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Enter the "Donny McCaslin - Perpetual Motion" Giveaway
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Greenleaf Music “Donny McCaslin—Perpetual Motion“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 24th. Two winners will receive the Perpetual Motion bundle pack, which includes the Perpetual Motion CD, the Recommended Tools CD and the digital sheet music for ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by Troy Collins
Perpetual Motion is tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin's first dedicated foray into the electrified realms of funk, R&B and soul. A renowned soloist whose memberships in Dave Douglas' Quintet, Mingus Dynasty and the Maria Schneider Orchestra have won him great acclaim (including a Grammy nomination for his work with Schneider's Orchestra), McCaslin has delved into groove-based territory ...
Donny McCaslin Quartet at Chris' Jazz Cafe on January 29, 2011
The Donny McCaslin Quartet will be performing at Chris Jazz Cafe on January 29, 2011. McCaslin is touring in support of his recently released CD Perpetual Motion Declaration on the Greenleaf label. DONNY MCCASLIN QUARTET Donny McCaslin saxophone Uri Caine piano Scott Colley bass Nate Smith drums January ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Donny McCaslin can be called, quite accurately, a fearless player, whether it's for his prodigious and always adventurous work as a sideman--very notably with trumpeter Dave Douglas' quintet and with Maria Schneider's award-winning orchestra (for which he garnered a Grammy nomination), or on his own discs as a leader.McCaslin's musical spirit is a ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by Dan Bilawsky
Each new record from tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin is cause for celebration. With each album, McCaslin has put himself in the middle of a different instrumental configuration, challenging the saxophonist to reach new heights, and Perpetual Motion is no different. Now that he has proven his mettle on the piano-less trio battleground with Recommended Tools (Greenleaf, ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by C. Michael Bailey
Donny McCaslin's Perpetual Motion is an embarrassment of riches, employing a lineup populated by the edgiest, most progressive-thinking jazz musicians currently composing. Alto saxophonist David Binney (who also produces the disc), pianist Uri Caine, bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Antonio Sanchez have been producing music that has positively expanded jazz music for the past decade. McCaslin ...
Donny McCaslin: Perpetual Motion
by Warren Allen
Donny McCaslin has long been one of the under-sung superstars of the modern tenor saxophone. In recent years, however, as both a leader and sideman with big band leader Maria Schneider, the Mingus Dynasty band, and trumpeter Dave Douglas, McCaslin has gained more and more well-deserved recognition. Drawing off the best of the 21st century's jazz, ...
Peter Hum: A Boy's Journey
by John Kelman
Some believe that to be a “real" musician it's all or nothing--no part-time venture; it requires flat-out, full-on commitment. The truth is that it is possible to be full-time in spirit, even if not always in practical terms. As writer/editor for The Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Peter Hum has been involved with music from another angle for ...
Saxophonist/Composer Donny McCaslin Releases New CD Titled Perpetual Motion on Greenleaf Records.
It becomes immediately apparent within the first few seconds why Donny McCaslin has named his new CD Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf Records). The man is a tenor saxophone-blowing force of nature, unleashing new, mind-numbing ideas at the speed of light, his lips keeping pace with his brain as he turns down one avenue, juts down another and ...
