Jazz Articles about Walter Savage

Walter Savage: Soothes the Savage Beast

by Dave Nathan
July 1, 2001

Walter Savage is another artist from San Francisco's large and active jazz community. A bassist of considerable talent, this album debuts him as a leader. The CD cover is a picture of a Savage. But the music is anything but brutish. The play list of compositions by Savage runs the gamut from mainstream jazz such as “Cah La La La La La" through the exotic “Thai Forest" to the very modern sounding “Morning Bird". It's this track as much as ...