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Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy at Cecil's in West Orange, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy Cecil's Jazz Club West Orange, New Jersey October 17, 2008 “Is that all you got?" some wag yelled to Steve Smith immediately after the end of the opening set at Cecil's Jazz Club. “Do you want to come up here and try doing this?" Smith shot ...
Frank Butler on Curtis Counce's "Landslide"
by David A. Orthmann
“Man, I feel like cookin' this evening,"* Frank Butler proclaimed while setting up his drums in the Contemporary Records studio on October 6, 1956. Over a half-century later, his words still have the ring of absolute truth. The session, led by bassist Curtis Counce and released in 1957 as Landslide, was an incandescent beginning to Butler's ...
Jerry Weldon at The Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Jerry Weldon The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York September 22, 2008 During some inspired moments towards the end of an hour-long set, tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon lumbered across the stage, crouched low, the bell of the horn nearly pointed at the ground. Earthbound and restless in equal measure, the ...
Bill Moring and Way Out East in Teaneck, NJ
by David A. Orthmann
Bill Moring and Way Out East The Puffin Cultural Forum Teaneck, New JerseySeptember 13, 2008In the midst of the fourth and final selection of a fifty-minute set, Bill Moring and Way Out East transformed what had been an interesting performance to something extraordinary. The magic occurred during a lengthy ...
Jerry Weldon: Well-Done!
by David A. Orthmann
The high-water mark of Well-Done! is Jerry Weldon's rousing, up-tempo cover of “Filthy McNasty." Barking out four bars of Horace Silver's angular, no-nonsense line, Weldon sounds as if he can bulldoze anything that gets in his way. The tenor saxophonist's single-mindedness is exhilarating. Subsequent to the entrance of Hammond B-3 organist Kyle Koehler's pumping bass line ...
John Richmond: Creating A Scene For Quality Jazz
by David A. Orthmann
Originating the Monday night jazz series at New York's The Turning Point Cafe in October of 2007, tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond created a space where mature jazz artists can play in the company of stylistically compatible peers. Distractions--theme-oriented programming, promotional gimmicks, or hoopla of any kind--are conspicuously absent. A refreshing lack of ...
Steve Slagle at The Turning Point Café
by David A. Orthmann
Steve Slagle The Turning Point Café Piermont, NY July 21, 2008 Tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond’s knack for matching distinguished guest soloists and stimulating house rhythm sections is one of the salient characteristics of the Turning Point Café’s jazz series. For the venue located only thirty-five miles from New ...
John Richmond at The Turning Point Cafe
by David A. Orthmann
John Richmond The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY July 14, 2008 A few months ago I started reviewing sets performed at The Turning Point Cafe, a small, intimate club which features jazz on Monday nights. The common denominator of the shows is tenor and soprano saxophonist John Richmond, ...
Pete Zimmer: Chillin' Live @ Jazz Factory
by David A. Orthmann
In an era when serving a lengthy apprenticeship in a working band is no longer an option, young players who shun fashionable pop-influenced sounds in favor of traditional jazz styles must be very resourceful. Thirty-year-old drummer/composer/bandleader Pete Zimmer balances a desire to extend the modern straight-ahead mainstream into the twenty-first century and the ability to support ...
David Schnitter at The Turning Point Cafe
by David A. Orthmann
David Schnitter The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York June 2, 2008 David Schnitter ended a bracing, sixty-minute set at The Turning Point Cafe with a quote from “Auld Lang Syne." This brief digression was a jocular reminder that, for a jazz musician, “times gone by" aren't as important ...
