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With his piano trio, he’s released two recordings entitled, "Now Yes When" (2006) and "Timshel" (2011), which have been critically acclaimed for their unique approach to song structure and endless creative improvisation. Weiss also leads his sixteen piece large ensemble that features some of NYC's most gifted musicians. The two albums " Fourteen" (2014) and "Sixteen: Drummers Suite" (2016) released on the Pi record label have made numerous critic polls. His newest project features Craig Taborn, Matt Mitchell, Ben Monder, and Trevor Dunn and is an amalgam of jazz, metal, and new music. The recording will be released on the Pi record label in the Spring of 2018.
Weiss has been studying tabla under Pandit Samir Chatterjee for twenty years. He has performed with the legendary Ashish Khan and Ramesh Misra and recorded a solo tabla cd "3dcd" (2007). Weiss recorded two groundbreaking cds "Teental Drumset Solo" (2005) and "Jhaptal Drumset Solo" (2011) where he performs classical Indian repertoire on drum set.
Weiss was named 'The Top Up and Coming Percussionist' 2 years in a row in the 60th and 61st annual Downbeat's Critic's Poll and earned a spot in Modern Drummer’s coveted Top 5 Jazz Drummers of 2014.
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Sylvie Courvoisier: Amalthea
by Mike Jurkovic
Let us risk saying that the current scribe of this review is being suggestive, sexist, and stereotypical, (but not misleading) when commenting that Sylvie Courvoisier's piano tempts and seduces man and woman alike, from beginning to end, on the stand-out, nee stand alone, Amalthea . It would surely not make said commentator wrong. With muses and temptations young and old coming at them from all sides--Courvoisier, kindred seductress, vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, and the gigolo rhythm section of bassist Thomas Morgan ...
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by Jack Kenny
This quartet shares its instrumentation with the Modern Jazz Quartet: piano, vibraphone, double bass and drums. Yet listening closely to the two groups reveals how far jazz has travelled between 1950 and now. Like John Lewis, Sylvie Courvoisier has an allegiance to European art music; where the MJQ cultivated poised, contrapuntal elegance, Amalthea favours abrupt changes of texture, prepared-piano color, metric instability and a more volatile collective energy. Patricia Brennan is similarly concerned to preserve elements of her ...
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Miles Okazaki: Boomtown
by Vincenzo Roggero
Come nel precedente, apprezzato Miniature America (Cygnus Recordings, 2024) il chitarrista e compositore Miles Okazaki è alla guida di una formazione di ben dieci elementi ma con una differenza non da poco, al posto delle tre voci femminili si raddoppiano contrabbasso e trombone e si aggiunge la batteria, riunendo alcuni dei musicisti più in vista della scena newyorkese. Così Boomtown prosegue nel processo creativo iniziato con l'album precedente che prevede l'utilizzo di ensemble di grandi dimensioni per dar forza e ...
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Jon Irabagon: Focus Out
by Vincenzo Roggero
Focus Out è la seconda uscita discografica di Rising Sun, ennesima formazione partorita dalla mente vulcanica del sassofonista Jon Irabagon, da diversi anni figura centrale nella scena più vivace, creativa e imprevedibile del jazz statunitense. Un quartetto acustico/elettrico con i fiocchi che si avvale dell'apporto di musicisti altrettanto creativi e già coinvolti in passati progetti del sassofonista di origini filippine. Come la maggior parte delle incisioni di Irabagon, Focus Out sorprende per la sua organicità a dispetto della varietà di ...
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by Glenn Astarita
Jon Irabagon remains among the most uncompromising voices in contemporary jazz. A first-generation Filipino American from Chicago, he draws deeply from the AACM legacy--Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams--and his home city's tradition of bold, searching saxophone work. Since his 2008 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition win, Irabagon has used his Irabbagast Records imprint to sustain a commitment to fierce originality and collective dialogue. Focus Out serves as a formidable statement from his working quartet, featuring Irabagon ...
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Dan Weiss Quartet al Torrione di Ferrara
by Libero Farnè
Dan Weiss Quartet Torrione Jazz Club 31 gennaio 2026 Il massiccio volume cilindrico del Torrione di San Giovanni, costruito alla fine del Quattrocento sotto il governo di Ercole I d'Este su progetto di Biagio Rossetti, dal 1999 è sede del Jazz club ferrarese che si sviluppa su due piani: al piano terra accoglie un frequentato ristorante, al primo piano, collegato con una sacrificata scala a chiocciola interna (ma accessibile più agevolmente dalla larga scala ...
Continue Reading...Thomas Morgan: Around You Is A Forest
by Giuseppe Segala
Il valore, la sensibilità e la duttilità musicale di Thomas Morgan lo ha portato a essere uno dei contrabbassisti maggiormente richiesti della scena contemporanea. Ora, con questo lavoro, il primo a proprio nome dopo tanta attività nei contesti più differenti, documentata in una copiosa serie di album fondamentali del jazz contemporaneo, Morgan ha deciso di affermare la propria volontà nel tracciare un proprio disegno personale, per dare vita in qualche senso a un lavoro esemplare, che incontri pienamente le proprie ...
Continue Reading...Dan Weiss CD Release Concert April 15th, 2011 at the Jazz Gallery in NYC
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Dan Weiss CD Concert Friday April 15th, 2011/ 9pm and 10:30 pm $20/$10 members The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street NYC 212-242-1063 This performance will celebrate the release of his new CD Jhaptal Drum set Solo accompanied by Miles Okazaki. Dan Weiss—Drums Miles Okazaki—Guitar Dan Weiss is one of the most innovative and sought-after drummers in the current jazz scene, having proved indispensable to David Binney's Balance, Joel Harrison's Free ...
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Drummer Dan Weiss Interviewed at All About Jazz
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Sunnyside Records
The first time drummer/composer Dan Weiss is heard, there can be a perception of something inherently wrong with the music. It slowly creeps up--like a chill on a cool morning, just as the sun is rising over a misty ridge. Waves of lush pastel colors pass over and around in impassioned washes of rhythm and elements of time. The slow intensity of his cymbal work is similar to tones on a keyboard connecting with all aspects of a quiet and ...
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Drummer, Tabla Player and Composer Dan Weiss Releases Sunnyside Debut, "Timshel" on March 16th, 2010
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In-Demand New York Drummer for Dave Binney, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition, Vijay Iyer & Many Others
One of Five Drummers to Watch (and Hear) According to NY Times Critic Ben Ratliff Release Date: March 16, 2010
Album Features: Jacob Sacks & Thomas Morgan (+ Jack Lemmon cameo)
Timshel, meaning Thou Mayest, is a Hebrew word which challenges the traditional biblical phrase, Thou Shalt. I came across this word as I read John Steinbeck's ...
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For Tim Smith
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Sittin at the Bar
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There Are Thorns
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