Results for "Joe Henderson"

BANN: As You Like

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 9, 2011

What happens when you put four distinct voices--each one equally powerful--together in an ensemble? The chance that they will pull in different directions is quite real. The fact that the repertoire is as exciting as it is challenging is also quite the lure to fly in the face of convention, even if the rest of the ...

John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop - April '69

by Nic Jones
April 26, 2011

In the necessarily modestly expansive booklet note which accompanies this CD and DVD set, Brian Morton sets out the development of jazz in Britain, from its point of origin in the early decades of the twentieth century. He also rightly identifies the musical generation that came of age in the 1960s as having no sense of ...

Roxy Coss: Roxy Coss

by Raul d'Gama Rose
April 25, 2011

Nothing can prepare the ear and the heart for the voice of Roxy Coss, if heard for the first time. The raw beauty of her principal instrument, the tenor saxophone, is expressed in moist, hot gushes of breath. The cascades of notes that dapple her soli weave in and out of her exuberant melodies. She has ...

Weekend Extra: Joe Henderson

April 25, 2011

A friend just pointed out that this is the birthday of Joe Henderson (1937-2001). The Rifftides time clock says that I'm punched out for the holiday, but to post a remembrance of Joe I'm sneaking past the security guards and putting up this remarkable performance of a piece associated nearly as closely with Henderson as with ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joe Henderson

April 24, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Joe Henderson's birthday today! Joe HendersonThe tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson was born on April 24, 1937 in a small city called Lima Ohio midway between Dayton and Toledo... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Joe Henderson Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

Steve Khan: The Making of "Parting Shot"

by Steve Khan
April 24, 2011

The term, “parting shot" can certainly be interpreted in any number of ways. Perhaps for most of us, it would be best defined like this: “a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or, gesture delivered while departing." I choose to view it as the latter, thinking of a light punch to the shoulder as the final gesture! ...

Lush Life

Featuring the music of Joe Henderson
Duration: 5:29
April 24, 2011

BANN: As You Like

by Ian Patterson
April 18, 2011

Not to be confused with the British Association of Neuroscience Nurses, or the Builders Association of Northern Nevada, BANN--the brainchild of drummer Adam Nussbaum--is a quartet which nevertheless matches brain with brawn. Saxophonist Seamus Blake, bassist Jay Anderson, Nussbaum and guitarist Oz Noy pool their initials and their considerable individual talents, to create a vibrant, swinging ...

Philipp van Endert Trio: Rosebud

by Douglas Payne
April 6, 2011

Cinema has long since rendered the word “rosebud" as something elusive and enigmatic, that cannot possibly sum up what others want it to. From the moment that Orson Welles whispers the word in the 1941 film Citizen Kane, a mysterious journey of the purely unknowable is embarked upon. But what a journey. With Rosebud, ...

Diego Urcola: Musical Ecstasy

by R.J. DeLuke
April 5, 2011

Jazz music, its freedom and emphasis on self-expression through improvisation, has always had a strong pull on its practitioners, its artists. As fans and listeners, those qualities are also treasured. The infectious nature of those qualities is why jazz fans are passionate and loyal. It's music, born and bred in the United States, that has a ...