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Michael Dease: Reaching Out
by Mark Corroto
Somebody has to be the keeper of the flame, right? In jazz, an art form that has only recently passed the century mark, that responsibility has seemed to diminish in importance. It's not that music schools aren't churning out graduates versed in the traditional repertory, and post-modern players aren't constantly pushing the envelope of possibilities. It's ...
OSU Jazz Orchestra: Solid Gold
by Jack Bowers
Having overseen one impressive Jazz Studies program, at Northeast (OK) State University in Tahlequah, Tommy Poole has moved on to Oklahoma State University in Stillwater where he seems well on the way to repeating that success. The subtitle of Solid Gold, the first recording under Poole's direction by the OSU Jazz Orchestra, reads “featuring Michael Dease." ...
Influences
By Dennis Adu
Label: LabelWhoAble
Released: 2017
Track listing: LeBron; DW; Just Stay and Contemplate; Roo; Climb to the Nuwara Eliya; Angelica's Eyes; Carpathian Valleys; Song for My Brother.
Daniel Dickinson: A Gathering Foretold
by Geannine Reid
It's hard to picture Dickinson as a debut artist, with a cast of characters that range from; Christian Sands, Michael Dease, Ulysses Owens, Jr., featured on A Gathering Foretold. Altoist Daniel Dickinson should not be overlooked as another side player ponying up for the known players, on whatever recording of the moment that seems to be ...
38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan September 1-4, 2017 Those of us who have been following jazz music for a long time know that there are definite changes in the landscape these days that are having a major impact on the music scene. For starters, we recently have ...
Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It
by Dan Bilawsky
Where and how does Christian McBride find the time to do what he does? His plate is full about nine times over, what with his work as bassist, composer, bandleader, educator, jazz advocate, public speaker, radio personality, DJ, and Artistic Director for the Newport Jazz Festival. It's no wonder that it took him six years to ...
Nuove Orchestre Alla Ribalta
by Angelo Leonardi
Da anni non si vedevano all'opera tanti nuovi ensemble, sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa. Le cinque formazioni che presentiamo spaziano da quella giovanile come l'italiana New Talents Jazz Orchestra guidata da Mario Corvini (Extempora) alla big band di John Beasley ricca di stelle (Monk'estra -Vol. 1); dai progetti norvegesi del pianista Rune Klakegg (Fjon) ...
All These Hands
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Creole Country; Delta City Crossroads; Good & Terrible; Territory Blues; Benny's Bounce; Black Bottom Banter; Downtown Chi-Town; Gullah Ring Shout; Chocolate City; Memphis BBQ & Fish Fry; Brooklyn; Up South Reverie.
Father Figure
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Church Of The Good Hustler; Brooklyn; Cry Of The Wolf; The Pursuit For Inspiration; Confirmation; Riff Raff; Annette's For Sure; Marian The Librarian; Wingspan; Til There Was You; Father Figure.
Michael Dease: All These Hands
by Dan Bilawsky
Trombonist Michael Dease is never short on ideas, but this one might be his best yet: With All These Hands, Dease traces the early migratory patterns of jazz through his own well-crafted originals. He starts in NOLA and moves along to many a music mecca, including the Mississippi Delta, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New ...
