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Article: Album Review

Greg Osby: Channel Three

Read "Channel Three" reviewed by Michael McCaw

by Michael McCaw
August 8, 2005

Channel Three, the first trio album in Greg Osby's now almost twenty-year recording career, is one of challenging, accessible, and incessantly swinging music. In many ways it sits in contrast to anything else in his catalog, but it nonetheless also sounds exactly like the alto saxophonist, due to Osby's indomitable spirit. Such a unique ...

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Greg Osby: Channel Three

Read "Channel Three" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
July 29, 2005

Progressive jazz enthusiasts have to admire an artist who is willing to take chances. From early beginnings with the creative music outlet of the M-BASE collective and popular music which included early hip hop, to becoming one of today's most individualistic jazz artists, saxophonist Greg Osby has continued to create music that is grounded yet is ...

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Latitude

By Charlie Hunter

Label: Thirsty Ear Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: North Pole; 40th Parallel; Arctic Circle; Horse Latitude North; Tropic of Cancer; Equator; Tropic of Capricorn; Horse Latitude South; Tropic of Calms; Antarctic Circle; South Pole.

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Public

By Greg Osby

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Rising Sign; Summertime; Visitation; Bernie's Tune; Equalatogram; Shaw 'Nuff; Lover Man.

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Article: Download Review

The Greg Osby 4 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland 4-17-04

by Mark Sabbatini
August 5, 2004

Greg Osby The Greg Osby 4 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Holland 4-17-04 www.gregosby.com 2004 Greg Osby's desire to release several albums a year in the old Blue Note tradition is finding life in the most modern way possible. The alto saxophonist is offering free downloads of more ...

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Greg Osby: Public

by Jeff Stockton
July 3, 2004

I know the bills at Blue Note are paid by Miss Norah Jones, but when jazz fans are looking for the sound defined by the label in the '60s, it's comforting to know that the Blue Note legacy can be heard on the label itself. In 2004, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran and Greg Osby are all ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Greg Osby: Public

by Eric J. Iannelli
June 6, 2004

Greg Osby Public Blue Note 2004 Alto saxophonist Greg Osby has been releasing about one album per year since signing to Blue Note in 1990, some of which have been contrived and shaky forays into rap, spirituality and other commercial gimmickry. (If you want a mix of rap ...

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Greg Osby: Public

by Jim Santella
June 2, 2004

Recorded live at New York’s Jazz Standard this past January, Public combines standards and originals in a program that features Greg Osby’s unique alto saxophone timbre and witty musical conversation. Like Monk, the artist enjoys a light use of dissonance in his uplifting interpretations. His cohesive quartet/quintet reaches deep inside and draws up the emotion.

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Greg Osby: Public

Read "Public" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
May 25, 2004

Over the past couple of years Blue Note has released live recordings such as On This Day at the Village Vanguard by saxophonist Joe Lovano and The Bandwagon by pianist Jason Moran. The trend continues with Public, the new release by alto saxophonist Greg Osby. A respected musician, bandleader, and innovator with a unique presence in ...

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Article: Interview

A Fireside Chat with Greg Osby

by AAJ Staff
February 21, 2004

For as long as I have known Greg Osby, he has been searching. Perhaps that is why I admire Osby the man, the searching. Osby has been searching, is searching, and odds are will continue to search. So I really have no business speaking for him and will give the mic to Oz, the man, the ...