Jazz Articles about Ted Nash

Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

While there's nothing that's less than respectable on Still Evolved, tenor saxophonist Ted Nash's third album as leader and first on Palmetto Records, I kept waiting for the session to catch fire. Despite the presence of two of Nash's well-known colleagues from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, trumpeters Wynton Marsalis and Marcus Printup, and a blue-chip rhythm section, it seldom does, even though, taken as a whole, the music is engaging and there are occasional intervals of inspired blowing.

Perhaps ...

Ted Nash: Still Evolved

by Riel Lazarus
June 25, 2003

Multi-reedist Ted Nash is a man of many masks. Some days he poses as a featured soloist in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) and others he spends as a scribe-in-residence for the Jazz Composers Collective (JCC). At times he wields a robust, full-bodied tenor, while at others he brandishes a fluttering clarinet. Whatever the case, this is one busy cat - and if his recent Palmetto debut is any indication, Nash should brace himself for even busier days ahead. ...

The Herbie Nichols Project: Strange City

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 1, 2001

Since 1992, the Herbie Nichols Project has been dedicated to performing the music of a gentleman who in his lifetime was sadly neglected but who left behind a body of work just as idiosyncratic and distinctive as that of Thelonious Monk. Following their two previous releases, Dr. Cyclop’s Dream and Love Is Proximity, the group now makes their debut on the Palmetto label with Strange City, a program made up almost exclusively by tunes that Nichols never recorded himself. Arguably, ...

The Herbie Nichols Project: Strange City

by Mark Corroto
November 1, 2001

The Herbie Nichols Project releases its third recording of the one-time lost genius, Herbie Nichols. Co-led by bassist Ben Allison and pianist Frank Kimbrough, the HNP was created as part of the Jazz Composers Collective, a non-profit musician-run organization, to present original music. By choosing the work of Nichols, Allison and Kimbrough have re-ignited interest in a true genius of modern music.Herbie Nichols, born in 1919 in New York of immigrant parent from St. Kitt and Trinidad, was ...

Ted Nash: Sidewalk Meeting

by Mark Corroto
August 1, 2001

Worlds collide. It’s the 21st century and it is expected for worlds of music to collide, especially in jazz. The music originated at the collusion of cultures down New Orleans way and today’s references to classical, klezmer, Balkan, and African music goes down hardly noticed by the listening public. Ted Nash’s band Odeon, like Dave Douglas’ Charms of the Night Sky outfit, utilize a strong accordion sound to mix musical cultures.

Nash, a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, ...

Ted Nash Double Quartet: Rhyme & Reason

by Glenn Astarita
November 1, 1999

A charter member of New York’sJazz Composers Collectivewoodwind specialist Ted Nash steps out on his own and following suit with fellow JCC members, shines as a composer and arranger while displaying a keen ear for nuance, melody and lyricism. Along with a string quartet and assistance on two tracks from trumpeter-composer and sometimes employer Wynton Marsalis, Nash has turned in a solid set of originals further enhanced by immeasurable support from fellow bandmates of the JCC and “Herbie Nichols Project” ...

Ted Nash: Rhyme & Reason

by John Sharpe
November 1, 1999

At a time when the marketplace seems to be dominated by the sounds of “smooth jazz," it's encouraging to know that recordings such as these are still being produced. Saxophonist Ted Nash, who grew up in a very musical family, composed and arranged the entire CD and it's an ambitious, challenging piece of work. With the support of the Jazz Composers Collective, an organization dedicated to the development and exploration of new music, Nash has been given the opportunity to ...