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Mel Graves

Odyssey

By Denny Zeitlin

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: It Could Happen to You; Body and Soul; I Love You; Night and Day; It Was Just One of Those Things; Search; Game On!; Surveillance; Conclave; Armageddon; Mutation; Call to Arms.

Denny Zeitlin: Odyssey

by Dan McClenaghan
August 2, 2026

Pianist Denny Zeitlin takes a trip into his archival book on the first half of Odyssey. He has always mixed eloquence and beauty with adventurousness. That is up front here. A close comparison to his style of playing can be found in the artistry of Bill Evans. And it should be noted that Evans adopted one ...

Denny Zeitlin: Odyssey

by Pierre Giroux
July 31, 2026

Listening to Denny Zeitlin has often felt like accepting an invitation to the unknown. Zeitlin has never been content to simply play a tune. He probes it, turns it inside out, and often uncovers possibilities most musicians overlook. Odyssey reinforces that reputation. Although much of the material spans different periods of his career, the album never ...

Denny Zeitlin: Balancing Act

by Ken Dryden
April 29, 2019

Denny Zeitlin is a true Renaissance man with many interests, in addition to balancing his careers in medicine and music. Although his medical practice and teaching have limited his abilities to tour beyond brief trips east or playing near his home in California, he has recorded regularly in recent years, releasing a variety of projects for ...

Denny Zeitlin & George Marsh: Expedition: Duo Electro-Acoustic Improvisations

by Dan McClenaghan
August 15, 2017

In spite of his achievement, early on, of having attained the status of top tier jazz pianist, Denny Zeitlin has always wanted to expand his artistry beyond the confines of the trio format where he made his name. Call it artistic restlessness. His first release came in 1964, the Columbia Records date, Cathexis, an acoustic trio ...

Mel Graves - Jazz Bassist, Composer, Teacher

November 13, 2008

Mel Graves, a gifted bassist, composer and teacher equally at home in the jazz and classical worlds, died Saturday at his Petaluma home of pancreatic cancer. He had turned 62 two days earlier. Mr. Graves was a fluent improviser known for his work with Mose Allison, Denny Zeitlin, Dewey Redman and other top jazz players, and ...