Results for "Jerry Bergonzi"

Jerry Bergonzi: Extra Extra

by Alberto Bazzurro
December 27, 2024

L'italo-americano Jerry Bergonzi è notoriamente uno dei sommi sacerdoti del tenorsassofonismo contemporaneo--vogliamo definirlo post-coltraniano? nel suo caso più che mai--che sta a indicare di fatto l'ultimo mezzo secolo di musica afroamericana, in pratica ciò che è arrivato dopo lo svolgersi delle avanguardie storiche (in quanto tali, appunto, non perché dopo si siano esaurite, per buona sorte), ...

Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now

by Jack Bowers
November 12, 2024

This Is Now is a venturous and engaging concert date by the Pony Boy All-Star Big Band, taped in May 2024 at Boxley's jazz club in North Bend, Washington. Pony Boy refers to the band's label, Pony Boy Records, while the term All-Star is, as always, in the eye (and ear) of the beholder. Clearly, there ...

Conor Cantrell: A Place Between Homes

by Neil Duggan
November 5, 2024

Finding his voice as a composer and guitarist has taken Conor Cantrell on a journey from his native Galway in Ireland to Berlin, via London. So, it may not be a surprise to find that his debut album A Place Between Homes contains song titles like “Departing," “Arriving" and “Another Goodbye." It is clear that his ...

Jazz Advice: The Practical and the Profound, Part 1

by Monk Rowe
October 26, 2024

Dial and DeRosa: Keep Swingin'

by Jack Bowers
March 30, 2024

Keep Swingin', a splendid new album from pianist Garry Dial and drummer Rich DeRosa, features “the music of Charlie Banacos." Charlie who? you may ask. And the answer is, there are jazz educators, and then there was Charlie Banacos, whose talent and ingenuity in the classroom influenced and inspired countless jazz musicians for more than fifty ...

606 Club In London

by Sammy Stein
February 15, 2024

The 606 Club in Chelsea has long been a Mecca for jazz fans who enjoy tasty food and great music. Entered by descending steep steps from the busy, bustling streets in one of London's busiest areas, 606 feels like a secret world where cozy tables, attentive staff, and superb music can be found in abundance. Owner ...

Off The Charts

By Richard Baratta

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Herzog; Molten Glass; Blackberry Winter; Peresina; Afro-Centric; Lost; Sombrero Sam; Tones for Joan’s Bones; Out of This World.

Les Esprits Oubliés

By Remi Bolduc

Label: Les Productions Art and Soul
Released: 2023

Richard Baratta: Off The Charts

by Jack Bowers
October 18, 2023

Drummer Richard Baratta's third album, Off the Charts, is a play on words, as he and his bandmates have taken lesser- known themes from a number of jazz masters that flew under the radar--in other words, were “off the charts"--and given them a fresh coat of paint, so to speak, to help redeem them from what ...

Richard Baratta: Off The Charts

by Pierre Giroux
September 19, 2023

The premise for Richard Baratta's Off The Charts is to give new life to some of the lesser-known works by boldface composers such as Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson and Chick Corea, among others. Assisting in this voyage of rediscovery are several top-notch jazz luminaries such as tenor saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi, pianist David Kikoski, bassist John Patitucci ...