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Donny McCaslin: Pursuer
by Jason Crane
On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews saxophonist Donny McCaslin. One of the busiest saxophonists in the business, McCaslin plays with Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas and many others. He also fronts his own groups, including the band on his new CD, In Pursuit (Sunnyside, 2007). A follow-up to his critically ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by Troy Collins
From his early forays with Steps Ahead and Ken Schaphorst's Big Band to Maria Schneider's Orchestra and his recent membership in Dave Douglas' Quintet, saxophonist/composer Donny McCaslin is finally beginning to receive the critical accolades he deserves. His second album for Sunnyside and sixth as a leader, In Pursuit, follows a conceptual thread begun ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by Laurel Gross
If creating challenging music that is also thoroughly entertaining were a crime, then Donny McCaslin ought to be in jail. Some jazz players/composers today can seem so preoccupied with producing art that they make it very difficult for listeners to get in on the fun. Not so with McCaslin, who proves with In ...
Donny McCaslin: In Pursuit
by John Kelman
In the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Soar (Sunnyside, 2006), saxophonist Donny McCaslin continues to evolve his interest in blending advanced jazz harmony and improvisation with world music in general, and the rhythms of Latin and South America in particular. But while Soar's core quintet expanded to a nine-piece at times, here it remains intact, with ...
Donny McCaslin
by AAJ Italy Staff
01. Edward Simon - Simplicitas (Criss Cross - 2005). Edward è uno dei miei musicisti preferiti. Il contrappunto nella sua scrittura è una vera fonte d’ispirazione. “Fiestas“ e “Unknown Path“ sono i miei brani preferiti. 02. Idil Biret - Stravinskj: The Firebird (Piano Transcription) (Naxos - 2003). Uno studente del mio corso mi disse che stava ...
Soar
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Tanya; O Campeao; Push Up The Sky; Hero As A Boy; Be Love; Grafton; Soar; Laid Bare;
Mejorana Tonosiena.
Give And Go
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Outlaw; Scrappy; Drift; Give and Go; The Liberator's Song; Two/Three; Doom Fuss; Eronel.
Give & Go
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Outlaw; Scrappy; Drift; Give and Go; The Liberator's Song; Two/Three; Doom Fuss; Eronel.
Donny McCaslin: Give & Go
by Tom Greenland
Proust, Faulkner and Joyce: all wrote in protracted sentences that challenge the reader's mettle. Donny McCaslin is one such improviser, creating melodic lines that seem to stretch out and out and out, yet, through rigorous internal logic, never lose the thread of the narrative nor rankle the listener with overblown verbosity. Give and ...
