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Matt Renzi: The Cave
by Michael P. Gladstone
I've always approached a piano-less trio like this sax/bass/drums combo with at least some trepidation. In the world of free jazz, it is, more or less, a rather standard pairing of instruments that allows for greater freedom without the chorded support from piano (or guitar). Within mainstream jazz, the work of Sonny Rollins (notably during his ...
The Cave
By Matt Renzi
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Poison Ivy; The Rice Shed; Stand Clear (of the closing doors); Stones for Sand; In Circles;
Faces and Places; To the Cave; Three Stories.
Matt Renzi: The Cave
by Jim Santella
Matt Renzi's warm tenor saxophone voice gives his newest album a smoky texture that allows one to settle back and dream of distant lands and faraway places. His inspiration came from living in Japan, Italy, India, and New York over a four-year span. They're visions that last a lifetime, and Renzi has figured out how to ...
Matt Renzi: The Cave
by John Kelman
While not an uncommon format, the saxophone trio is often a more challenging context than piano or guitar-led groups. Without the benefit of a chordal instrument, a saxophone/bass/drums trio can feel like a quartet minus one, as opposed to a complete entity unto itself. Not so with this group led by saxophonist/clarinetist Matt Renzi, a San ...
Matt Renzi: The Cave
by Dan McClenaghan
From reedman Matt Renzi's wanderlust comes The Cave, music inspired by a four-year period when the musician lived in Japan, New York, India, and Italy.On this approachable trio effort, Renzi and company have crafted a sound that walks a line between the familar and the exotic, a music full of cool tones and wandering ...
Dream Life
By Matt Renzi
Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2002
Track listing: Blues Connotation; If I Should Lose You; Dream Life; Israel; Quiet Now; The Duke; Ida Lupino; All My Life; Blues Connotation.
Renzi/Weinstein/Kamaguchi: Dream Life
by Mark Corroto
There is something about the language spoken by the trio of Renzi, Weinstein, and Kamaguchi. It is jazz, yes. But the band speaks seemingly from both inside the tradition and also from an outsider’s perspective. And the trio hand-picks its subject matter with just such purpose in mind. On their first recording, the 1999 Lines And ...
Matt Renzi, Jimmy Weinstein & Masa Kamaguchi: Dream Life
by Jim Santella
Their latest collaboration came amid tours of Spain and Portugal. Traveling can do wonders for one’s creativity; however, this trio wasn’t in need of a boost. They’d already proven that through earlier recordings. Based in New York, Jimmy Weinstein, Masa Kamaguchi and Matt Renzi represent the growth pattern of modern mainstream jazz. They swing in a ...
Matt Renzi/Masa Kamaguchi/Jimmy Weinstein: Lines And Ballads
by Jim Santella
With each member of the trio fulfilling an equal role, Renzi, Kamaguchi and Weinstein have put together a session of exciting modern mainstream jazz that’s both creative and lyrical. With nods to several of the original builders of this idiom - Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk – the trio comes ...
