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David Sills

Chosen as an L.A. Times "Best Bet", David is making a name for himself as one of the finest young jazz musicians in the L.A area. "It was soon apparent that Sills, 26, is not your usual young saxophonist. His airy well-pitched sound carries hints of Stan Getz and Lester Young, and he plays with a patience that speaks of maturity. He goes straight to the heart of a lyric, forgoing the flashy excess of youth, developing the story line during his solos with touches of warm melodicism and the occasional flurry of notes." - Bill Kolhase In the L.A. Times David's commitment to the integrity of the music is shown in his Naxos Jazz Compact Disk, Journey Together, featuring jazz giants Alan Broadbent, Darek Oles, Joe LaBarbara and Larry Koonse

Ches Smith, Gretchen Parlato, Sam Rivers and Others

by Jerome Wilson
August 24, 2022

This is, as usual, an extremely eclectic show, this time featuring big bands, vocalists, some Latin flavors and much more. Artists heard on the show include Ches Smith, Martin Bejerano, Sam Rivers, Gretchen Parlato and the David Sanford Big Band. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete ...

Greg Tardy, Sammy Nestico & Elvin Jones

by Joe Dimino
February 7, 2021

From modern day saxophonist Greg Tardy, we swing into the 685th Episode of Neon Jazz. This show features a host of songs from artists who released music during 2020. We also talked to quite a few musicians during that pandemic year for their wisdom and insights into survival during an era of no live music. They ...

David Sills Double Guitar Quintet: Natural Lines

by Mark Sullivan
October 8, 2020

Los Angeles-based reed player David Sills has usually led a quintet with guitar, piano, bass and drums. Most of his recent performances have taken place in venues lacking a piano, so he began adding a second guitar. The change in instrumentation had a side benefit, opening up new musical possibilities and colors. Having two guitars in ...

Natural Lines

By David Sills

Label: Gut String Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Minor Monk; Sync Or Swim; Sonny's Side; Quiet Is The Star; Lover Man; Foggy Daze; Mellow Stone; Nardis; Jones' Tones; All The Little Things; Outside Corner; Interplay.

Blue's the New Green

By David Sills

Label: Gut String Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: No Moe; The Highline; 'Tis Autumn; Justin's Dime; Portofino Night; Night flower; Blue's the New Green; I'm a Fool to Want You; Belmont Shores; Blues in Ten.

David Sills: Blue's the New Green

by Dan McClenaghan
October 27, 2013

Saxophonist David Sills opens his Blue's the New Green with tenor sax titan Sonny Rollins' tune, “No Moe." But Sills doesn't use Rollins' musculature or his burly tone. He rolls more in the mode of sax men Joe Henderson or Stan Getz--or, to take it back further, Coleman Hawkins or Ben Webster, with a smooth, vibrato-less ...

Green

By David Sills

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Melon Head; Fontok; Prelude to a Kiss; For Us; Moon and Sand; Salsipuedes; Summer; Green; Sills Sails; Flat Days; Survival; Desert Passes.

Green

July 23, 2007

Album: Green
By David Sills
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 05:45

David Sills: Green

by Dan McClenaghan
July 21, 2007

With tenor saxophonist David Sills, three big “s" words come to mind: Swinging, soulful, and...surfing?"Check out the cover photo on his Green CD. You might think it a re-release of a forgotten Chantays--of “Pipeline" fame--album from 1963. The guy on the surfboard--David Sills himself--is cutting into a bottom turn on a clean, overhead steel ...