David Doruzka

Doruzka/Wylezol/Ballard: Andromeda's Mystery

Read "Andromeda's Mystery" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
December 4, 2022

Drummer Jeff Ballard has kept himself busy and productive while his long-time collaborator, pianist/composer Brad Mehldau, has been engaged in projects other than the trio in which they share membership. Ballard lent his finely-honed percussion technique and instinctive empathy as a musician to the Fabian Willman Trio's Balance (CYH Records, 2022) as well as appearing on two tracks for Ant Law and Alex Hitchcock's Same Moon Same World (Outside In Music, 2022). Now the one-time tourmate of icon ...

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Doruzka Wyleżoł Ballard: Andromeda's Mystery

Read "Andromeda's Mystery" reviewed by Tony Ozuna

by Tony Ozuna
August 17, 2022

Drummer Jeff Ballard reoriented the Brad Mehldau Trio from 2005-2018, after replacing Jorge Rossy. Ballard brought a degree of rock and was perhaps the source of a more subversive selection of material, such as covering Soundgarden's “Black Hole Sun" and Radiohead's “Knives Out." Ballard is also key to the fiery Pat Metheny-Brad Mehldau Quartet, and one of his earliest trios, as leader, had Blue Note guitarist Lionel Loueke, from Benin. In this vein, Andromeda's Mystery serves as a complementary cross-cultural ...

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Nikol Bókóva: Prometheus

Read "Prometheus" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
June 10, 2021

The quintet which pianist Nikol Bóková rounded up for her third album as a leader can be regarded as a showpiece of the young and dynamic talents stirring up the Czech jazz scene. Featuring the crafty skills of contemporary guitarist David Doruzka, French-horn player Radek Baborak's exceptional lyricism, and a versatile rhythm section made up of bassist Jaromir Honzak and Michal Wierzgon, Prometheus presents a highly melodious program which blends timeless lyricism with modern soundscapes to an effect that weighs ...

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David Doruzka: Autumn Tales

Read "Autumn Tales" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
June 20, 2017

David Doruzka is from the Czech Republic. He plays impressionistic guitar very much in the Pat Metheny tradition. Indeed, while studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Doruzka was chosen by Metheny to participate as the only guitarist in the 2000 Aspen Snowmass Jazz Colony. Another major influence on his playing has been a teacher at Berklee, saxophonist Joe Lovano. After graduating, Doruzka stayed on in the US for a year, based in New York, where ...

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Jerome Sabbagh/David Doruzka Quartet Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
May 19, 2010

Mr. Sabbagh played with untroubled self-assurance [...] Mr. Sabbagh avoided direct allusions to the saxophone totems. What he is working toward, simply and effectively, is a sincerely personal vocabulary." (Nate Chinen, New York Times). Jerome Sabbagh's new album is a trio recording of standards with bassist Ben Street and drummer Rodney Green called “One Two Three" (Bee Jazz). The Jerome Sabbagh Quartet, with guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Ted Poor, a band which focuses on Jerome's compositions, ...
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