Jazz Articles about Steve Turre

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Steve Turre: TNT

by AAJ Staff
July 1, 2001

Now that he has signed with Telarc, Steve Turre seems to have been freed to follow his instincts in recording the kind of music that has bubbling within him for over 30 years. Even though Turre continues to advance the music, he unfailingly pays tribute to his mentors along the way, those mentors being primarily Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Woody Shaw, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey and J.J. Johnson. Turre has absorbed the language of each of these leaders in ...

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Steve Turre: In the Spur of the Moment

by Ed Kopp
June 1, 2000

With his masterful trombone blowing and unprecedented work with conch shells, Steve Turre is a one-of-a-kind jazzman. Turre’s new release In the Spur of the Moment is an intimate showcase for the artist’s earthy trombone playing in three different formats. Turre also blows enough shells here to keep things exotic.The album is divided into three sections with three different quartets. “The Blues in Jazz" segment features four tracks with Turre’s former employer Ray Charles on piano (minus vocals). ...

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Steve Turre: In The Spur Of The Moment

by AAJ Staff
April 1, 2000

In his premier recording for Telarc, Steve Turre, as always goes for the intriguing concept. None of his CD's are mere blowing sessions, but rather considerable thought goes into the entire scope of the production before the first note is played.

In the case of “In The Spur Of The Moment," Turre, rather than investigating the musics of other cultures or exploring the sonic possibilities of unconventional instruments, builds upon his previous discoveries to look inward instead.

And what he ...

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Bob Stewart: Then & Now

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2000

Bob Stewart is one of a select few who have catapulted the tuba into more of a prominent role within jazz and modern music circles. With that, Stewart enlists a mighty impressive cast of jazz musicians along with the legendary folk-blues singer/songwriter, Taj Mahal on Then & Now.

Stewart handles the bottom end without the utilization or perhaps, requirements of a bassist as he drives the band forward on “Hambone” which is a New Orleans style R&B/Funk number featuring brassy ...

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Steve Turre: Steve Turre

by Dave Hughes
December 1, 1997

While I am a trombonist, and I have read numerous times in the jazz press that Steve Turre is an excellent trombonist, for some reason this is the first album of his that I have bought. The first impression I got of this album was that it was different -- in a very good way. The program of mostly Turre originals opens with Duke Ellington's “In a Sentimental Mood" -- which starts with Turre playing shells. I knew that Steve ...