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Peter J. Hoetjes' Best Releases of 2020
by Peter J. Hoetjes
It's been an unusual year for the music industry within any genre. The first few months of 2020 were fairly typical, followed by months of uncertainty prompted by fear and misinformation. As the year closes however, jazz musicians are hopefully able to glimpse the sun rising on the distant horizon. If 2019 was a ...
The Michael O'Neill Quartet: And Then It Rained
by Dan McClenaghan
San Francisco area-based reedman Michael O'Neill, noted most prominently for his work with vocalist Kenny Washington, takes his artistry on a new tangent with And Then It Rained. The set features a top-tier Bay Area quartet which digs deep into a set of O'Neill originals. Recording-wise, this is new territory for O'Neill, who, in addition to ...
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Michael O'Neill
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After a recent performance at Yoshi’s, a reviewerenthused that “Michael O’Neill’s saxophone work isextraordinary. He plays with orchestral diction, yet classic jazzchops. It makes him a rare treat.”
A San Diego native, Michael began studying clarinet at ageeight. He took up the saxophone at thirteen and performed inschool bands and orchestras, later studying composition andarranging in college. After graduate school in Texas, hereturned to the Bay Area and studied with the great JoeHenderson.
Michael’s has created several groups of outstanding musiciansthat feature his original music.. In addition, he has composedscores for documentaries, feature films and television for whichhe has a long list of credits.
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Label: Jazzmo Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Just Friends; Fragile; Summertime; Georgia; Have You Met Miss Jones; The Way You Look Tonight; Rhythm-A-Ning;
Come Rain Or Come Shine; Night And Day; Its You Or No One; You Don't Know What Love Is
New Beginnings
Label: Jazzmo Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: A Night In Tunisia; On Green Dolphin Street; Stella By Starlight; Creation Of The Universe; It Ain't Necessarily So; Fly Me To The Moon; All The Things You Are; Oh What A Beautiful Morning; The Surrey With The Fringe On Top; Dinah; Nomali.
Michael O'Neill & Kenny Washington: New Beginnings
by Dan Bilawsky
Multi-reedist Michael O'Neill gets top billing here, but there's little doubt that the star attraction is singer Kenny Washington, one of the most under-recognized vocal talents operating today. O'Neill, perhaps Washington's greatest supporter and promoter, doesn't hide that fact when discussing the music presented here: he notes that “the arrangements are unique settings, and Kenny's the ...
Roberto Magris Quintet: Mating Call
by Jack Bowers
Even though drummer Idris Muhammad may be the only member of the group to elicit nods of recognition here in the States, Italian pianist Roberto Magris' quintet is world-class in every respect, consistently affirming its singular prowess on Mating Call, the second release from Paul Collins' Kansas City-based J-Mood Records. Magris also headlined the label's initial ...
Roberto Magris Quintet: Mating Call
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Roberto Magris has never shied away from exploring, whether bringing European and American jazz musicians into the ambit of his Europlane Orchestra, or merging hip-hop, new age music and new jazz with his Alfabeats Nu Jazz. For Mating Call, Magris set his sights firmly on mainstream jazz, with three of his originals and four other ...
Roberto Magris: Mating Call
by C. Michael Bailey
For the contemporary jazz composer, inclusion of standards on a recording can sweeten the offering for those more traditional tastes. If the standard is treated with invention and grace, it can also inform those tastes, encouraging further listening. Italian pianist/composer Roberto Magris achieves both with Tadd Dameron's “Mating Call." Dameron's performance of his composition appeared on ...
