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Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece: Little Echo

Read "Little Echo" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
September 16, 2010

If Marc Free, Nick O'Toole and the team at Posi-Tone Records continue producing albums in the same manner as they have been since the inception of the label in 1994, they will surely be further along the path to emulating the legacy of the Blue Note label, which has produced some of the finest music of our time. Little Echo, by saxophonist, Ken Fowser and vibraphonist, Behn Gillece, is a further testament to the label's determination to keep contemporary music ...

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Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece: Little Echo

Read "Little Echo" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 21, 2010

Little Echo is a delightful collection of bop-influenced tunes--contemporary, but with the authentic sound of a classic late-'50s or early-'60s ensemble. The quintet sounds like it brings many decades of experience to the recording yet the co-leaders and composers, saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibes player Behn Gillece, are still only in their late-20s. This is their second quintet album although their debut, Full View (Posi-tone Records, 2009), featured a different rhythm section. Fowser's tenor playing is characterised ...

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Ken Fowser / Behn Gillece: Little Echo

Read "Little Echo" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
July 19, 2010

Tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibraphonist Behn Gillece have been performing together since the 1990s as teenagers growing up outside of Philadelphia. Now residents of New York City, the two host a weekly jam session at Smalls Jazz Club where they've had the opportunity to perform with an A-list of jazz performers. Little Echo, the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2009 debut Full View (Posi-Tone), puts a modern twist on classic hard bop sounds with a swinging quintet performing ...

Recording

Ken Fowser/Behn Gillece - Duotone (2011)

Source: Something Else!
September 16, 2011

Last year we investigated a strong post-bop excursion by the potent, up-and-coming partnership of tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibraphonist Behn Gillece. Little Echo (2010) swung like mad and put into sharp focus the tight rapport of Fowser and Gillece that is at the center of their post-bop achievements. Continuing what seems to becoming tradition for the duo, the rhythm section is entirely swapped out from the prior record, yet the momentum is maintained. For this outing, Donald Vega mans ...
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