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Hans Teuber & Jeff Johnson: Deuce

by Paul Rauch
June 2, 2018

Bassist Jeff Johnson and multi-reedist Hans Teuber have a musical and personal friendship that goes back to the late eighties when both first arrived in the northwest outpost that is the city of Seattle. The jazz scene in the Pacific Northwest has always been prolific, though to many, a hidden gem outside of the main pulse ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Hal Galper's birthday today! In his fifth decade as a major jazz artist, Hal Galper continues the innovation that has made him one of the most surprising and satisfying pianists alive. Galper is at the forefront of players reaching audiences through the time-tested magic of swing while integrating adventurous rhythmic and ...

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Cubist

February 17, 2018

Album: Cubist
By Hal Galper
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 8:06

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Hal Galper: Cubist

by Paul Rauch
February 11, 2018

Hal Galper has been in the jazz limelight now for over a half century, establishing his trademark sound in more traditional settings with alto saxophone luminaries Cannonball Adderly, and Phil Woods, and trumpet legend Chet Baker. Yet in the new century, Galper has turned the piano trio concept on its collective ear, something that ...

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Hal Galper Quartet: Cubist

Read "Cubist" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 3, 2018

Count pianist Hal Galper as another veteran rising like the brightest of stars into a compelling late career zenith. An alumni of saxophone great Phil Woods' 1980s group, Galper found his inspiration of late with an exploration of the Rubato Style of playing, with its flexible approach to tempo and the disassembling of melodies and putting ...

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Live At The Cota Jazz Festival

By Hal Galper

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Speak With A Single Voice; O's Time; Goodbye; Scufflin'.

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Scufflin'

September 21, 2017

Album: Live At The Cota Jazz Festival
By Hal Galper
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 14:48

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Hal Galper And the Youngbloods: Live At The Cota Jazz Festival

Read "Live At The Cota Jazz Festival" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 11, 2017

The trio recordings released by pianist Hal Galper between 2006 and 2014--six discs, all but one on Origin Records--plowed fresh ground. Each disc dug deeply into the “Rubato" form. Taken as a whole--from 2006's Agents Of Change (Fabola Records) through 2014's O's Time (Origin Records)--the full series represents a monumental, sharply focused project that, for those ...

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Hal Galper

April 18, 2017

Article: Album Review

Billy Mintz: Ugly Beautiful

Read "Ugly Beautiful" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 6, 2017

Drummer/composer Billy Mintz has a long career of enhancing the music of others with his percussive artistry, everyone from saxophonist Lee Konitz to pianist Hal Galper, to clarinet master Perry Robinson. His own discography as a leader is small, with frequent revisitations of a handful of original compositions that are as distinctive and as worthy of ...