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Album

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: The Bonnie Blue Flag; Battle Hymn of the Old Republic; Shiloh; The Better Angels of Our Nature; Battle Cry of Freedom; Weeping, Sad and Lonely; I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land; Of Freedom; All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night.

Album

Codex

By Brian McCarthy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: Commonplace; Elder Lion; Miller Time; Acoustic Shadows; Serenity; Sarabande; One Foot in the Gutter; Causeway; El Manisero.

Article: Album Review

Brian McCarthy: Codex

by Doug Collette
December 3, 2017

Whether saxophonist Brian McCarthy's third full-length studio album, Codex, was specifically intended as such, this comparatively simple, bracing quartet project is a refreshing change of pace from its more involved predecessor, The Better Angels of Our Nature (Truth Revolution, 2017). On the surface at least seemingly far less ambitious, the album begins in a ...

Article: Album Review

Brian McCarthy Nonet: The Better Angels of Our Nature

Read "The Better Angels of Our Nature" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 20, 2017

Brian McCarthy's The Better Angels of Our Nature shares some common ground with Ted Nash whose Big Band collection Presidential Suite (Eight Variations on Freedom) (Motema Music, 2016) explored musical interpretations of great historical speeches including those of John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Lyndon B. Johnson. McCarthy's focus is inspirited by American ...

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Battle Hymn of the Old Republic

July 8, 2017

Album: The Better Angels of Our Nature
By Brian McCarthy
Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 6:00

News: Contest

Enter the "Brian McCarthy - This Just In" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

January 25, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Brian McCarthy - This Just In“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 24th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Brian McCarthy at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Brian ...

Article: Album Review

Brian McCarthy: This Just In

Read "This Just In" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 3, 2014

Jazz is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Vermont but the state, despite its size, has had a long involvement with improvised music. Trumpeters Alan Shorter and Bill Dixon taught at Bennington College and guitarist Attila Zoller founded the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro. In addition to having a small yet ...

Album

This Just In

By Brian McCarthy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: Mac Attack; Precipice; The Departure, Pt. One; This Just In; Loved Ones; Bridgman Hill; The Feeling of Jazz; The Arrival, Pt. Two.