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September 2009
by AAJ Staff
Jenny ScheinmanLe Poisson RougeNew York City August 4, 2009The chameleon-like but ever electric Nels Cline seemed at first to be an unusual partner for violinist Jenny Scheinman, but if anything the guitarist knows how to make things work and he pushed the quartet (with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jim ...
Mike DiRubbo: Repercussion
by Woodrow Wilkins
Seven originals among nine songs usually means the music will be fresh. Originality and improvisation are key ingredients to saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's Repercussion.After playing clarinet in his early years, DiRubbo, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, switched to alto saxophone and later studied under Jackie McLean. His associations include Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi and ...
Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
Recent Listening: Kuhn, Alexander, Griffin, Assadullahi
Steve Kuhn, Mostly Coltrane (ECM). Kuhn pays homage to John Coltrane, who briefly employed him in 1960 when the pianist was on the doorstep of his career. His tribute encompasses elegiac, earthy and wildly exploratory facets of the great saxophonist. It may remind listeners that, despite a relatively low profile, Kuhn is a major pianist of ...
Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung - A Brain Mystery
by George Kanzler
Pat Martino Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Sixteen Films 2008 There is active dispute over whether guitarist Pat Martino's playing has the drive and edge it had before his brain surgery in 1980. Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, one of the many (briefly) talking heads in this documentary, says: “I like his ...
Be-Bop at the Bach with Eric Alexander's Quartet and Jackie Ryan, Half Moon Bay, CA
by Bill Leikam
Eric Alexander Quartet and Jackie RyanDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaMay 10, 2009 Considered one of the top jazz tenor sax players of our time, Eric Alexander and his quartet laid down a heavy be-bop style show at the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society) in Half Moon ...
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi's Tribute to Ray Charles at Smoke on June 5th & 6th, 2009
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi will be performing with his Quintet in “Tribute to Ray Charles”- these performances are a celebration for his new Posi-Tone CD release titled Blues for Brother Ray “Rotondi has the passion and focus to find a place for the music in the new millennium.” --The New Yorker “Clearly, Rotondi emerges as one of ...
Eric Alexander at Jazz Alley, May 12-13
The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander for two nights. Band members are Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), David Hazeltine (piano) and Chuck Deardorf (bass) and Matt Jorgensen (drums). MAY 12 - 13, JAZZ ALLEY 2033 6th Avenue, Seattle Reservations: 206-441-9729 7:30pm, $22.50 Boasting a ...
Generations Band, Featuring Jimmy Cobb and Eric Alexander, Returns to Yoshi’S SF on Wednesday and Thursday, May 6 & 7
Two sets Wednesday night and “Battle of the Combos” Competition Finals on Thursday (San Francisco, CA) The Generations Band, an all-star sextet featuring Jimmy Cobb, Eric Alexander, Andrew Speight, David Hazeltine and Ray Drummond, will make its return to Yoshi’s San Francisco for two nights of special event concerts on Wednesday and Thursday, May 6 and ...
The Eric Alexander Quartet: Prime Time
by Jack Bowers
Prime Time, another tour de force from tenor saxophone standout Eric Alexander, is one of those two-for-one packages that includes a DVD and CD so one can see as well as hear Alexander's quartet at work. While both components were recorded in concert in Asheville, NC, the CD / DVD performances aren't the same (unless they've ...
