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Dave Tofani Quartet: Nights at the Inn

Read "Nights at the Inn" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Difficile non restare colpiti dal livello di tecnica strumentale e dagli arrangiamenti di quest'incisione di Dave Tofani, un sassofonista tenore che ha fatto da sideman a tanti grandi nomi della canzone americana e che qui in veste di leader dalla mano sicura. Ci sono sia standards che originals, ed arrangiamenti di ottima fattura, come l'iniziale duo sax tenore - batteria su “Brushes on the Snare", o la ballad finale “Violets for Your Furs" di Matt Dennis. I momenti eccellenti sono ...

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Dave Tofani: Nights At The Inn

Read "Nights At The Inn" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Saxophonist Dave Tofani is one of those jazz musicians that you have heard a thousand times without even knowing it. He is a first call studio musician, and but one of the ways he is recognized is that he has won the Most Valuable Player award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences not once, but three times, besides being nominated on five woodwind instruments: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones, flute and clarinet. Nights At ...

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Dave Tofani Quartet: Nights At The Inn

Read "Nights At The Inn" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Saxophonist Dave Tofani sounds as if he'd fit right in with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, somewhere between Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster. That's the thought on hitting the play button on Nights At The Inn, to hear Tofani and his quartet swing hard into Duke's “Angelica." The band--a working unit that has been doing a regular gig at the Deer Head Inn in the Poconos [United States] for the past year--has a robust synergy as they duplicate their vibrant live ...

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Dave Tofani: An American Garden

Read "An American Garden" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Dave Tofani is one of many jazz artists who are extraordinarily talented, but who never quite receive the recognition and adulation their work deserves. Tofani has an impressive resume fitting in with such diverse artists and groups as Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, The New York Philharmonic, John Lennon, Steely Dan and Frank Sinatra, among others. He is also a composer of significant skill. His writings appear on more than 500 jazz and classical albums and over 100 major film soundtracks. ...

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Alan Pasqua: Milagro

Read "Milagro" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Milagro is pianist Alan Pasqua’s first date as a leader and a mighty impressive one at that! - Pasqua is an accomplished and much in demand jazz pianist who also shines as a composer on this gem while receiving first-rate support from the all-star rhythm section of bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Pasqua’s “Acoma” commences in the classic piano trio format, as the pianist exhibits his penchant for simply stated melodies along with spurts of ambrosial romanticism augmented ...

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Alan Pasqua: Milagro

Read "Milagro" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Milagro is pianist Alan Pasqua's first date as a leader and a mighty impressive one at that! - Pasqua is an accomplished and much in demand jazz pianist who also shines as a composer on this gem while receiving first-rate support from the all-star rhythm section of bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Pasqua's “Acoma" commences in the classic piano trio format, as the pianist exhibits his penchant for simply stated melodies along with spurts of ambrosial romanticism augmented ...


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