Home » Search Center » Results: Jim Snidero

Results for "Jim Snidero"

Advanced search options

170

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: Close Up

Read "Close Up" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Prose laureate Whitney Balliett coined the phrase “the sound of surprise" as an encomium for jazz. Like most of his peers, saxophonist Jim Snidero shoots regularly for this ideal. His new Milestone effort flirts with the target but doesn't quite hit the bull's-eye. An accessible program of original tunes shored up by two standards, each cogently ...

Album

Strings

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Slipping Away; River Suite: Dawn; River Suite: On The Bank; River Suite: Torrent; Theme For Ernie; Forever Gone; Ventura; It's The Talk Of The Town.

253

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: Strings

Read "Strings" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


By staying in touch with his roots as a hard blowing alto saxophonist and leader of razor-sharp small bands, Jim Snidero has successfully married a ten-piece string section and a conventional jazz quartet. His arrangements of six original compositions (including the three-part “River Suite”) and two standards entail a constant shifting between the relative freedom of ...

189

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: Strings

Read "Strings" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Jazz soloists especially like to make two types of recordings--those in duo with piano and those with strings . Art Pepper, Frank Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie and Jon Faddis made very fine piano duet recordings (Pepper and Morgan with the same pianist, George Cables, Gillespie and Faddis with Oscar Peterson). But seemingly, the Holy Grail of jazz ...

Album

The Music Of Joe Henderson

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 2000
Track listing: If, Serenity, Punjab, Inner Urge, Step Lightly, Recorda-Me, Black Narcissus, Afro-Centric (53:50)

245

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: The Music Of Joe Henderson

Read "The Music Of Joe Henderson" reviewed by Mark Corroto


This past year, rumors of Joe Henderson’s death flooded the internet. Luckily, those rumors were unfounded. While Henderson was taking some time off from performing, his compositions weren’t. Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero assembled a New York post-bop sextet to showcase the now familiar music, like Henderson’s “Recorda-Me,” “Inner Urge,” and “Punjab.” Covering the now classic Henderson ...

Album

San Juan

Label: Red Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Introspect; San Juan; Mystery; The Web; Forward Motion; La Mesha; In A Daze; To Whom It May Concern (Total Playing Time 55:47).

222

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: The Music of Joe Henderson

Read "The Music of Joe Henderson" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


For some inexplicable reason, the alto saxophone has fallen out of favor over the past few years. Just think about it, how many name alto players can you rattle off in one minute? Probably only thought about by a select few astute followers, Jim Snidero should be better known than he currently is. It's not like ...

310

Article: Album Review

Jim Snidero: San Juan

Read "San Juan" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


More RED. On San Juan, 39 year old Alto saxophonist Jim Snidero leads a quietly powerful sextet that deftly executes seven of his compositions plus the Kenny Dorham chestnut, “La Mesha”. Of note on this 1994 release is trumpeter Tim Hagans, who in the last year has become hot enough to accelerate global warming. Most notable ...

Album

On Time

Label:
Released: 1985
Track listing: Rhythm A Ning; Monk's Mood; Tyrone; On Time; Miles Ago; Kryptonite;


Engage

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.

Install All About Jazz

iOS Instructions:

To install this app, follow these steps:

All About Jazz would like to send you notifications

Notifications include timely alerts to content of interest, such as articles, reviews, new features, and more. These can be configured in Settings.