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New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by Hrayr Attarian
Intricate compositions often provide the best substrate for complex and satisfying improvisation. This holds true for the New Jazz Composer's Octet's The Turning Gate, which includes five short compositions and one long suite made up of six movements. Each piece serves as a vehicle for group interplay and interpretation, and as a platform for one or ...
Jazz Middelheim 2009
by Martin Longley
Jazz Middelheim 2009Park Den BrandtAntwerpenBelgium The Jazz Middelheim festival is nearing its fortieth anniversary, but it's a weekender that hasn't relinquished a fondness for adventure. Nuzzling up against its stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations of many audience members. The entertaining middle way ...
New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Chico Hamilton, Grace Kelly, Vintage Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Radio Deejay Russ Davis, and Coverage of the Freddie Hubbard Memorial at St. John the Divine
New York, NY -- From elder statesman Chico Hamilton to rising star Grace Kelly, the current episode of Jazz it Up! bristles with a cool edge that tempers the warmth of summer. On one of her two featured numbers, alto saxophonist Kelly arranges Bill Withers' “Aint No Sunshine" into a jazz showcase; during the second, she ...
Walkin' the Line
By David Weiss
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Deadweight (Xavier Davis) - 5:36;
02. A Little Twist (David Weiss) - 7:33;
03. Walkin' the Line (DW) - 7:24;
04. Abdullah's Demeanor (Craig Handy) - 10:48;
05. Inner Space (Chick Corea) - 7:37;
06. The Dove (XD) - 8:51;
07. The Fork in the Road (Dwayne Burno) - 6:23.
The Turning Gate
By David Weiss
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Turning Gate; New; David and Goliath; Once; Bad Alchemy; The Faith Suite (I; In the Beginning; II; Twilight; III; The Doubtful; IV; Panic); Onward.
David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'
by R.J. DeLuke
David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, Craig Handy, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath and ...
New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by Greg Camphire
From the first track on The Turning Gate, it's obvious that the New Jazz Composers Octet has spent considerable quality time together since their founding in 1996. The sheer number of hours spent writing, arranging, and playing material has strengthened this fresh ensemble into a superior example of jazz excellence. With each member working at the ...
New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by J Hunter
Good support players can add color and depth to the vision of almost any artist; the right supporting cast can help a leader move in innumerable creative directions--witness the many phases of Dave Douglas. But what if a support player has a vision to share with the world? That was trumpeter David Weiss' motivation for founding ...
The New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by Laurel Gross
Trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader David Weiss has been a fixture on the New York scene since returning to the city of his birth after graduating from North Texas State. Leader of the long-running New Jazz Composers Octet, Weiss continues to evolve. The Turning Gate, the third album from the NJCO, though ...
The New Jazz Composers Octet: Walkin' the Line
by AAJ Italy Staff
Walkin' the line sta per camminare sul filo di un compromesso difficile quanto fertile per il futuro del jazz: costruire una musica che abbia le caratteristiche di riconoscibilità melodica e ritmica proprie dell'esperienza afroamericana senza rinunciare alla ricerca. Proseguire la strada di artisti come Wayne Shorter - in grado di comporre melodie memorabili, poste su veri ...
