Jazz Articles about Scotty Barnhart

Count Basie: Late Night Basie

by Jack Bowers
July 28, 2023

Late Night Basie: great idea. Three tracks by the Basie Orchestra and four by other assorted groups: not-so-great idea. Enlisting Jazzmeia Horn to scat on the Basie classic “One O'Clock Jump": rather pointless. Compressing seven numbers (eight, actually) into a meager twenty-four--or perhaps more like twenty-eight--minutes (including a “bonus" track): head-scratching. Mind you, the other ensembles represented on the album are not bad; they simply are not Basie. Apart from “One O'Clock Jump," the full Basie Orchestra performs on another ...

Clifford Brown-Max Roach Project at the Piedmont Piano Company

by Harry S. Pariser
August 25, 2013

Clifford Brown-Max Roach ProjectPiedmont Piano CompanyOakland, CAAugust 10, 2013“[Clifford Brown's] technique was, for him, to use the facility and bring up the quality of a trumpet player in relation to having his trumpet expressed as a voice. He not only had the technique, he had the love. The sound he would get was something we used to talk about as if it were a flower." align=right>--Don Cherry

Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 9, 2010

C'è chi fa di tutto per pubblicare un CD molti anni prima di poter dire qualcosa di personale e c'è chi presenta il suo primo disco da leader dopo decenni di eccellente carriera ai vertici del jazz. Il secondo, lodevole, caso riguarda Scotty Barnhart che pubblica Say It Plain con alle spalle diciotto anni da tromba solista nella Count Basie Orchestra e collaborazioni con Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Diana Krall e molti altri. La sua competenza ...

Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 24, 2009

After many years as part of the supporting cast, Scotty Barnhart is taking that step forward as lead actor. The trumpeter mixes old and new, in varying styles, with his debut, Say It Plain. Barnhart spent 17 years as featured trumpet soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra and was also part of the Marcus Roberts Quintet. A graduate of Florida A&M University, he is now professor of jazz trumpet at Florida State University.

Say It Plain is an ...

Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain

by Warren Allen
May 22, 2009

Jazz tradition is a tricky thing. Play too far within it, and there's the risk of being called limited or unimaginative. Venture too far away, and critics worry more about finding a label than hearing the sound. It leads to headaches and debates, which trumpet player Scotty Barnhart avoids completely with a debut album that is unquestionably listenable, superbly technical, and, without a doubt, jazz.

Anything that turns Coltrane's “Giant Steps" into a bobbing New Orleans second line march, complete ...