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Brandon Wright: Boiling Point

Read "Boiling Point" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 11, 2010

The word tenor, in Latin, refers to “a continuous holding to a course," and tenor saxophonist Brandon Wright does just that on Boiling Point. Whether Wright is engaging in a musical boxing match with trumpeter Alex Sipiagin or crooning over pianist David Kikoski on an established ballad, he always seems to maintain a consistent musical presence ...

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Brandon Wright: Boiling Point

Read "Boiling Point" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
April 10, 2010

Saxophonist Brandon Wright has spent the last few years making a name for himself on the New York jazz scene as both a sideman and bandleader. Since graduating from the University of Miami, the New Jersey native has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and, most recently, has been touring with ...

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News: Recording

Brandon Wright - Boiling Point (Posi-Tone)

March 31, 2010

Over four decades after his premature passing, Coltrane is still a near-inescapable force for jazz saxophonists who opt for tradition-minded playing. Twenty-something Brandon Wright certainly sounds under the master's spell. From the bright, soaring unisions of “Free Man" the opening number on his new release, the tracks of Trane are a primary method of melodic travel. ...

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Jazztronicus

By Scott Routenberg

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Brazil '06; Gluteus Groove; Shores of Paradise; Lots of Pulp; Designer Bossa; String the Groove; The Midnight Creeper; The Crawford Recipe; Felicja; Chicken Pickin'; Alborada; The Tooth Fairy; The Reckoning; Bandwidth