Results for "Colin Woodford"

Colin Woodford

Oblique Rhyme

By Joe Santa Maria

Label: Orenda Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: War Crimes; Hidden Lake; Mood of Mind; Sum Thymes; Prism; Ambient Ambiance; This Must Be For You; Caricature; Picking Up the Pieces

Joe Santa Maria: Oblique Rhyme

by Jack Kenny
July 9, 2025

The perennial challenge of balancing individual expression with collective harmony is masterfully addressed by Joe Santa Maria (saxophones), David Tranchina (bass), Gary Fukushima (piano), and Colin Woodford (drums). Their collaboration weaves contemporary jazz with blues and avant-garde elements, crafting an eclectic sound that showcases the quartet's versatility and chemistry. Fukushima's style is strikingly individualistic, ...

Joe Santa Maria & David Tranchina: Oblique Rhyme

by Fran Kursztejn
May 16, 2025

The integral development of post-'70s jazz has nothing to do with instruments, playstyle or compositional ethos. After bop's heyday slowly petered out, its practitioners either holding strong to the tradition or scattering to other genres in the public's favor, the necessity of a studio-produced, hierarchical set seemed to disappear with it. Granted, the bandleader model maintains ...