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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 ...
Dave Douglas: Brave New World
by AAJ Staff
Trumpeter / composer Dave Douglas has been creating new worlds for listeners for the past decade. His ethereal writing style for unconventional configurations transports audiences into unfamiliar territory. These distinctive compositions combined with his astonishing technique and expressionist improvisations have brought him critical and public acclaim as a visionary of his generation. The diversity of his ...
Look To The Sky
By John McNeil
Label: Think! Records
Released: 1979
Track listing: Chasing The Bird; Namely You; Terrestris; Little Dancer; Look To The Sky; Unit 7;
