Perception

Art Framer: Perception

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
October 20, 2020

Art Farmer had a way of playing the trumpet and flugelhorn that sounded as if he was dancing or singing. Farmer was less about blasts and taut nuance and more about a light, pretty touch. His horn had a classical elegance and a jazz tone that delighted the ear without being commercial. On ballads, you could hear the blues in almost everything he played. On up-tempo numbers, he was light and juicy, tapping along with a ringing empathy, sailing the ...
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Dizzy Gillespie: Perceptions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 11, 2016

Earlier this week, I posted on two superb orchestral albums by Dizzy Gillespie in 1960—A Portrait of Duke Ellington (arranged by Clare Fischer) and Gillespiana (arranged by Lalo Schifrin). Both albums for Verve featured exciting scores with Gillespie soloing. As my friend and saxophonist Bill Kirchner reminded me in an email, Gillespie's orchestral adventures for the Verve label didn't stop there. To be sure. Another Gillespie album that jazz repertory orchestras should be performing today is Perceptions, arranged by J.J. ...
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Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 25, 2007

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM Brian Groder's Double Perceptions Rez Abbasi guitar Dominic Duval double-bass Newman Taylor Baker drums Brian Groder trumpet DeePop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25, 2007 7pm 43 E. 7th Street NYC 212-982-3006 $10.00 door Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder ...
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Brian Groder's Double Perceptions at Deepop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25th 7PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2007

Brian Groder's Double Perceptions Rez Abbasi guitar Dominic Duval double-bass Newman Taylor Baker drums Brian Groder trumpet

DeePop's Freestyle Music Series at Jimmies Backroom Sunday Feb 25, 2007 7pm 43 E. 7th Street NYC 212-982-3006 $10.00 door

Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create the music ...
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