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Ben Waltzer: One Hundred Dreams Ago

Read "One Hundred Dreams Ago" reviewed by Celeste Sunderland

by Celeste Sunderland
October 6, 2004

Sometimes we're just looking to hear a good, fun jazz album. One Hundred Dreams Ago is it. Ben Waltzer on piano, Gerald Cleaver on drums, and Matt Penman on bass all play with a fearless ferocity. But the nine tracks don't sound wild, or untamed, more confidently swinging. There's not a hint of timidity. And there's ...

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In Metropolitan Motion

By Ben Waltzer

Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. El Abandono 2. Crooked Timber 3. La Ville Tentaculaire 4. Par(Nas)se 5. Rumination, prenzlauerberg 6. Kira da Anshi (I) 7. Arbella 8. Bass Line 9. The Blonde Bedouin 10. Rumination, orianenburg str. 11. Kira da Anshi (II) 12. Sooky-Sooky Now 13. Prelude #4 14. Layla

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Ben Waltzer: In Metropolitan Motion

by David Adler
March 1, 2001

An inspired statement from pianist Ben Waltzer, also featuring tenor saxophonist Bill McHenry, bassist Chris Lightcap, and drummer Gerald Cleaver, with appearances by Mohammed Naseehu Ali on djembe and talking drum. This lineup is actually three-quarters of Lightcap’s Lay-Up ensemble, so what you’re hearing is by no means a thrown-together studio band. Quite a few of ...