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Dan Willis: Velvet Gentlemen
by Michael P. Gladstone
File under: Eric Satie Jazz or Quantum Physics Jazz. I don't know f you have to intellectualize the music, only one of the above subjects is necessary for me. On his third album, multi-reed player Dan Willis reports in the liner notes of Velvet Gentlemen that his writing for this album was influenced by ...
Dan Willis: Velvet Gentlemen
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
It's hard not to like a band that calls itself “Velvet Gentlemen, even before learning that the moniker derives from a nickname given to the velvet-clad composer Erik Satie by children in his Parisian neighborhood. It's similarly easy to appreciate the sound of the compositions and arrangements on this record even before knowing that they are ...
Dan Willis: Velvet Gentlemen
by John Kelman
Even those who get the titular reference of woodwind multi-instrumentalist Dan Willis' Velvet Gentlemen will be challenged to find a clear link. Those with only a passing acquaintance with classical composer Erik Satie (1866-1925)--nicknamed “The Velvet Gentleman because of his predilection for velvet jackets--will find little in Willis' sometimes complex, often electric and improvisation-oriented music to ...
Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder
by Phil DiPietro
With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...
Dan Willis Quartet
By Dan Willis
Label: A-Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Hankerin';
Where The Buffalo Roam;
Homegrown;
Cedar Spring Song;
Do You Good;
Oddly Enough;
Last To Know, The;
Tell Me What You Saw;
Each Answer;
Home.
Dan Willis: Dan Willis Quartet
by Glenn Astarita
31 year old Saxophonist Dan Willis has performed and recorded with some of jazz's finest, which includes Joey Baron, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Lee Konitz, Rob McConnell and many others. Here, Dan steps out on his first solo recording aptly titled the “Dan Willis Quartet." Willis' opener, “Hankerin'" commences with a sturdy yet vivacious ...
