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Joey DeFrancesco: Joey D!
by Jack Bowers
Joey DeFrancesco, who has graduated from heir-apparent to undisputed king among contemporary jazz organists, is in his element here, presiding over a trio comprised of himself, undervalued tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon and reliable drummer Byron Landham. Rest assured DeFrancesco's nimble fingers are as virtuosic as ever, and there's no need to fret about the slender rhythm ...
Well-Done!
By Jerry Weldon
Label: Dex Jazz
Released: 2008
Track listing: State of the Union; On A Misty Night; The Easy Out; To Marie; Tangerine; Mona Lisa; Filthy McNasty; Do You
Know A Good Thing?
Jerry Weldon at The Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY
by David A. Orthmann
Jerry Weldon The Turning Point Cafe Piermont, New York September 22, 2008 During some inspired moments towards the end of an hour-long set, tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon lumbered across the stage, crouched low, the bell of the horn nearly pointed at the ground. Earthbound and restless in equal measure, the ...
Jerry Weldon: Well-Done!
by David A. Orthmann
The high-water mark of Well-Done! is Jerry Weldon's rousing, up-tempo cover of “Filthy McNasty." Barking out four bars of Horace Silver's angular, no-nonsense line, Weldon sounds as if he can bulldoze anything that gets in his way. The tenor saxophonist's single-mindedness is exhilarating. Subsequent to the entrance of Hammond B-3 organist Kyle Koehler's pumping bass line ...
Head to Head
By Jerry Weldon
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 1999
Track listing: Captain Morgan, Sweet and Lovely, Who Can I Turn To, Big 'D', Late Last Summer, All the Way, Ow, Far East, If Ever I Would Leave You, Ko-Ko (66:42)
Jerry Weldon-Michael Karn Quintet: Head to Head
by C. Andrew Hovan
There's something magical about the idea of dueling tenor saxophones that has kept it a popular commodity for many years now. Historically, the first memorable pairing was that of Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray. Then, we had Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, and let's not forget that incendiary duo of Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis! ...
