High Note in late-September, and he will be performing with a stellar band at Dizzy's ...

Steve Turre Honors Rahsaan Roland Kirk

by Franz A. Matzner
March 10, 2006

Steve Turre Kennedy Center Jazz Club Washington, DC

Whether it is discovering a previously unknown player or genre, or a new take on an old favorite, venturing out to live music leaves us open to discovering new sounds in one of the most satisfying ways possible: by chance. In the case of Steve Turre's recent stint at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club, that chance discovery was encountering a group of well-known players blending their voices in ...

Steve Turr: The Spirits Up Above

by Javier AQ Ortiz
June 5, 2005

Steve Turré first saw Roland Kirk performing almost forty years ago. The Spirits Up Above is a long-overdue homage to the Vibration Society's leader by one of its most distinguished alumni. Furthermore, this is a 24-bit engineered, mixed, and mastered recording by Rudy Van Gelder.

Turré, sans seashells, offers only one original composition on this record. “One For Kirk features a straightforward swing and bouncy mid-tempo arrangement with a sticky melody, finding pianist Mulgrew Miller, altoist Vincent Herring, ...

Steve Turre: The Spirits Up Above

by John Kelman
October 9, 2004

You have to have a lot of nerve to pay homage to Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Soul-drenched, steeped in the blues yet progressive in ways that were not to be fully appreciated until after his untimely death in '77, Kirk's music managed to be a bundle of contradictions while, at the same time, a cohesive statement about the true jazz experience. And while more space was often devoted to his eccentricities--playing multiple horns at once, dressing flamboyantly, as much a visual ...