Jazz Articles about Wycliffe Gordon

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Wycliffe Gordon: The Search / Uptown Lowdown

by C. Michael Bailey
January 1, 2001

Wycliffe Gordon accepts the trombone mantle from Al Grey and turns in his best performances to date.

Just when I was prepared to anoint Uri Caine's Goldberg Variations the best disc to cross my path this year, Nagel-Heyer sends me their much-anticipated release by Wynton Marsalis-Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and additional discs containing performances by that same hornman. A remarkable thing about Marsalis is that he can teach and limit at the same time. While I love his and his band's ...

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Wycliffe Gordon: The Gospel Truth

by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 2000

Deep River. At this posting, I am still awaiting Wycliffe Gordon's new release on Nagel-Heyer. In the mean time The Gospel Truth revealed itself to me. Imagine my surprise when I found this brand-spankin' new Criss Cross release by none other than the 'bone master his self. Decidedly in a gospel vein, I was at first skeptical. In my limited experience, I have found that these types of theme discs do not work so well. However, the musicianship that made ...

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Wycliffe Gordon: Slidin' Home

by Dave Nathan
August 1, 2000

Another of Wynton Marsalis' discoveries, Wycliffe Gordon has established himself as a leading practitioner of the slide instrument on today's jazz scene helping to move along the renewed interest in an instrument which had fallen a few notches from the heights it once enjoyed. All of the technical wizardry and jazz tradition laid down by the likes Tricky Sam Nanton, Frank Rosolino, J.J. Johnson and Carl Fontana have been absorbed by the Georgia born Mr. Gordon. But technical ability and ...

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Wycliffe Gordon: Slidin

by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 1999

The Best of the Best. Wynton Marsalis, like Miles Davis and Art Blakey, has been responsible for presenting the jazz world with a legion of fully-formed and competent talent. Those who have been through Wynton’s School of the road include Marcus Roberts, the late Kenny Kirkland, Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, Reginald Veal just to name a few. But in this critics meager opinion Wycliffe Gordon is the most talented of this rarified group. His work with Marsalis for the ten years ...