Results for "Mike Moreno"

Article: Album Review

Brian Patneaude: Riverview

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 13, 2009

Tenor saxophone players have a dilemma that may be seemingly unique to that instrument: a dilemma of sound. While every artist will strive for their unique, personal voice, the tenor saxophonist has to be haunted by the “you-know-it's-them" sounds of greats such as Lester Young, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, and Michael Brecker. ...

Video

I Have a Dream

Featuring the music of Mike Moreno
Duration: 9:37
March 12, 2009

Mike Moreno Quartet live at the Jazz Gallery, NYC -- February 12, 2008. "I Have A Dream" by Herbie Hancock Mike Moreno, guitar Aaron Parks, piano Massimo Biolcati, bass Obed Calvaire, drums (c)2008 Mike Moreno Digital video recording by Peter Paris Audio recording by Mark Caldeira

Article: Album Review

Brian Patneaude: Riverview

by Mark F. Turner
February 25, 2009

With Riverview, saxophonist Brian Patneaude continues to grow not only as a performer but also as an empathetic leader and composer. Like one of his influences, the esteemed Michael Brecker, Patneaude's voice is imbued with strength, melodicism and that certain New York state of mind. A few changes in personnel and instrumentation from ...

News: Event

Brian Patneaude CD Release Featuring Mike Moreno @ Massry Center for the Arts - Saturday, February 7, 2009

February 2, 2009

Saxophonist Brian Patneaude will celebrate the release of Riverview, with a concert at The College of Saint Rose's Massry Center for the Arts in Albany, NY. The performance and CD release will take place Saturday, February 7, at 8 p.m. in the new Kathleen McManus Picotte Recital Hall, Massry Center for the Arts, 1002 Madison Ave., ...

Album

Third Wish

By Mike Moreno

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2008
Track listing: I Have A Dream; Children Of The Night; Isotope; Lush Life; Third Wish; Another Way; Street Lights; A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing.

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Mike Moreno: Third Wish

by Mark F. Turner
July 11, 2008

Third Wish is the sophomore release by guitarist Mike Moreno, yet it sounds more like the umpteenth recording of a veteran who's been in the trenches for many years--cool, calm, and collected, with nothing to prove but the music itself. It encapsulates Moreno's persona: fluid precision, lyricism, distinct tonality, and modernistic playing. It's obvious ...

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Mike Moreno: Between the Lines

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 9, 2008

Mike Moreno è un giovane chitarrista texano piuttosto attivo sulla scena newyorkese e che ha collaborato, tra gli altri, con musicisti del calibro di Joshua Redman, Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, Greg Osby, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett. Il chitarrista di Houston è qui al suo primo album da leader e, affiancato da un solido quartetto, fornisce una ...

Album

Between The Lines

By Mike Moreno

Label: World Culture Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: World Of The Marionettes; Old Wise Tale; Forward And Back; Gondola; Road Song; Between The Lines; Still Here; Uncertainty.

Album

Gifts and Givers

By Jimmy Greene

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mr. McLean; Greene Blues; Forever; Magnolia Triangle; 26-2; Blue Bossa/Boudreaux; Eternal Triangle.

Article: Album Review

Mike Moreno: Between The Lines

by Budd Kopman
August 23, 2007

Guitarist Mike Moreno, originally from Houston, Texas and now in New York City for the last ten years, has created in Between the Lines a remarkable release that makes an immediate impact while also having much depth. Jazz is less a musical language and more a musical attitude in which personal expression is ...