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Fred Hess Band: How 'Bout Now
by Jerry D'Souza
Fred Hess says that after four recordings with a quartet, he wanted to change the makeup of his group, so he added a horn: cornet player Ron Miles. The music grooves, even as Hess chooses the groove in different ways. He takes his compositions along divergent paths. There is no gainsaying which way a tune will ...
Fred Hess Band: How 'Bout Now
by Dan McClenaghan
If you go down the list of categories eligible for Grammy Awards, you'll find Field 10 (Jazz), category 47, which is “Best Instrumental Solo." So the Grammy folks are telling us that out of all the jazz CDs released in a given year--thousands of discs that must contain almost uncountable solos--they've been able to isolate just ...
Crossed Paths
By Fred Hess
Label: Tapestry
Released: 2005
Track listing: On Perry St., Zane, In the No, Knitwit for Tara, Funhouse, The Clef's Visit Grandma's, Crossed Paths, Mystery Woman, Untying the Knot
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by James Taylor
Saxophonist Fred Hess' latest release on the independent Colorado-based Tapestry label is his quartet's best. With trumpeter Ron Miles, bassist Ken Filiano, and drummer Matt Wilson, Crossed Paths features a more tight-knit unit and a composer more comfortable writing for this particular ensemble. Like eclectic trumpeter Dave Douglas, the unheralded Hess is versed ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by AAJ Staff
Crossed Paths is state-of-the-art modern jazz. The members of Colorado tenor saxophonist Fred Hess' quartet explore his themes from every conceivable angle, ranging from skipping swing to brittle abstraction. And there's a blues, too. Hess appears to enjoy a growing reputation, and he deserves it. He's a monster musician, a saxophonist with a full, ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by John Kelman
It's wonderful for an artist to find a group so emotionally linked to his or her conception that the music takes on a greater significance than what's on the written page. Denver-based tenor saxophonist Fred Hess found such a group for his previous release, The Long and Short of It , a record that took his ...
Fred Hess Quartet: Crossed Paths
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening to “On Perry St.," the opening cut on Denver-based saxophonist Fred Hess' Crossed Paths --a song that thumps in on a rock-ish beat (by Matt Wilson) and a big loping bass line (by Ken Filiano), followed by some loose two horn harmony--I'm struck, on Hess's first solo of the disc, by what pretty noise the ...
The Long and Short of It
By Fred Hess
Label: Tapestry
Released: 2004
Track listing: Norman Says, Skippin' In, Happened Yesterday, MLE, The Clef's go to the Big City, From Bottom to Top, The Long and Short of It, Gear Tips, The Last Trance
The Long And The Short Of It
By Fred Hess
Label: Tapestry
Released: 2004
Track listing: Norman Says; Skippin
Fred Hess: The Long And The Short Of It
by Mark Corroto
Saxophonist Fred Hess writes dreamy music. Not music that is otherworldly or romantic or visionary per se, but dream inducing, at its plain meaning. His compositions beg for improvisation and its players are required to open up to the possibilities. The right mix of players is a key to making his music work. The ...
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