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Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales
by Michael P. Gladstone
In the wake of the disappearance of many of the Afro-Cubanjazz big bands of the late twentieth century like Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O'Farrill, Tito Puente and Mario Bauza, drummer/percussionist Bobby Sanabria heads up a twenty-piece band that fills that gap quite nicely. A native New Yorker, Sanabria graduated from the Berklee College ...
Mark Weinstein: Con Alma
by Chip Boaz
Collaboration lies at the heart of any successful performance--a fact all artists remember when gathering musicians for a recording. The personnel need to compliment each other artistically while reflecting diverse musical backgrounds. The repertoire needs to challenge the musicians yet they must demonstrate mastery over it. The ensemble should display a mutual respect for the tradition ...
Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: Land of Nod
by Woodrow Wilkins
If radio play is an accurate indicator of what people want, then the trombone is an under-appreciated, perhaps even unwanted lead instrument. Fortunately, those who play the instrument ignore such perceptions. Chris Washburne, whose musical interests cut across multiple genres, is among them. Leader of the Latin band Syotos, Washburne has been around ...
Marlon Simon: In Case You Missed It
by Mark F. Turner
Many jazz fans are probably more familiar with pianist Edward Simon than his talented siblings Michael (trumpet) and Marlon (drums). But brother Marlon's aptly titled In Case You Missed It might help to change that. The fact that Marlon Simon is an impressive percussionist and composer quickly surfaces with this fourth recording, leading his eclectic band, ...
Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales
by Jerry D'Souza
Bobby Sanabria's concept of jazz is freedom. There is no arguing that point of view given the evidence he presents on this recording. Sanabria finds this freedom in many avenues. It comes from his students and it filters through the musicians with whom he has forged relationships over the years. It springs from the bands he ...
Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales
by Chip Boaz
At some point in their artistic development, every Latin Jazz musician studies the genre's forefathers, including Dizzy Gillespie, Machito (Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo) and Tito Puente. After the study ends, the musician must decide to approach tradition as a museum curator or an active experimenter. The museum curator creates replications of “classic material, closely imitating the ...
Dave Frank: Ballads and Burners
by Budd Kopman
The liner notes to Ballads and Burners states, “There are no pitch/speed alterations or edits on any of the tracks..."--because the pure physical speed of some of the playing is not to be believed. Chops does not music make, however. Fortunately, pianist Dave Frank is as much a musician as he is a ...
Dave Frank: Ballads & Burners
by Michael P. Gladstone
Dave Frank is a professor of piano at Boston's Berklee College of Music, co-founder of the New York School of Jazz and best-selling author of The Joy of Improv. Over the past twenty five years, he has developed a highly personalized approach towards solo piano performance. Ballads and Burners is the follow-up to his 1997 Jazzheads ...
Dave Frank: Ballads & Burners
by C. Michael Bailey
For pianist, composer, and educator Dave Frank, the magic is in the left hand. Ballads & Burners is a collection of original compositions that brims with muscularity and assertion, whether ballads or burners. What makes Frank interesting is the complexity of melody and rhythm he composes into his up-tempo pieces. The opener, “Spirit of the Burn, ...
Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: Land of Nod
by Jerry D'Souza
The current political climate in the US is ripe for (and rife with) comment. Several calls have come for criticism--and with Land of Nod, Chris Washburne adds his voice to them. There are no lyrics on the recording, but the titles of his compositions and the strong message of the liner notes get the message across.
