Saxophonist/Composer & Bandleader Donny McCaslin will be performing with his Trio at The Jazz Standard in NYC on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Set Times are: 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM.
McCaslin will be celebrating the release of his Greenleaf Music debut Recommended Tools.
DONNY MCCASLIN TRIO
Donny McCaslin - tenor & soprano saxophones
Hans Glawischnig - bass
Ted Poor- drums
“Recommended Tools shows Donny McCaslin continuing his arc with no plateau in sight.” --C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
“Recommended Tools, McCaslin's new trio session on the Greenleaf label, demonstrates how solid and compelling he can be without the benefit of sparring partners or a harmonic safety net." --Time Out NY
“McCaslin is a fluent, often imaginative improviser” --Signal to Noise
“McCaslin plays his heart out…wether playing a standard or one of his own daring compositions, McCaslin is equally at home, conversant with tradition, but forging his own compositional and instrumental voice.” --David Adler
“McCaslin offers Olympian solos that combine muscular performance and artistic grace” --Jazziz
About Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin waited until his sixth album to use the title In Pursuit (released June 5 on Sunnyside). But the concept of “pursuit” - single-minded devotion to a distant goal, marked by inventive exploration - has characterized his music almost from the beginning.
Born August 11, 1966, McCaslin grew up in Santa Cruz, CA; inspired by his father, a pianist and vibraphonist, the youngster started playing tenor saxophone at 12, and quickly progressed, touring Europe and participating in the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival's California All-Star band while in high school. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he joined Berklee professor Gary Burton's quintet, with whom he toured for four years. McCaslin moved to New York, in 1991, working with bassist Eddie Gomez and then joining the group Steps Ahead, with whom he made the 1995 disc Vibe (NYC Records).
But he really began to turn heads with his solo work in larger ensembles - first Ken Schaphorst's big band, and subsequently the acclaimed Maria Schneider Orchestra, where his performance on the album Concert In The Garden received a Grammy nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” in 2004.
So much for McCaslin's “traditional” credentials, which provide the anchor for his much-admired work in more adventurous realms. Chief among these is the piano less quartet Lan Xang (which evolved from an experimental partnership with fellow New York saxophonist David Binney) and the quintet led by the widely lionized trumpeter Dave Douglas, who added McCaslin to his band in 2005. Reviewing the Douglas Quintet in Jazz Times, Josef Woodard wrote of McCaslin: “He's a versatile player who moves easily between inside and outside musical zones... [T] Here's a fluidity and grace to his playing even when he's pushing at envelopes.”
Thanks to the high profile of the Dave Douglas Quintet, McCaslin in the last two years has achieved wider praise for the incisive twists and purposeful turns of his emotionally charged solos. But those qualities - along with his sometimes startling virtuosity, and his distinctive voice as a composer--had actually been on display for much of the previous decade, during which McCaslin proved himself a valued sideman on recordings by Danilo Perez, Luciana Souza, and performances with Tom Harrell, Brian Blade, John Pattitucci, The Mingus Band, and Pat Metheny. Meanwhile, the previous albums under his own name have shown him subtly incorporating elements of Latin American music within adventurous jazz frameworks.
In 2006, McCaslin received a Doris Duke grant for new jazz composition from Chamber Music America; In Pursuit comprises the results of that work.
Set Times are: 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM.
McCaslin will be celebrating the release of his Greenleaf Music debut Recommended Tools.
DONNY MCCASLIN TRIO
Donny McCaslin - tenor & soprano saxophones
Hans Glawischnig - bass
Ted Poor- drums
“Recommended Tools shows Donny McCaslin continuing his arc with no plateau in sight.” --C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz
“Recommended Tools, McCaslin's new trio session on the Greenleaf label, demonstrates how solid and compelling he can be without the benefit of sparring partners or a harmonic safety net." --Time Out NY
“McCaslin is a fluent, often imaginative improviser” --Signal to Noise
“McCaslin plays his heart out…wether playing a standard or one of his own daring compositions, McCaslin is equally at home, conversant with tradition, but forging his own compositional and instrumental voice.” --David Adler
“McCaslin offers Olympian solos that combine muscular performance and artistic grace” --Jazziz
About Donny McCaslin
Donny McCaslin waited until his sixth album to use the title In Pursuit (released June 5 on Sunnyside). But the concept of “pursuit” - single-minded devotion to a distant goal, marked by inventive exploration - has characterized his music almost from the beginning.
Born August 11, 1966, McCaslin grew up in Santa Cruz, CA; inspired by his father, a pianist and vibraphonist, the youngster started playing tenor saxophone at 12, and quickly progressed, touring Europe and participating in the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival's California All-Star band while in high school. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he joined Berklee professor Gary Burton's quintet, with whom he toured for four years. McCaslin moved to New York, in 1991, working with bassist Eddie Gomez and then joining the group Steps Ahead, with whom he made the 1995 disc Vibe (NYC Records).
But he really began to turn heads with his solo work in larger ensembles - first Ken Schaphorst's big band, and subsequently the acclaimed Maria Schneider Orchestra, where his performance on the album Concert In The Garden received a Grammy nomination for “Best Jazz Instrumental Solo” in 2004.
So much for McCaslin's “traditional” credentials, which provide the anchor for his much-admired work in more adventurous realms. Chief among these is the piano less quartet Lan Xang (which evolved from an experimental partnership with fellow New York saxophonist David Binney) and the quintet led by the widely lionized trumpeter Dave Douglas, who added McCaslin to his band in 2005. Reviewing the Douglas Quintet in Jazz Times, Josef Woodard wrote of McCaslin: “He's a versatile player who moves easily between inside and outside musical zones... [T] Here's a fluidity and grace to his playing even when he's pushing at envelopes.”
Thanks to the high profile of the Dave Douglas Quintet, McCaslin in the last two years has achieved wider praise for the incisive twists and purposeful turns of his emotionally charged solos. But those qualities - along with his sometimes startling virtuosity, and his distinctive voice as a composer--had actually been on display for much of the previous decade, during which McCaslin proved himself a valued sideman on recordings by Danilo Perez, Luciana Souza, and performances with Tom Harrell, Brian Blade, John Pattitucci, The Mingus Band, and Pat Metheny. Meanwhile, the previous albums under his own name have shown him subtly incorporating elements of Latin American music within adventurous jazz frameworks.
In 2006, McCaslin received a Doris Duke grant for new jazz composition from Chamber Music America; In Pursuit comprises the results of that work.
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