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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 ...
Fred Hess Quartet: The Long And Short Of It
by Farrell Lowe
The single most striking difference between Fred Hess' latest recording and all of his earlier efforts is the relaxed and joyful feel of the music contained herein. Tyranny to form, an element of Hess' recordings that has caught too much of my attention in the past, is gone, amended by said relaxation and joy. This unassuming ...
Fred Hess Quartet: The Long and Short of It
by Dan McClenaghan
Appearances, as they say, can be deceiving. On the cover of The Long and Short of It, the grey-haired and bespectacled Fred Hess wears a standard blue dress shirt beneath a conservative sweater vest. It's a look that might make you guess the sounds he's offering up here are a set of time-tested standards, played in ...
Extended Family
By Fred Hess
Label: Tapestry
Released: 2003
Track listing: Good Question, Don't Talk About It, Cathy's Taffy, Mr. and Mrs. Clef Take a
Vacation, Extended Family, High St., Boson, Kyudo for Ken
Right At Home
By Fred Hess
Label: Tapestry
Released: 2003
Track listing: Home Base; Right At Home; What Else?; Joe Said; Cathy
Fred Hess/Marc Sabatella: Right At Home
by Mark Corroto
All About Jazz's Dan McClenaghan introduced us to saxophonist Fred Hess last month with his review of his latest quartet date, Extended Family . The Colorado-based saxophonist simultaneously released a duo outing with pianist Marc Sabatella, Right At Home. Where the quartet displays determined bravado, this duo turns inward, taking a more personal approach. ...
Fred Hess: Extended Family
by Dan McClenaghan
Most of you wouldn't pick Boulder, Colorado as a hotbed of progressive jazz activity; or think that the Metropolitan State College in Denver would be a breeding ground for innovative sounds. But last year trumpeter Ron Miles--who teaches at Metropolitan State--put out the gorgeously understated Heaven, a duo outing with high-profile guitarist Bill Frisell--a set that ...
Exposed
By Fred Hess
Label: CIMP Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Cruise/ JHM/ Changing Spectra/ Going There/ Joe Said/ Circles Squares and Stars/ Good Question.
Fred Hess Quartet: Exposed
by Derek Taylor
Boulder, Colorado doesn’t crop up often in serious conversations about creative improvised music. But based on the serendipitous contents of this new CIMP release perhaps it should. Fred Hess founded the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble at the onset of the Eighties and according to producer Bob Rusch the aggregate of creative improvisers continues to this day. ...
