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Roxy Coss: Restless Idealism

Read "Restless Idealism" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 2, 2016

Roxy Coss was inspired to name the second album as leader of her own group Restless Idealism after reading a passage by Hunter S. Thompson in The Rum Diary, in which he weighs the tension between “a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other." While Coss, as a working ...

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Roxy Coss: Restless Idealism

Read "Restless Idealism" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 26, 2016

Upcoming saxophonist Roxy Coss opens her splendid Origin Records debut, Restless Idealism with a traditional approach on her original tune, “Don't Cross the Coss." It's a happy and assertive sound, and when she takes her first solo, her robust tone brings Coleman Hawkins to mind. Coss and her band, churning along on a well-lubricated drive train ...

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Jonathan Parker: Interloper

Read "Interloper" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 30, 2014

Saxophonist Jonathan Parker has covered quite a lot of ground since graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 2008: Shortly thereafter, he relocated to Shanghai, China, carving out a performing life for himself there. Then, he was accepted into the Kennedy Center-sponsored Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead program in 2010. Parker moved to New York City ...

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Article: Live Review

Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band

by Daniel Lehner
April 10, 2011

Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band William Paterson University Jazz Room Wayne, NJ March 26th, 2011 Looking at Roy Haynes's oeuvre, over his tremendously prolific career, it becomes apparent that simply being awarded one lifetime achievement award from the Grammy committee may not be enough. For most musicians, being involved in ...