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3Play+: American Waltz
by Mark Corroto
The cleverly titled American Waltz might deserve a more fitting inscription as American Quilt," because woven into the admirably crafted compositions of leader/pianist Josh Rosen are all the elements that are American music. Rosen, a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, lists Bob Moses, Bennie Wallace, and }}George Schuller}} as performance partners. Besides ...
Disorder at the Border, The Music of Coleman Hawkins
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Disorder at the Border; La Rosita; Bean and the Boys; Honeysuckle Rose; Body and Soul; Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border, The Music of Coleman Hawkins
by Laurel Gross
Left New York's Jazz Standard last month barefoot because the band blew my socks (and even my boots) off. Baby it was cold outside, a December night threatening snow. But Bennie Wallace and the boys had played so hot I was warmed up inside and so immune to any chill. Wallace has been ...
Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border
by Donald Elfman
Saxophonist Bennie Wallace, also known for his clarinet work, moved to New York in 1971 after graduating from the University of Tennessee, playing with Monty Alexander, Sheila Jordan and others before debuting as a leader in 1978. He has released numerous records for Enja and also had a pair of highly-regarded discs for Blue Note in ...
Saxophonist Bennie Wallace Interviewed at AAJ
Saxophonist Bennie Wallace, also known for his clarinet work, moved to New York in 1971 after graduating from the University of Tennessee, playing with Monty Alexander, Sheila Jordan and others before debuting as a leader in 1978. He has released numerous records for Enja and also had a pair of highly-regarded discs for Blue Note in ...
Disorder at the Border: The Music of Coleman Hawkins
Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Disorder At The Border; La Rosita; Bean & The Boys; Honeysuckle Rose; Body And Soul; Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho.
Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border: The Music of Coleman Hawkins
by J Hunter
Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins' musical footprints stretch back to the 1920s, when he played with Louis Armstrong in Fletcher Henderson's orchestra. It's true that Hawkins was one of the forerunners of bebop, and went on to play and record with Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and John Coltrane. But Hawk's signature recording of the standard “Body and ...
Bennie Wallace: Disorder at the Border: The Music of Coleman Hawkins
by Robert R. Calder
This is a stomping band, as Coleman Hawkins said of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra he -- and the hitherto mostly awkward tenor saxophone -- grew up together with. Louis Armstrong and his hero the great cellist Pablo Casals inspired Hawkins' phrasing and timing, Art Tatum and J.S. Bach his harmonic command. His nickname “Bean" referred to ...
The Nearness of You
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Come Rain or Come Shine;
2. Willow Weep for Me;
3. Crazy He Calls Me;
4. Cocktails for Two;
5. Why Was I Born;
6. The Nearness of You;
7. I'm Old Fashioned;
8. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face;
9. Some Other Spring;
10. 'Tis Autumn;
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