Jazz Articles about Tom Harrell

Tom Harrell at the Blue Note in Milan

by Roberto Cifarelli
May 3, 2018

Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz

by Mark Corroto
March 20, 2018

Benjamin Boone's The Poetry Of Jazz could easily have been titled The Jazz of Poetry because of the almost interchangeable nature of the terms. The composer/saxophonist's vision to put music to the U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine's prose is a reminder to listeners that jazz was birthed by the common man, and is not to be kept in an ivory tower.Both professors at Cal State Fresno, Levine and Boone had performed together before, and the saxophonist had used ...

Benjamin Boone: The Poetry of Jazz

by Mark Corroto
March 16, 2018

Benjamin Boone's The Poetry Of Jazz could easily have been titled The Jazz of Poetry because of the almost interchangeable nature of the terms. The composer/saxophonist's vision to put music to the U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine's prose is a reminder to listeners that jazz was birthed by the common man, and is not to be kept in an ivory tower. Both professors at Cal State Fresno, Levine and Boone had performed together before, and the saxophonist had ...

Oleg Kireyev & Keith Javors: The Meeting

by Edward Blanco
May 17, 2016

Performing together since 2007, Russian saxophonist Oleg Kireyev and Philadelphia-based pianist Keith Javors formed a solid quartet they eventually led to the studio for their debut album Rhyme & Reason (Inarhyme Records, 2010). The Meeting is their follow up recording with a program of four originals and three re-imagined tunes from The Great American Songbook delivered in a tasteful post-bop style. Interestingly enough, it was Kireyev who discovered Javors while surfing the internet and cemented their friendship while ...

Tom Harrell and TRIP

by Patricia Myers
August 20, 2015

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Trumpeter Tom Harrell and TRIP Duc des Lombards Nous N'Irons Pas a New York Festival Paris, France July 17, 2015 The amazing and intriguing trumpeter Tom Harrell performed a program of nuanced creativity that stirred and expressed emotion, rather than displaying technique. His sparse solos were accented by sophisticated harmonies that appeared appealing to the rapt members of Duc des Lombard's first-set full-house. Harrell has never relied on ...

Tom Harrell: Trip

by Glenn Astarita
February 4, 2015

Since the 70s, trumpeter Tom Harrell has branded a prolific stature within the annals of modern jazz as an artisan who possesses an enviable technique marked by his exquisite phrasings, silky tone and fluid progressions. Even during pieces constructed on gutsy or penetrating ensemble work, Harrell has an uncanny way of dishing out ferocious licks with heartfelt overtones and a penchant for eloquently rebuilding themes and regenerating numerous slants on a given melody. Here, the trumpeter lines up with celebrated ...

Tom Harrell: Number Five

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 15, 2012

Non ci sono dubbi sul fatto che Tom Harrell sia il miglior trombettista e uno dei massimi compositori dell'attuale modern mainstream. Come ci ricorda il titolo siamo al quinto capitolo del quintetto che debuttò nel 2006 con Light On e che ha lasciato momenti memorabili in tutti i successivi lavori (Prana Dance, Roman Nights, The Time of the Sun). Anche stavolta siamo di fronte a un album magnifico, che continua a esprimere cose nuove, nel rispetto dell'identità della formazione, dei ...