Results for "Nick Brignola"

"Lone Wolf" Finds Plenty to Chew On

by Jack Bowers
March 8, 2013

With Betty sidelined by a bad cough, it was up to me to seek out local jazz events in February, and I managed to find a couple of pretty good ones, starting February 7 at the University of New Mexico's Keller Hall where SuperSax New Mexico performed for the third time in Albuquerque. As you may ...

It's an Upstate Thing: John Medeski and Lee Shaw; Joe Barna and Sketches Of Influence

by J Hunter
March 6, 2011

It's time once again to prove that all the great jazz in New York State isn't all made in New York City. The state capital of Albany has been doing its part for quite some time, and it doesn't stop with its two favorite musical sons: mallets wizard Stefon Harris and baritone saxman Nick Brignola. Here ...

Upstate New York Jazz: Brian Patneaude, Lee Shaw, Steve Lambert

by J Hunter
January 11, 2010

A famous New Yorker cover shows Manhattan in detail up to the Hudson River, and then the rest of the nation is one small, faceless block. Jazz in the Empire State is seen the same way--everything in Manhattan, nothing in the hinterlands. But a few hours up the New York Thruway is Albany, birthplace of vibes ...

Like Old Times

Featuring the music of Nick Brignola
Duration: 7:06
June 10, 2007

Tour de Force

By Nick Brignola

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2004

Things Ain't What They Used To Be: Last Set at Sweet Basil

By Nick Brignola

Label: Reservoir Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: Things Ain't What They Used To Be; You Go To My Head; Tadd's Delight; In So Many Words; Afterthoughts; In Your Own Sweet Way; Blues For Phyllis.

Nick Brignola: Things Ain't What They Used To Be: Last Set at Sweet Basil

by R.J. DeLuke
December 1, 2003

Nick Brignola was one of the most robust baritone sax players and could burn with the best of them. Even though he usually took a back seat to Gerry Mulligan or Pepper Adams in popularity polls, he was starting to see more of the limelight before he died of cancer in 2002, drawing in more fans ...

What It Takes

By Nick Brignola

Label: Reservoir Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: Star Eyes; Asia; Au Privare; In a Sentimental Mood; Voyage; Sweetwater Strut; Sail Away; Cotton Tail

Nick Brignola: What It Takes

by William Grim
August 1, 2002

Nick Brignola was one of the greatest baritone saxophonists of the 20th century and this album was one of his best and most far-ranging efforts. Focusing on straight ahead and bop oriented material, Brignola begins the album with an up-tempo of version of “Star Eyes” in the style of Charlie Parker. Randy Brecker on trumpet delivers ...

Plays Mulligan

By The Three Baritone Saxophone Band

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: Line For Lyons; Blue Port; I Want To Live; Walkin' Shoes; Elevation; Black Nightgown; Bernie's Tune; Festive Minor; Theme For Jobim; Five Brothers; Lonesome Boulevard; Waltz for Geraldus.