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Jon Gordon - Bill Charlap: Contrasts

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 6, 2007

Il duo sax alto/pianoforte è una situazione tutta speciale, senza ritmica, in cui non c'è lo spazio per nascondersi. Negli ultimi anni specie Lee Konitz, insieme al Franco D'Andrea o Martial Solal, o il tedesco Frank Wunsch, ha lasciato delle prove molto belle nel genere, senza dimenticare il duo Greg Osby - Marc Copland ed il ...

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Jon Gordon: The Things You Are

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 6, 2007

Fra i più importanti sassofonisti contralto della giovane generazione c'è da mettere sicuramente Jon Gordon. Dopo gli studi con Phil Woods ha vinto il premio Thelonious Monk per sax alto e firmato interessanti album per la Criss Cross e la Double Time, scegliendo poi la via dell'indipendenza artistica con la Artist Share. Il suo concetto negli ...

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Thought Trains

By Mike Holober

Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2004
Track listing: Jump Down Spin Around, Big Sky, Waltz Medium, Thought Trains, Form x Mood, Let's Get Nice, Heart of the Matter, I Can See My Desk From Here

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Ben Monder: Le Monde du Monder

by Phil DiPietro
January 1, 2002

With a fittingly well-documented career, boasting a range of stunning appearances on over 50 recordings, including 14 since the year 2000, Ben Monder has solidified his position as one of the finest players of his generation. A chordal and textural master, unafraid to thoroughly explore advanced harmonic concepts, Ben's appearance on a sideman date ...

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The Things We Need

By Jon Gordon

Label: Double-Time Jazz
Released: 1999
Track listing: Minor Dues, Without a Song, These Are the Things We Need, Monk's Dream, Stapleton, Isn't it Romantic?, SKJ, Ugly Beauty (59:00)

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Jon Gordon: The Things We Need

by C. Andrew Hovan
November 1, 1999

Although he placed in the Thelonious Monk saxophone competition a few years back, alto man Jon Gordon has yet to receive the dues he's owed as a rooted mainstream player. He's been active on the New York scene for close to a decade, recorded a number of times as a sideman for Criss Cross, led three ...

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