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Drew Gress: 7 Black Butterflies
by Mark F. Turner
Music that reveals beauty even in the Rhinoceros... To say that Drew Gress may be one of today's premier bassists/composers is a bold statement, but one with considerable merit. The veteran player has profoundly enhanced numerous recordings by names like Uri Crane, Don Byron, and Ravi Coltrane with his distinct sound, dynamic playing, ...
Ultimatum
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2002
Track listing: Ultimatum; Ancestral Wisdom; Catalyst; Was it Not Meant to Be?; Shiva's Dance; Silkscreen; Across...; Wishful Thinking; Lords of Justice.
Dave Douglas: Brave New World
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter / composer Dave Douglas has been creating new worlds for listeners for the past decade. His ethereal writing style for unconventional configurations transports audiences into unfamiliar territory. These distinctive compositions combined with his astonishing technique and expressionist improvisations have brought him critical and public acclaim as a visionary of his generation. The diversity of his ...
Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder
by Phil DiPietro
With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...
Spin and Drift
By Drew Gress
Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Disappearing, Act 1; Torque; It was after rain that the angel came; Jet Precipice; Aquamarine; The Sledmouth Chronicles; Here, at the bottom of the sky?; Pang; New Leaf
Spin & Drift
By Drew Gress
Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Disappearing, Act 1; Torque; It Was After Rain That the Angel Came; Jet Precipice; Aquamarine; The Sledmouth Chronicles; Here, at the Bottom of the Sky; Pang; New Leaf.
Drew Gress: Spin and Drift
by Glenn Astarita
Here, bassist Drew Gress mans the helm to what is essentially, alto saxophonist Tim Berne's “Paraphrase" trio - plus pianist/composer Uri Caine. Spin and Drift signifies a symbiotic union of like-minded musicians, as Gress executes his booming, robust bass lines on buoyant pieces such as the opener, “Disappearing Act 1" and “Jet Precipice," where the quartet ...
Meet Duane Eubanks
by AAJ Staff
Duane Eubanks is the youngest practicing member of yet another one of jazz's famous families, the Eubanks. In fact, the Eubanks family's immersion in music began with Duane's maternal grandmother, who passed on the tradition to Duane's mother, Vera, and to Duane's uncles, Ray and Tommy Bryant. Vera still performs in Philadelphia, and one ...
Drew Gress: Spin & Drift
by Jim Santella
Representing jazz's modern mainstream, Drew Gress' quartet album swings, while offering – at the same time – unexpected changes of direction. Saxophones, piano, bass and drums interact with a spirit that implies reserves of energy. That motion is sitting there, rocking, and waiting for a chance to explode. Fortunately, this veteran quartet knows how to harness ...
Drew Gress: Spin & Drift
by Jim Santella
Representing jazz's modern mainstream, Drew Gress' quartet album swings, while offering--at the same time--unexpected changes of direction. Saxophones, piano, bass and drums interact with a spirit that implies reserves of energy. That motion is sitting there, rocking, and waiting for a chance to explode. Fortunately, this veteran quartet knows how to harness the energy. Uri Caine ...
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