Jazz Articles about Towner Galaher

Towner Galaher Organ Trio: Live

by Pierre Giroux
April 26, 2023

There is a proverb which states “everything old is new again"; it seems perfectly applicable to the latest release by drummer Towner Galaher, Live, on which he gives a tip of the cap to the classic organ trios which were front and center in clubs and on records during the '50s and '60s. Supported by Lonnie Gasperini on Hammond B3 organ and Marvin Horne on guitar, Galaher lays down fourteen tracks of swingin,' funky, bluesy material which were the touchstones ...

Towner Galaher: Uptown!

by Dan Bilawsky
July 4, 2012

Uptown!, like drummer Towner Galaher's two previous releases, relies on multiple horns to flesh out the leader's melodies and some choice covers, but it's still a departure from his earlier work. Piano, bass and drums with some added percussion was served as the rhythmic nucleus at the center of Panorama (Self Produced, 2007) and Courageous Hearts (Self Produced, 2009), but Uptown! is all about an organ-drum relationship at the heart of the music. Galaher enlisted rising star ...

Towner Galaher: Courageous Hearts

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 25, 2009

Non possiamo non riconoscere che Courageous Hearts sia un buon disco di jazz. Perché il secondo album del percussionista Towner Galaher possiede tutti gli ingredienti per dar credito a questa affermazione. Un gruppo di ottimi musicisti, una manciata di solide composizioni ancorate al postbop, una spruzzata di latin tinge con l'immancabile “Afro Blue" di Mongo Santamaria tanto per gradire, la classica alternanza tra brani dal ritmo serrato e tempi lenti o medio lenti, la ancor più classica struttura tema-assolo-tema eseguita ...

Towner Galaher: Courageous Hearts

by J Hunter
July 4, 2009

Thanks to a weapons-grade lineup and original compositions that recall the salad days of The Brecker Brothers, Towner Galaher's Courageous Hearts has more than its share of awesome moments. However, Courageous also begs a question about the drummer that was asked about Mike Tyson back in the day: Can he do more than just hit really hard?

Like Tyson, Galaher works fast: Most of his music comes in under five minutes, with two pieces clocking in around 3:45. In the ...

Towner Galaher: Panorama

by Mark F. Turner
March 8, 2007

Panorama is a testament that straight-ahead jazz can still thrive in modern times. Drummer/composer Towner Galaher, an astute leader and sideman who has performed with names like Wynton Marsalis and in ensembles such as Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band, carries the torch of jazz drummers like Art Blakey. Galaher's playing is more than solid, yet unselfishly he draws attention not to himself but to the music and a very tight band with proven stalwarts bassist Charles ...