Results for "Bill Lee"

Kevin O'Connell Quartet: Hot New York Minutes

by Jack Bowers
August 13, 2023

Although Hot New York Minutes is Chicago-based pianist Kevin O'Connell's date, it could well be saxophonist Adam Brenner's, as the two share roughly equal time soloing and contribute their talents as writer and/or arranger on half a dozen of the album's ten numbers. In fact, the subtitle reads “Featuring Adam Brenner," and the album, O'Connell writes, ...

Kevin O'Connell Quartet Featuring Adam Brenner: Hot New York Minutes

by Neil Duggan
June 28, 2023

Finding one's own voice as a musician is never an easy process; extending that to taking the spotlight and leading your own band is another step up. For some, it can take years. Kevin O'Connell is an example of exactly that. He has been a jazz pianist since the 1980s, working with the Clifford Jordan Quartet ...

Saxophone Colossi: An Alternative Top Ten Banging Albums

by Chris May
February 18, 2021

Miles Davis once said you could tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker. You might want to add John Coltrane, you might even want to add Davis. But however you cut it, saxophones and trumpets have been the flag bearers of the music. Trumpets got things rolling and saxophones came into ...

Bill Lee

Born: July 23, 1928

Dwayne Burno: Tradition

by George Colligan
November 20, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] Dwayne Burno is one of the great bass players of his generation. Originally from Philadelphia, Burno has been on the New York and international jazz scene since 1990. He has played with so many of the great legends of jazz: Betty ...

Eric Alexander: Don't Follow the Crowd

by Jack Bowers
August 24, 2011

Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, now well into his forties and no longer the precocious young lion who burst on the New York scene some two decades ago, nevertheless remains the relentless hunter, avidly pursuing--and easily wrestling to the ground--obscure melodies that are beyond the pale of his contemporaries. Such diligence pays dividends again on Don't Follow ...

Theo Croker Quintet at House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai

by Jenn Chan Lyman
November 4, 2009

Theo Croker Quintet House of Blues & Jazz Shanghai, China October 26, 2009 On Monday nights House of Blues & Jazz offers a rarity on the Shanghai jazz scene: original music. Tunes written by the players on stage are a special treat when you've been around town listening to ...

Glass Bead Games

By Clifford Jordan

Label: Harvest Song Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Powerful Paul Robeson; Glass Bead Games; Prayer To The People; Cal Massey; John Coltrane; Eddie Harris; Biskit; Shoulders; Bridgework; Maimoun; Alias Buster Henry; One For Amos.

Forest Flowers

By Richard Davis

Label: 32 Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Forest Flower; Take The A Train; Passion Flower; A Third Away; Wind Flower; Dear Old Stockholm; Monica; The Rabbi; Baby Sweets; On The Trail; I