Jazz Articles about Tim Hagans

Opening Night: The Tim Hagans Quintet at Birdland

by Ralph A. Miriello
July 19, 2009

Tim Hagans Quintet Birdland New York, NY July 8, 2009

Established as the “Jazz Corner of the World" in 1949, Birdland is the quintessential jazz club in New York City. Tim Hagans, the hi-powered trumpeter, and his quintet began his run of four consecutive nights at the club on a Wednesday night in July. At the start of his first set, he acknowledged his appreciation for the club, its history and its savvy audience. ...

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

by Michael P. Gladstone
October 30, 2008

Despite the title of trumpeter Tim Hagans' Alone Together, from the Schwartz/Dietz love song, neither the titular tune--nor the majority of the album--is anything but a cooker. Hagans, who has received a lot of exposure by the Pirouet label in 2008, leads this beautifully rendered series of three standards and four originals from pianist Marc Copland--was has also been featured on several albums for Pirouet label of late.

Hagans has been in a growth mode since his debut ...

Tim Hagans: Subversive Jazz in Houston

by Blaine Fallis
August 20, 2008

Tim Hagans, Subversive Jazz DiverseWorks Theater Houston, Texas August 10, 2008

What would you expect when going to hear trumpeter Tim Hagans heading up a jazz show called Subversive Jazz, at DiverseWorks Theater in Houston Texas? Perhaps a free-flowing trumpet intro, followed by gongs and trap set? Sure. But when saxophonist Seth Paynter entered playing a Korean Tae Pyong So (or Nal Ra Ri, a copper-made trumpet attached to a wooden tube), while shooting ...

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

by Budd Kopman
August 4, 2008

Just as the term jazz is notoriously hard to define, so are many terms within its world including mainstream. Going beyond the “I know it when I hear it" response, mainstream implies the acceptance of the older limits of melody, harmony and rhythm, whereby accessibility, meaning understandability, is more immediate. While many players place the search for the holy grail of unique expression as their prime motivator, trumpeter Tim Hagans prefers to investigate his musical world more ...

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

by Woodrow Wilkins
July 27, 2008

The nice thing about jazz is that even when an artist covers a standard that has been recorded many times and many ways, the music can still sound like something new, despite its familiar feel. Trumpeter Tim Hagans accomplishes this on Alone Together, a mix of old and new. A Dayton (Ohio) native, Hagans has plenty of experience behind him: performances with Bob Belden, Miles Davis tributes with the Finnish Umo Jazz Orchestra and his own Beautiful Lily ...

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

by Troy Collins
July 12, 2008

Alone Together reunites trumpeter Tim Hagans with pianist Marc Copland's longstanding trio for Hagans' second recording on the German Pirouet Records. The veteran collaborators previous quartet project, Beautiful Lily (Pirouet, 2005), featured a similar line-up with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Bill Stewart; this session includes Copland's regular drummer Jochen Rückert in Stewart's place. Where Beautiful Lily contained a number of Hagans originals, the majority of tunes on Alone Together are penned by Copland, with a handful of standards to ...

Tim Hagans: Alone Together

by Jim Santella
June 5, 2008

Bridging the gap between bandleader Stan Kenton's progressive experience and today's wide-open jazz market, trumpeter Tim Hagans defines modern jazz through a straight-ahead approach. Three years with the Kenton big band jump-started Hagans' career in the early 1970s after studying music at Bowling Green State University. Moving overnight from dedicated student to hard-working practitioner, Hagans found creative outlets for the expression of his ideas and learned to tell musical stories effectively. Years of experience have given the trumpeter a multicolored ...