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July 20, 2013

Album: Melba!
By Geof Bradfield
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2013
Duration: 7:29

Article: Album Review

Looking back, there must be hundreds or perhaps thousands of album titles that designate some reference to a river, regardless of their genre. But talented pianist Ryan Cohan does impart a distinctive stylization within the grand scope of this thoroughly modern jazz oeuvre, inspired by a recent U.S. State Department-sponsored tour of East Africa, and intersected ...

Article: Big Band Report

Swingin' on a Riff . . . Hangin' by a Thread?

by Jack Bowers
June 14, 2013

Betty and I returned to Albuquerque on Memorial Day after attending Swingin' on a Riff, the latest in a series of marvelous semi-annual events presented by Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute for more than twenty years at venues in and around L.A. This one was held May 23-26 at the Los Angeles Marriott ...

Article: Album Review

Geof Bradfield: Melba!

Read "Melba!" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 14, 2013

Chicago based saxophonist Geof Bradfield's Melba! is a much needed tribute to the criminally underexposed trombonist and arranger Melba Liston. Liston debuted with trumpeter, bandleader Gerald Wilson, was one of the stars of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's bebop big band and devoted herself to arranging after she met pianist Randy Weston with whom she had a long ...

Article: Album Review

Geof Bradfield: Melba!

Read "Melba!" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 5, 2013

Melba Liston (1926-1999) isn't one of the big names that comes up when great jazz composer/arrangers are mentioned, but it should be. Starting as a trombonist with some of the greats--Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Count Basie, Art Blakey--she soon began working with Randy Weston, arranging the pianist's composition on Uhuru Africa, (Roulette Records, 1960) and Highlife ...

News: Recording

"Melba!," A Tribute To Melba Liston By Saxophonist/Composer Geof Bradfield, To Be Released By Origin Records April 16

April 2, 2013

Saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield’s new CD Melba!, which Origin Records will release on April 16, has been a long time coming. Bradfield’s suite for jazz septet, a tribute to the great yet underheralded arranger/trombonist Melba Liston (1926-1999), received its premiere performances last summer in Chicago and other Midwest cities. It was supported by a commission from Chamber ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Geof Bradfield's Newly Commissioned "Melba!" To Premiere In Chicago July 21

June 6, 2012

Chicago saxophonist/composer Geof Bradfield will premiere his new suite for jazz septet, Melba!, at the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library in Chicago on 7/21. The piece is a tribute to the great jazz arranger and trombonist, Melba Liston (1926-1999), and was supported by a commission from Chamber Music America’s 2011 New Jazz Works program (with funding ...

Article: Album Review

John Moulder Quintet: The Eleventh Hour: Live at the Green Mill

Read "The Eleventh Hour: Live at the Green Mill" reviewed by Dave Sumner

by Dave Sumner
March 19, 2012

Whereas many of Chicago's jazz and blues guitar icons seem to channel the dark alleys and the bar sign neon of the city through their instruments, John Moulder's sound is more akin to a synthesis of the lakefront--a beauty and serenity that is just as likely to show a face of fury and cold precision. For ...

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Article: Album Review

Ryan Cohan: Another Look

Read "Another Look" reviewed by Alex Marianyi

by Alex Marianyi
October 4, 2011

Unlike many of his past releases, Ryan Cohan's Another Look focuses heavily on group interaction and improvisation. Penning all but two of the tunes on the album, the pianist's arrangements allow his musicians maximum flexibility. That the CD's main quartet has been playing together since 2003, and was on the road for six straight weeks before ...

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Article: Live Review

Ryan Cohan/Geof Bradfield: Chicago, IL, August 11, 2011

by Alex Marianyi
August 26, 2011

Ryan Cohan, Geof BradfieldMillennium Park Pritzker Pavilion Chicago, ILAugust 11, 2011 The heat wave broke in Chicago and, weather-wise, the night was shaping up to be one of the best all summer. African Journeys, featuring Ryan Cohan and Geof Bradfield, began as saxophonist Bradfield's group took the stage to perform his ...