Results for "Larry Roy"

Jon Gordon: Stranger Than Fiction

by Jack Bowers
September 20, 2021

New York-bred alto saxophonist Jon Gordon has come a long way since he was hailed as something of a prodigy in the mid-1980s and earned first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1996. The music performed by Gordon's nonet on Stranger Than Fiction, we are told, “reflects [his] realization that reality takes ...

Each Hidden Joy

June 14, 2021

Album: We Want All the Same Things
By Erin Propp
Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:25

Larry Roy

Summer's Embrace

By Larry Roy

Label: Joint Adventure
Released: 1999
Track listing: Hopolis; A Quarter to Three; 33 Nel; Falling Grace; Yakaranda; Summer

Larry Roy/Stefan Bauer: Summer's Embrace

by Jim Santella
October 1, 1999

Like a breath of fresh air, guitarist Larry Roy and vibraphonist Stefan Bauer bring something new to the modern mainstream arena. Their natural timbres overlap and invite characteristic melodies from various world cultures, which the duo folds into one project. The addition of various exotic drums, harmonica, oboe, and soprano saxophone rework the tried-and-true hard bop ...

Quarter To Three

By Larry Roy

Label: HighNote
Released: 1992