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Stockholm Syndrome

By Will Vinson
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2010
Track listing: Squeeze; Dear Old Stockholm; Late Lament; Dean Street Rundown;
Icronic; You Wouldn't Forget Me; Everything I Love; Party of One; Show
Type Tune.
Alex Sipiagin: Generations

by Dan Bilawsky
In many ways, Woody Shaw was the dominant voice on the trumpet between Freddie Hubbard and the rise of Wynton Marsalis. Like Hubbard, Shaw could be an aggressive force, but his writing style, tone and angular soloing set him apart. His tragic and untimely death put him in the same category as fellow Blakey trumpeters Clifford ...
Alex Sipiagin: Generations

by Mark F. Turner
Alex Sipiagin pays it forward with his eighth Criss Cross release, Generations, dedicated to the late Woody Shaw, a lesser celebrated but brilliant trumpeter who performed with artists including Anthony Braxton, Chick Corea, Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill. A fiery stylist with perfect pitch and lyricism, Shaw was admired by peers and emulated by up-and-comers as Sipiagin ...
Alex Sipiagin: Generations

by Terrell Kent Holmes
Woody Shaw was highly regarded as one of the finest trumpeters and composers of his era at the time of his tragic death in 1989, at the age of 44. Alex Sipiagin, an exciting young trumpeter, pays an eloquent tribute to Shaw with Generations, a blend of a few Shaw compositions with some of his own ...
David Binney: Aliso

by J Hunter
For Aliso, reedman David Binney wanted to get back to doing things that have been part of my life since I was a kid." It's clear that any time is a good time for a happy childhood, because both Binney and his band dive into Aliso like 10 year-olds on vacation at Disney World. The opening ...
David Binney: Aliso

by Karl Ackermann
Saxophonist David Binney's resume boasts of diverse stints with Maria Schneider, Craig Taborn, and Uri Caine among many others; a wide range of styles with the best musicians, composers and arrangers in jazz. While the scope of his talents as both a player and composer are recognized by his fellow musicians, wider public recognition has still ...
David Binney: Aliso

by Dan Bilawsky
Finding musical parallels to David Binney's work is not always an easy task. As a composer, he has managed to create a distinctive sound, yet no single quality can properly define his work. Binney wears his influences on his sleeve throughout Aliso, choosing to touch on the work of Wayne Shorter, Sam Rivers, Thelonious Monk and ...
David Binney: Aliso

by John Kelman
In a career now in its third decade, alto saxophonist David Binney's greatest accomplishment, despite being a player of no small worth, has been as a composer whose often knottily idiosyncratic tunes manage to remain not just accessible, but deeply compelling. From the earliest days of Lost Tribe through to last year's outstanding Third Occasion, Binney's ...
Lage Lund: Unlikely Stories

by David Lighton
It is a great pleasure to watch the evolution of a musician--to witness the synthesis and refinement of ideas. And so it has been the case with Norwegian-born guitarist Lage Lund--who, in three short years of recording as a leader, has arrived at a new creative plateau. Lund's first two recordings, Standards (Self Produced, ...
Seamus Blake: Bellwether

by Woodrow Wilkins
SSome albums are named for a time, a place, an experience, or even a person. Others have a concept. Saxophonist Seamus Blake takes on concept with Bellwether, a term for leader or trendsetter. Born in England and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Blake has gained recognition by Down Beat and JazzTimes magazines, and finished first ...