Results for "Neil Podgurski"

Neil Podgurski

Neil Podgurski lives in Philadelphia where he works as a sideman and leads his own band, New Fire. Neil has performed with Mickey Roker, the late Arthur Harper, Larry Mckenna, Frank Tibiri, George Garzone, David Schnitter, the late Jimmy Oliver, Tim Warfield, Eric Alexander, the late Dennis Charles, Joe Cambers, the late Arnie Lawrence, Byron Landham, and Robert Landham. Neil also acknowledges the great lessons he has learned in rhythm section playing as a pianist from his good friend and mentor Sid Simmons. The band repertoire consists of a steadily growing book of Neil's originals. The band is a quintet comprised of John Swana on trumpet, Brian Settles on tenor saxophone, Mike Boone on bass and Doug Hirlinger on drum set

Decomposing Force

By MATT NELSON

Label: NNA Tapes
Released: 2020
Track listing: Brutal Kings; Nythynge; The Weight of Literacy; Cold Seep.

The Daily Biological

By CHAD TAYLOR

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Shepherd; Prism; Swamp; Resistance; Matape; Birds, Leaves, Wind, Trees; Untethered; Recife; Between Sound and Silence.

Chad Taylor Trio: The Daily Biological

By GIUSEPPE SEGALA

Chad Taylor è conosciuto in particolare per essere cofondatore, insieme a Rob Mazurek, del Chicago Underground Duo, con le sue varianti nei diversi ampliamenti degli organici. La sua attività si è dipanata ad ampio raggio negli ultimi trent'anni, facendo fulcro sulla scena di Chicago prima, e di New York poi, collaborando tra l'altro con protagonisti storici, ...

Tim Warfield: Tim Warfield's Jazzy Christmas

By EDWARD BLANCO

Veteran saxophonist Tim Warfield delivers one of the finest modern Christmas jazz albums around on Jazzy Christmas. Performing a selection of familiar songs with a heavy contemporary flavor, the music is so straight-ahead in nature that such seasonal tunes like “Let It Snow," “Joy To The World," and “Silent Night," are almost unrecognizable as Christmas music ...

Captain Black Big Band: Captain Black Big Band

By BRUCE LINDSAY

The man behind the Captain Black Big Band is pianist Orrin Evans. The ensemble's eponymous debut recording is a CD of such style, musicality and instrumental power that it seems only right to ensure that Evans gets the credit upfront. This is straight-ahead, swinging, big band music, recorded at three live performances in New York and ...

Captain Black Big Band: Captain Black Big Band

By DAN BILAWSKY

The Posi-Tone label has positioned itself as a prime purveyor of small group jazz, with artists like pianist Orrin Evans leading the way, and both parties are breaking new ground with the release of The Captain Black Big Band. After putting out dozens of small group sessions, the label has taken a bold step in a ...

Revolutions

By NEIL PODGURSKI

Label: Dreambox Media
Released: 2006
Track listing: Monoliths; Blues for Your Heart; Balance; Sun and the Moon; Revolutions; Transient Beings; Conception; The Brightest Sign; Change; New Fire.

Neil Podgurski's New Fire: Revolutions

By DAN MCCLENAGHAN

There's a lot of joy and quirky, off-center energy in pianist Neil Podgurski's playing; his style brings Bud Powell or Elmo Hope to mind. Podgurski is the leader of the group New Fire, and he is also the composer of all the tunes on the band's debut disc, Revolutions.It's great to hear a debut ...