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Take Five with Devin Roth
by AAJ Staff
Meet Devin Roth: Originally from Kelowna, BC, Canada, Devin Roth is an accomplished pianist and composer. He is in demand as a composer and orchestrator in the film industry in Los Angeles and has worked on projects including The Book of Life, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, Empire (TV series) and Crimson Peak. He studied jazz ...
Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success
by R.J. DeLuke
Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band ...
Adam Birnbaum: Three of a Mind
by Karl Ackermann
Pianist/composer Adam Birnbaum has performed in the company of diverse leaders such as traditionalist trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the edgier saxophonist Greg Osby and the eclectic composer/conductor Darcy James Argue and his Secret Society. On one hand Birnbaum is a change agent having utilized three different rhythm sections in as many outings as a trio leader. He ...
JC Sanford Orchestra: Views from the Inside
by Angelo Leonardi
Nell'attuale rinascimento del jazz orchestrale JC Sanford non è affatto un esordiente anche se pubblica solo ora il primo disco a suo nome. È membro fondatore con Darcy James Argue del Composers' Federation Pulse, ha operato nel BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop guidato da Jim McNeely e Mike Abene, da anni agisce regolarmente come compositore ...
Brooklyn Babylon
Label: New Amsterdam Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Prologue; The Neighborhood; Interlude #1: Infuse; An Invitation; Interlude #2: Enjoin; The Tallest Tower In The World; Interlude #3: Enthrall; Construction + Destruction; Interlude #4: Bewail; Builders; Interlude #5: Unmoored; Missing Parts; Interlude #6: Arise; Grand Opening; Interlude #7: Aloft; Coney Island; Epilogue.
Awakening Orchestra: Vol. 1: This Is Not the Answer
by Angelo Leonardi
Questo debutto di Kyle Saulnier è uno dei lavori orchestrali più ricchi e appassionanti degli ultimi anni, paragonabile per fantasia e freschezza a Infernal Machine, il disco d'esordio di Darcy James Argue. Compositore e polistrumentista, Saulnier è nato nel Connecticut, ha studiato composizione alla Berklee e alla Manhattan School of Music e risiede da ...
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Brooklyn Babylon
by Luca Canini
Che Brooklyn sia il cuore musicale della New York del terzo millennio è ormai un dato di fatto. Le spietate leggi del mercato immobiliare, da una decina d'anni o giù di lì, hanno costretto improvvisatori e jazzisti ad attraversare l'East River, in fuga da una Manhattan sempre più cara. Brooklyn nuovo rifugio e nuova frontiera, dunque, ...
I Nuovi Protagonisti dell'Orchestrazione - 1: Darcy James Argue - Ryan Truesdell - Orrin Evans
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo la morte di Gil Evans e Thad Jones nella seconda metà degli anni ottanta e la progressiva uscita di scena di George Russell, il ruolo del compositore/orchestratore nel jazz ha sofferto di un gap generazionale. Meno marcato di quanto è apparso pubblicamente ma comunque consistente. Anche se negli anni novanta già operavano figure del calibro ...
Newport Jazz Festival 2014
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State Park Newport, RI Friday, August 1, 2014 The saxophone reed squealed, as David Sanchez tastefully demonstrated mastery of jazz, but with dark clouds looming on the horizon, music wasn't the only thing on the minds of the patrons at the 60th Newport Jazz Festival presented ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2014 - Part One: Hardcore Jazz
by Martin Longley
Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 10-13, 2014 The two weekends of this year's Gent Jazz Festival were characterised by their extreme differences in weather. The first half, traditionally concentrating on jazz in its naked state, was buffeted by persistent rainfall and chilly temperatures. The second ...
