Jazz Articles about Victor Gould

About Victor Gould

Album Review

Stafford Hunter is known as a trombonist who grew out of the modern paradigm set by Steve Turre. He also shares a unique quality with Turre, in that he is an expert player of conch shells in the jazz idiom, joining him in the ensemble, Steve Turre and Sanctified Shells. While this tie with Turre is a logical conclusion, the dots don't quite connect in terms of playing trombone in jazz. While his association with the Duke Ellington ...

Album Review

Victor Gould: Clockwork

Read "Clockwork" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 13, 2016

There are lots of moving parts that make clocks tick. Each has its own function, harmoniously aligned with the others, and every single one helps to sustain the very concepts of time and flow. The analogy can clearly be drawn from these mechanisms behind timepieces to jazz in general, but it's rarely as obvious to the ears as it is on this album in particular. Pianist Victor Gould's debut utilizes a variety of large gears, pinions, and ...