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Mark Masters Ensemble: Our Metier
by Dan McClenaghan
Mark Masters, an extraordinarily talented and perhaps undersung arranger of large ensembles jazz, has spent a good deal of artistic energy on crafting recordings that explore other people's compositions. His Capri Records output includes The Clifford Brown Project (2003), celebrating the sounds of the too-soon-gone trumpet legend; Porgy and Bess (2005), from the George Gershwin songbook; ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Everything You Did - The Music of Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
by AAJ Italy Staff
Qual è stata la lezione degli Steely Dan? Avvicinare il pop al jazz. Semplice, no? Non proprio, perché Donald Fagen e Walter Becker avevano davanti a sé varie possibilità e infinite soluzioni di sintesi. Non hanno scelto certo quella più mainstream, più scontata. Non era da loro, professionisti e perfezionisti fino alla nausea. Costruivano melodiche accattivanti ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Ellington Saxophone Encounters
by Greg Simmons
It could be argued that the core of bandleader Duke Ellington's wonderful textural sound was the way he harmonized his reed section, with great woody chords and lush polyphonic melodies. That reed section, with the great Johnny Hodges leading on alto, stalwarts like Paul Gonsalves on tenor and Harry Carney on baritone, as well as shorter-term ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Ellington Saxophone Encounters
by Edward Blanco
Longtime big band arranger/bandleader Mark Masters happens to be President of the Pasadena, CA-based non-profit American Jazz Institute (AJI), while baritone saxophonist great Gary Smulyan sits on its Advisory Board. Together, the two have often joined forces on musical projects intended to foster and promote jazz; Ellington Saxophone Encounters is another one of their AJI collaborations, ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Ellington Saxophone Encounters
by Dan Bilawsky
Countless albums have been made with the sole intention of honoring the great Duke Ellington by highlighting his personality, piano skills and pile of hits, but they don't tell the whole story; part of his legacy rests with the men who brought his music to life. The individuals who filled out the roster in Ellington's illustrious ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Farewell Walter Dewey Redman
by AAJ Italy Staff
Mark Masters è un artista di spicco della Capri Records che da tempo dedica le proprie qualità di arrangiatore alle opere di alcuni musicisti come Lee Konitz, Gary Mac Farland e Clifford Brown. Quando, nel 2006, si appresta ad entrare in sala di registrazione con Dewey Redman per un disco dedicato alle sue composizioni, il sassofonista ...
Mark Masters Ensemble: Farewell Walter Dewey Redman
by Dan McClenaghan
It's hard to believe that Dewey Redman isn't still around when listening to Mark Masters Ensemble set, Farewell Walter Dewey Redman. Masters and the group--especially alto saxophonist Oliver Lake--capture the soul and sound of the unsung tenor titan on this marvelously inspired recording.Dewey Redman (1931-2006), the father of saxophonist Joshua Redman, is probably best ...
Porgy & Bess Redefined!
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Released: 2005
Track listing: Introduction; Summertime; A Woman is a Sometime Thing; Gone, Gone, Gone; My Man's Gone Now; It Ain't Necessarily So; Here Come Da Honey Man; I Loves You Porgy; A Red Headed WOman; Clara Clara; There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Porgy and Bess Redefined!
Label: Capri Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Introduction, Summertime, A Woman is a Sometime Thing, Gone, Gone, Gone, My Man's Gone
Now, It ain't Necessarily So, Here Come De Honeyman, I loves You Porgy, A Red Headed Woman,
Clara, Clara, There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
