Home » Search Center » Results: Kerry Strayer Productions

Results for "Kerry Strayer Productions"

Album

Mentor

Label: Kerry Strayer Productions
Released: 2004
Track listing: Saturday 10 AM; Gaviota; A Flower is a Lovesome Thing; Sweet Lips; Siempre Me Va Bien; Don

163

Article: Album Review

Kerry Strayer Septet featuring Gary Foster: Mentor

by AAJ Staff
September 25, 2004

The Kerry Strayer band is a working group based in Kansas City, led by saxophonist/arranger Strayer, and like any self-respecting jazz musicians from K.C., they swing. The “mentor" referred to by the title is Gary Foster, noted not only for his extensive studio experience in California, but also for bringing a refreshing hint of West Coast ...

Article: Album Review

The Kerry Strayer Septet: Mentor

by Jack Bowers
May 22, 2004

It takes years to learn to play jazz as well as Kerry Strayer does, and one always needs a mentor —perhaps several—to help him (or her) reach such a lofty plateau. Gary Foster, among the West Coast’s best and busiest reed masters, is one of Kansas City-based composer/arranger/saxophonist Strayer’s most influential teachers, and it is Foster ...

104

Article: Album Review

Kerry Strayer Septet feat. Gary Foster: Mentor

by Jerry D'Souza
May 19, 2004

If there is one accomplishment Kerry Strayer should be proud of, it is his productivity as an arranger. He estimates that over the course of his career he has written 300 hundred charts for his bands. That indeed is impressive. Happily, it is not mere statistics. Strayer breathes life into a song with his arrangements. He ...

113

Article: Album Review

Kerry Strayer Septet: Mentor

by Jim Santella
April 6, 2004

Featuring Gary Foster, this straight-ahead session swings with the timeless tradition of a Kansas City 7, but with the orchestrated sound of a big band or large orchestra. There have been other small jazz groups named Kansas City 7, but Kerry Strayer’s septet captures all the essentials and wraps them all up in one harmonious package. ...