Jazz Articles about Bruce Saunders

Bruce Saunders: 8x5

by John Barron
March 3, 2008

The evolving jazz musician is one who refuses to rest on past laurels. The examples of Miles Davis and John Coltrane quickly come to mind as stalwarts on a never ending quest for fresh sounds. Even with a handful of releases under his own name and an impressive list of sideman credentials, jazz guitarist Bruce Saunders fits the mold of a musician intent on expanding his comfort zone.

On 8x5, Saunders, with Gibson 335 in hand, explores the ...