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Greg Osby: The Invisible Hand

Read "The Invisible Hand" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
April 1, 2000

What is the invisible hand? Maybe it’s the helping hand Greg Osby gets on his 14th Blue Note album from veterans Jim Hall and Andrew Hill. We could all use a helping hand like that from time to time. They’ve each written one selection for The Invisible Hand. Hill’s “Ashes" lopes along with a dramatic sense ...

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Greg Osby: The Invisible Hand

Read "The Invisible Hand" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 1, 2000

Greg Osby has come a long way from his beginnings in St. Louis playing funk and R&B. His sound crossed our radar screens after moving to Brooklyn and joining forces with Steve Coleman in the mid-‘80s to form M-BASE, an urban-beat driven jazz. Osby had a very calculated, sometimes emotionless sound. It was if he was ...

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Greg Osby, Stefon Harris, Mark Shim, Jason Moran: New Directions

by Jim Santella
March 1, 2000

Another modern mainstream sextet plays standards. Not exactly. It’s true that Greg Osby, Stefon Harris, Mark Shim and Jason Moran are four of the most exciting younger cats to come along in years. And it’s true that they’re playing classic tunes from the modern mainstream vocabulary. But this front line is made up of two saxophones, ...

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Banned in New York

By Greg Osby

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999

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Soundtrack To Human Motion

By Jason Moran

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Gangsterism Oncanvas; Snake Stance; Le Tombeau de Couperin (States of Art); Still Moving; Jamo Meets Samo; Kinescis; Aquanaut; Retrograde; Release from Suffering; Root Progression.

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Zero

By Greg Osby

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999

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Friendly Fire

By Greg Osby

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1999

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Greg Osby: Banned in New York

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 1999

Greg Osby is a student. He’s analyzed the Charlie Parker live tapes, looking them over for what makes them tick. He records his own shows on minidisc, to hear what he’s doing, to try to improve it. These tracks, from a couple of 1997 dates at Sweet Basil, show him as he is, and everything about ...

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Greg Osby: Zero

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 1999

“Zero” represents Greg Osby’s 3rd release for Blue Note records and perhaps his finest recording to date. Osby’s inaugural Blue Note release “Art Forum” sported a 360-degree turn for this artist. Having been a long time collaborator with Steve Coleman and Cassandra Wilson in the “Mbase” days, Osby subsequently turned his creative juices towards Hip-Hop and ...

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Greg Osby: Banned in New York

by Glenn Astarita
January 1, 1999

“Banned in New York” is Greg Osby’s 4th Blue Note release and was recorded live at an undisclosed venue in New York City. A surprisingly good recording considering the lone piece of equipment was a “mini-disk recorder” placed on a table in front of the band. Nevertheless, Osby and his exceptional band flaunt their range of ...