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Eli Yamin: Message From Saturn
by James Nadal
The Jazz Drama Program was founded in 2003, in New York City, by pianist and composer Eli Yamin, and educator Clifford Carlson, to stimulate youth by offering diverse and imaginative jazz, theater, and dance programs with active participation of those enrolled. Message From Saturn takes its title from a famous Sun Ra comment: “I just got a message from Saturn. We're not playing enough blues." With this statement as a launching point, the cosmological theme also draws inspiration from “The ...
Continue ReadingTom Dempsey: Saucy
by Glenn Astarita
Highly-regarded New York City session guitarist Tom Dempsey's sixth solo endeavor pays homage to the classic organ combo format, topped with a piquant sense of swing. Tuneful and capacious, the guitarist's dark- toned sound nicely parallels with organist Ron Oswanski's warm phrasings, synchronous progressions and sleek solos. Dempsey's Wes Montgomery-like chord solos and soul-jazz riffs are a constant, as the band occasionally raises the pitch on a program, featuring his original works and modern jazz standards. They don't break new ...
Continue ReadingTom Dempsey - Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tom Dempsey e Tim Ferguson sono esponenti del mainstream da anni attivi a New York dove suonano, incidono, insegnano (Ferguson ha scritto due manuali sul contrabbasso), e lavorano come sidemen in altri gruppi o in studio. Tutto quello, insomma, che fanno i musicisti professionisti, quando hanno la possibilità di farlo. Il loro nuovo quartetto è arricchito dalla presenza del sassofonista Joel Frahm e di Elliott Zigmund, illustre batterista degli ultimi trii di Bill Evans, che con le sue bacchette punteggia, ...
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