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Blue Divide

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Prelude; Pasillo Azul; Davey’s Dreams; Dispossession; Knowing; G’s Waltz; Still Time; Taksim.

Article: Album Review

Rob Derke & the NYJAZZ Quartet: Blue Divide

by J Hunter
January 2, 2014

The name “NYJAZZ Quartet" does beg the question, “What is New York Jazz?" Even narrowing the definition to “home grown" music doesn't help, since that range runs from the mainstream sounds of Birdland and the Blue Note to the next-level avant-garde associated with Smalls and the late lamented Knitting Factory. With Blue Divide, saxman Rob Derke ...

Album

Blue Divide

By Rob Derke

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: Prelude; Pasillo Zaul; Davey's Dreams; Dispossession; Knowing; G's Waltz; Still Time; Taksim.

Article: Album Review

Rob Derke & The NYJAZZ Quartet: Blue Divide

Read "Blue Divide" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 22, 2013

Saxophonist Rob Derke--the man behind the jazz-promoting nonprofit known as the NYJAZZ Initiative--significantly widened his reach with Mad About Thad (Jazzheads, 2011). That album, a finely sculpted tribute to the great trumpeter-composer Thad Jones, helped to shine a light on Derke's organization and brought more deserved attention to the music of a dearly departed legend. Now, ...