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The New Jazz Composers Octet: The Turning Gate
by Laurel Gross
Trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader David Weiss has been a fixture on the New York scene since returning to the city of his birth after graduating from North Texas State. Leader of the long-running New Jazz Composers Octet, Weiss continues to evolve. The Turning Gate, the third album from the NJCO, though ...
Ryan Cohan: One Sky
by AAJ Italy Staff
Strumentista di solida formazione accademica, il trentaseienne Ryan Cohan vanta già una corposa serie di collaborazioni, che lo hanno portato a suonare con diverse eminenze jazzistiche (Freddy Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling) ed arrangiare la musica di Ramsey Lewis . A giudicare dal disco in esame, egli si dimostra leader di buona personalità nonché ...
Roni Ben-Hur: Keepin' It Open
by Budd Kopman
Roni Ben-Hur, originally from Israel, has been a mainstay of the New York straight-ahead scene for twenty years now. Having a style that is clearly out of the Wes Montgomery/Grant Green mold, Ben-Hur makes no apologies for his predilection for the sound and style of the Blue Note label from the fifties and sixties. Like saxophonist ...
Ryan Cohan: One Sky
by J Hunter
In 2005, Ryan Cohan received a grant from Chamber Music America to create one long-form composition on a subject of his choosing. One year later, he debuted the piece during a free concert at Skidmore Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs, New York, where he has been both student and educator. The audience heard a work of ...
Live at the Kennedy Center
By Rufus Reid
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Come Out and Play; Ode to Angela; Celebration; Heroes; When She Smiles Upon Your Face; Forever On My Mind; Sophisticated Lady; Dreamgliding; The Meddler; The Peaceful Flame.
Rufus Reid Quintet: Live at the Kennedy Center
by Jim Santella
This CD/DVD set features bassist Rufus Reid with his quintet at the famed Washington DC venue in a program of original music along with one classic tune by Duke Ellington. The quintet, featuring pianist Sumi Tonooka, drummer Tim Horner, tenor saxophonist Rich Perry and trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, follows a standard mainstream format, interpreting each theme together, ...
Roni Ben-Hur: Keepin' It Open
by Andrew Rowan
Guitarist Roni Ben-Hur has assembled an impressive cast for Keepin' It Open: trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, pianist Ronnie Mathews, bassist Santi Debriano, drummer Lewis Nash and percussionist Steve Kroon--a who's who of contemporary mainstream jazz exploring a beautifully varied selection of tunes. The proceedings open with Ben-Hur in the time-honored guitar trio setting, offering ...
Lynne Arriale Trio: Live
by Donald Elfman
Quietly and brilliantly the Lynne Arriale Trio has been defining the art of the piano trio. For nearly fifteen years, Arriale, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Steve Davis have created smart, inventive jazz that has the capacity to wow audiences thanks to its expansive approach to tunes, virtuosic playing and sheer longevity. And, of course, it ...
Roni Ben-Hur: Keepin' It Open
by J Hunter
Thanks to the worthy efforts of ambassadors ranging from Louis Armstrong to Norman Grantz, jazz fans have been gifted with a raft of international players whose work teems with the influence of some of the genre's biggest legends. One example: Roni Ben-Hur, the Israeli guitarist who has been serving up an Old School sound reminiscent of ...
