Results for "Dan Pugach"

Dan Pugach: Plus One

by Jerome Wilson
April 24, 2018

On this debut CD, drummer Dan Pugach shows himself to be a composer and arranger who has mastered the art of making a group sound much bigger than it is. His nonet plays intricate and soulful jazz with the punch of a much bigger band. Pugach is very good at using brawny up-tempo rhythms. ...

Andrew Gould: First Things First

by Dan Bilawsky
March 4, 2018

There are many realities to the jazz scene in New York. If you check out the marquee listings at the swankiest clubs, you'll see certain names pop up again and again for a short run here or there. These men and women are most certainly an important part of the mix and draw, having paid their ...

Formats – Solo Through Nonet

by C. Michael Bailey
February 23, 2018

One plus Two, equals three, and so on. What arbitrary combo size constitutes a big band? None of these. Solo: Jamie Saft Solo a Genova RareNoise Records 2018 That musical provocateur Jamie Saft, he is a prankster. After making all kinds of noise with the likes of Metallic Taste ...

Brooklyn Blues

February 22, 2018

Album: Plus One
By Dan Pugach
Label: Unit Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 6:17

Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

June 20, 2008

The Dan Pugach Quartet is composed of an international cast of top-level musicians from Berklee College of Music. This talented group of artists has worked together in various capacities for the past few years and is now focused on performing its original compositions as well as inventive arrangements of the standard jazz repertoire. The group is ...

Dan Pugach Quartet Live at the Berklee Performance Center

June 19, 2008