Results for "Gordon Brisker"

Gordon Brisker

Born: November 6, 1937

Gordon Brisker, M.A. (Cal.St.U.L.A.) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and has had a long and successful career as a jazz musician, most notably performing with and/or writing for the Woody Herman Band, Anita O'Day (as M.D.), Louie Bellson, Bobby Shew, and as a Naxos Jazz recording artist and Rico endorsee. He has also taught at the University of Sydney for five years, and has conducted clinics and masterclasses worldwide.

Mostly recognized for his tenor saxophone playing and composing, he has also recorded as a pianist, flautist and clarinetist. Brisker's arrangements and compositions are also featured on many recordings

Jim Doherty's Spondance

By Jim Doherty

Label: Livia Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Nordic Maiden; When Two People Meet; Bertha D. Blooze; El Sponzo; Sergeant Bones; Maybe It’s You.

Jim Doherty: Jim Doherty's Spondance

by Ian Patterson
April 10, 2025

Jim Doherty never lacked ambition, but a suite for jazz ballet or even jazz dance was always going to be a difficult sell in '80s Ireland. All was not lost for the pianist and composer, however. A few strings pulled here and there saw Doherty and his long- term collaborator, Louis Stewart decamp to Los Angeles, ...

The Rodger Fox Big Band: Plays New Zealand

by Jack Bowers
December 20, 2021

Even though such news would hardly make a ripple beyond the South Pacific, trombonist Rodger Fox's superlative big band was nearing its golden anniversary when Plays New Zealand was recorded in 2021. As the milestone loomed only two years in the distance, Fox decided it was time the band produced an album devoted entirely to new ...

My Son John

By Gordon Brisker

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Open Path; Here's Looking At You Kid; The Meaning Of The Blues; Farewell Princess; Impetus; My Son John; Wozzeck's Delimma; Witness; You Go To My Head (Total Time: 61:55).

Gordon Brisker Quintet: My Son John

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2001

The West Coast Brisker's Second Outing for Naxos Jazz. Gordon Brisker's first Naxos Jazz release, the inaugural shot for the label— The Gift (Naxos Jazz 86001, 1998) was a superb straight-ahead example of West Coast Post Bop. The present My Son John extends that sound, mostly thanks to the presence of musician and impresario Mike Nock. ...

Collective Consciousness

By Gordon Brisker

Label: Sutra Records
Released: 1981
Track listing: Golden West; Moon Love; You Do It Again; Funny Fox; Collective Consiousness; Olvera Street; Orientale;