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Article: Album Review

Tom Harrell: Prana Dance

Read "Prana Dance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 4, 2009

Despite fighting health issues that would keep most people down and out, Tom Harrell has managed to create a remarkably consistent discography as a leader, in addition to a sizable collection of sessions since first emerging in the early '70s. Still, the trumpeter seems especially invigorated since signing with HighNote for Light On (2007). A true ...

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News: Recording

Tom Harrell "Prana Dance" Release, Tour and Contest Giveaway

March 17, 2009

Prana Dance (Highnote Record, HCD 7192) Tom Harrell - trumpet & flugelhorn Wayne Escoffery - soprano & tenor saxophones Danny Grissett - piano & Fender Rhodes Ugonna Okegwo - bass Johnathan Blake - drums Track List: Marching; Prana; Sequenza; Maharaja; The Call; Ride; The Sea Serpent; In the ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Danny Grissett: Encounters & Waldron Mahdi Ricks

by Elliott Simon
January 10, 2009

Ghostliness permeates both pianist Danny Grissett's Encounters and trumpeter/ flugelhornist Waldron Mahdi Ricks' eponymous album. Grissett is on Ricks' debut as a leader and leads a trio for his sophomore effort. The sessions showcase two sides of the young pianist--one who can most certainly swing in a modern jazz way, but who also has the rarer ...

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Encounters

By Danny Grissett

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2008
Track listing: Hopscotch; Waltz for Billy; A New Beginning; Encounters; Toy Tune; Sunrise; It Could Happen to You; Never Let Me Go; Git!.

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Danny Grissett: Encounters

Read "Encounters" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 6, 2008

When I first heard pianist Danny Grissett a few years back and gave his debut album a favorable review, I anticipated that we'd be hearing more from the Los Angeles native. In fact, his star has been on the rise lately and he's a favorite accompanist to a growing body of leaders including a cache of ...

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Gifts and Givers

By Jimmy Greene

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mr. McLean; Greene Blues; Forever; Magnolia Triangle; 26-2; Blue Bossa/Boudreaux; Eternal Triangle.

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Promise

By Danny Grissett

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Moment's Notice; Autumn Nocturne, Promise, Where Do We Go From Here?, Cambridge Place, You Must Believe in Spring; On the Edge; Everything Happens To Me; Eleventh Hour.

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Danny Grissett: Promise

Read "Promise" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 22, 2006

The jazz piano trio format has its share of plaudits and pitfalls. One the one hand, it has immense possibilities in terms of orchestration and rhythm. But on the other hand, it's all too easy for the music to turn into background wallpaper for the local cocktail lounge. As such, it's a risky decision to make ...