Results for "Bob Magnuson"

Bob Magnuson

A New Light

By Eric Goletz

Label: Consolidated Artists Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: Prelude, Before the Light; A New Light; Edge of Night; Dig; Enchanted; Greene Street Groove; Sunrise, Sunset; Song for Elizabeth; Don’t Gimme That!; The Mirror; Postlude: After the Light.

Michael Whalen: Fire Brigade

by Phillip Woolever
May 25, 2019

Michael Whalen is a versatile, accomplished keyboardist whose professional focus has been film and especially television soundtracks that earned him a pair of Emmy Awards and includes the Good Morning America theme. Promotional material describes this project as the long-contemplated culmination of his desire to create a jazz-fusion album along the lines of early influences like ...

Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble: Live From New York!

by Dan Bilawsky
December 28, 2013

When trumpet titan Dizzy Gillespie left this earth he left no shortage of disciples behind. His now-legendary peers (i.e. saxophonists Jimmy Heath and Benny Golson), a cadre of killer Cubans (Arturo Sandoval, multi-reedist Paquito D'Rivera, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, etc.) and a pride of young lions all worked with him, learned from him, and sang his praises, ...

George Cables: The Pianist’s Dedication to the Group

by Victor L. Schermer
October 14, 2013

Anyone who is serious about jazz will tell you that George Cables belongs in the pantheon of the greatest jazz pianists. Everyone, that is, except George Cables. Exceptional in every way, he is yet a team player. He sees himself as part of the rhythm section, and has always emphasized the group over the soloist. He ...

Omens

By Bob Magnuson

Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2000

Bob Magnuson-Tom DeSteno Quartet: Omens

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2000

Ironically the two leaders on this session are probably less known than their higher profile sidemen. Duval and Moondoc have left their marks are all over the creative improvised music map when it comes to recording. In contrast, Magnuson and DeSteno, who have been musical associates since high school, have only recently had the opportunity to ...