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John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Dan McClenaghan
The music called “West Coast Cool" was well-represented by the mid-fifties Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet, with Mulligan on the baritone saxophone and Baker on trumpet, backed by bass and drums. Working without a chording instrument--piano or guitar--was quite innovative at the time. The sound, in contrast to the sharper-edged bop of the day, had a loose, ...
John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Jim Santella
Celebrating the piano-less quartet sound that Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker brought us over 40 years ago, trumpeter John McNeil reflects on their individual spirit with a free jazz interpretation of his own. As he applies Mulligan's arranging principles to free music, his quartet introduces a unique sound that remains both cool and intense. McNeil, 57, ...
Meet John McNeil
by Craig Jolley
One-of-a-kind trumpeter John McNeil is not as well-known as he might be, but things are looking up for him lately after putting out a couple of varied, personal, and idea-filled CD's. The concept for the second of these, Sleep Won't Come, came out of his long-time battle with insomnia and the sense of frustration that hits ...
This Way Out
By John McNeil
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2004
Track listing: Mi Tio; A la Orilla; Picasso View; My Taxi; Last Minute; What Comes After; Because of You; Know Your Limits; Skeeter; West Coast Memories; Dewey Defeats Truman; Flor de Viento.
Sleep Won't Come
By John McNeil
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2004
Track listing: Sleep Won't Come; The Other World; The Water is Wide; Wired Together; Each Moment Remains; Escape from Beigeland; Penumbra; Polka Party; Somnabulation; Nanotech; World Without Velcro.
John McNeil: Sleep Won't Come
by Clifford Allen
In this varied set led by trumpeter John McNeil, ostensibly an homage to his own difficulties with insomnia, the term “chamber jazz" is given a slightly different twist--far from the light counterpoint of the MJQ, passages of intense freedom and effortless propulsion mark the improvisations of McNeil, pianist Jeff Jenkins and bassist Kent McLagan.
John McNeil: Sleep Won't Come
by Michael P. Gladstone
John McNeil is a veteran trumpeter and composer who has been part of the New York scene since the late 1970s. He was a member of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra and the Horace Silver Quintet and has led his own groups. I have two of his Steeplechase albums in my own collection, and although '03's ...
John McNeil: Sleep Won't Come
by John Kelman
Anyone who has suffered from a bout of insomnia knows what trumpeter John McNeil is talking about with Sleep Won't Come. First there are the mental gymnastics as you try to settle your mind down, but instead you find yourself plagued with a barrage of ideas that just won't quit. Then you try the relaxation devices: ...
John McNeil: This Way Out
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
A veteran musician with more than 35 years of experience, trumpeter John McNeil has played in a variety of settings including Horace Silver's quintet and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra. His latest effort, This Way Out, finds him fronting a quartet of veteran drummer Joe Smith and two nascent improvisers from Spain: tenor saxophonist Gorka ...
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