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Dan Pratt Organ Quartet: Toe the Line
by Woodrow Wilkins
Toe the Line is a phrase which signifies unwavering obedience to a doctrine, structure, or rule, but the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet defies such a rule. The group conforms to the rule of playing with flair, but little else. Pratt, who plays tenor saxophone, was a member of the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band, ...
Dan Pratt: Toe The Line
by Dan Bilawsky
Toe The Line does far more than its name implies. Saxophonist Dan Pratt has put together a record that, while loyal to the “small organ group" tradition, also manages to cover broad stylistic ground. Within this category, certain norms or standards seem to be expected in the music: Jimmy Smith's records provide a grooving and intense ...
Ben Monder On the Side: Brian Charette & Mika Pohjola
by Laurel Gross
Brian CharetteUpsideSteepleChase2009 Mika PohjolaNorthern SunriseBlueMusicGroup2009 There's a reason why, at Ben Monder performances, the guitar geeks sit in the first row. He is an outstanding soloist, inventive improviser and ...
Night Songs
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2009
Track listing: Laura; Autumn in New York; September Song; Prelude to a Kiss; Spring Is Here; I'll Be Seeing You; Blue in Green; Nefertiti; Warm Valley.
James Carney: Ways & Means
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Pianist James Carney takes the parameters involved in scoring films and applies them with the discipline of a jazz composer on the ambitious Ways & Means, the kind of challenging and cohesive work that listeners have come to expect from this exemplary musician. Carney's band is as great a gathering of talent as ...
Pete McCann: Extra Mile
by Mark Corroto
Pete McCann may be a kind of a guitar superman, considering his work with bands led by Patti Austin, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett, Peter Erskine, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Brian Blade and Maria Schneider. Since moving to New York in 1989, McCann has lent his skills to these diverse leaders, ...
Andrew Green: Narrow Margin
by Troy Collins
Commonly known as the author of a popular series of instruction books, including Jazz Guitar Comping, Jazz Guitar Structures and Jazz Guitar Technique, Andrew Green's lesson plans are revered for their basic approach towards complex concepts. His debut album, Narrow Margin, is a similarly understated, though deceptively intricate affair. Temporarily sidelined by a sprained ...
James Carney Group: Ways & Means
by Troy Collins
Inspired by his work scoring Edward Sloman's 1925 silent film, His People, for the Syracuse International Film Festival in 2006, New York-based keyboardist James Carney continued to explore the narrative potential of cinematic structures. Funded in part by commissions from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Carney produced Ways & Means, a “virtual ...
Night for Day
By Will Bernard
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Chicken Pox (Bernard); 02. Transkei (Lackner/Perkins); 03. Waltz (Emer); 04. Dry Tortugas (Bernard); 05. Heaven (Strayhorn); 06.
Pianohaus (Lackner); 07. Nothing to See (Bernard); 08. Coming Down (Lackner/Emer); 09. Snow (Emer); 10. Cachuma (Lackner).
