Jazz Articles about Tony Malaby

Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 12, 2010

Tim Berne aveva visto giusto indicando Malaby come il sassofonista del futuro. Dopo 15 anni di collaborazioni ai massimi livelli (Paul Motian, Fred Hersch, Charlie Haden, Mark Helias) ed alcune maiuscole prove da leader, il sassofonista di Tucson sta scrivendo alcune delle pagine più interessanti e personali del jazz contemporaneo. Le influenze assimilate negli anni ci sono tutte, da quella di Dexter Gordon (il suo primo maestro, quand'era ancora ventenne) a Paul Motian. Dal primo ha preso l'intensità del suono, ...

Tony Malaby's Apparitions: Voladores

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 22, 2010

Se mai ce ne fosse ancora bisogno, questa incisione conferma Tony Malaby come un gigante tra i sassofonisti della generazione dei quaranta/cinquantenni. Troppo spesso considerato musicista per musicisti o side-man di lusso nonostante una manciata di album a proprio nome di tutto rispetto, Malaby in questo Voladores mostra tutto il suo valore di compositore, di solista e di leader. Nel suo sax tenore è condensata, sintetizzata e sublimata al meglio la storia dello strumento, che sa essere morbido e caldo ...

Tony Malaby: Voladores, Houria

by Jeff Stockton
January 16, 2010

Tony Malaby's Apparitions Voladores Clean Feed 2009 Stephane Kerecki Trio with Tony Malaby Houria Zig Zag Territoires 2009

Since arriving in NYC about 15 years ago,Tony Malaby, through a series of fortuitous (and well-chosen) associations (including Marty Ehrlich and Mario Pavone, among others) as well as spots in Charlie Haden's Liberation ...

Tony Malaby's Apparitions: Voladores

by Troy Collins
December 18, 2009

New York-based tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby's seventh album as a leader, Voladores, is named after the visually stunning Mexican dance troupes he saw while growing up in Tucson, Arizona. Inspired by their celebratory rhythmic fervor, he employs a dynamic dual drummer-based quartet on this date, revisiting the heavily percussive line-up of his 2003 sophomore release, Apparitions (Songlines).

Bassist Drew Gress and drummer Tom Rainey return from the earlier session, with second drummer Michael Sarin replaced by percussionist and ...

Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio & Ancient and Future Airs

by David Adler
August 2, 2009

Tony MalabyPaloma RecioNew World Records2009 Paul DunmallAncient and Future AirsClean Feed2009 Paloma Recio ("loud dove"), the debut of saxophonist Tony Malaby's quartet of the same name, is marked by the ghostly sonorities and harmonic wiles of guitarist Ben Monder, plus the flexible support of bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Nasheet Waits. Together, the four ...

Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio

by Mark Corroto
April 28, 2009

To use a rock 'n' roll analogy, saxophonist Tony Malaby is the Mick Jagger to Joe Lovano's Paul McCartney. It's not that anyone has to choose sides, but if the classic Paul Motian band (featuring Lovano) was The Beatles, then Malaby's Paloma Recio quartet is the Rolling Stones.

Without having to choose sides, Paloma Recio--or “Loud Dove"--has recorded an instant masterpiece of modern music on this self-titled disc.

Malaby, a regular in New York's jazz circles, ...

Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio

by Troy Collins
April 17, 2009

One of New York City's most in-demand tenor saxophonists, Tony Malaby has become one of the most distinctive artists of his time. A first generation Mexican-American born in Tucson, Arizona, Paloma Recio finds Malaby delving deeper into his own personal history, abstracting Spanish-tinged melodies with the support of some of the best improvisers working today.

Focusing on Malaby's penchant for unbound lyricism, Paloma Recio (Loud Dove) is the self-titled debut of Malaby's quartet of the same name. Inspired ...