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Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center: Vol. Two
by Pierre Giroux
Owen Broder's Hodges : Front and Center Vol.Two is a respectful yet refreshing tribute to Johnny Hodges, a saxophonist with an iconic sound while injecting a contemporary vitality into the mix. Hodges' influence looms large throughout the album, guiding Broder's approach to the music. In this quintet's musical journey, Broder, on both alto and baritone saxophone, ...
Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center: Vol. Two
by Dan McClenaghan
At times, while listening to random classics in the collection, one can have the idea that everything in jazz evolved from the late '40s to early '50s bebop. But before bop was swing. Duke Ellington stayed with swing through bop, funk, and fusion. And so did alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges (1906-1970), who played in Ellington's band ...
Respect the Rabbit! (Owen Broder Interview)
by Patrick Burnette
For some fans, the story of jazz saxophone begins with John Coltrane. This episode, the boys interview Owen Broder, who gives propers to Coltrane's old boss, Johnny Hodges. Mainstay of the Duke Ellington band and lover of lettuce and tomato sandwiches, the Rabbit (as he was known) possessed the most sumptuous sound ever heard from an ...
Anat Cohen Tentet at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
Anat Cohen Tentet Jazz Alley Seattle, Washington February 27, 2024 The wonderfully diverse and swinging ten-piece ensemble led by clarinetist Anat Cohen doesn't have the opportunity to tour very often. Since the release of Happy Song (Anzic, 2017), the band's first release on the label that Cohen founded with ...
Ethan Philion, Doug Wamble and More
by Jerome Wilson
This is a very eclectic show that includes tributes to Charles Mingus and Johnny Hodges by Ethan Philion and Owen Broder respectively as well as topical blues from Doug Wamble and South African jazz from Nduduzo Makhathini plus much more. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete ...
More Jazz From 2022
by Jerome Wilson
The year 2022 produced a bumper crop of worthwhile jazz recordings, so many it was impossible to give all of them their due in a timely fashion. Here are belated appreciations of six titles that deserve praise. Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense Halcyonic Records 2022 ...
Hodges: Front and Center Vol. 1
By Owen Broder
Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Royal Garden Blues; Viscount; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter; Digits;
Ballade for the Very Sad and Very Tired Lotus Eaters; Take The A Train; Just A Memory; You
Need to Rock.
Surya Botofasina, Tom Skinner, More Better, Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Tributes to Abdul Wadud, Paul Motian, Albert Mangelsdorff and Johnny Hodges, the power of post-production, the music meditations of Surya Botofasina and more, in this wide-ranging edition of Mondo Jazz. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Tom Skinner “The Journey" Voices of Bishara ...
Anthony Orgeta, Johnny Hodges & Owen Broder
by Joe Dimino
With a healthy dose of reverence, we begin the 778th Episode of Neon Jazz with Brooklyn saxophonist Owen Broder doing his take of “Royal Garden Blues" off his 2022 project Hodges Front and Center Volume 1. From there, we hear from Johnny Hodges himself with the song “Rabbit Pie" followed by the talented Melody Diachun covering ...
A Tribute to Someone
by Patrick Burnette
Sometimes “tribute" can be a dirty word in jazz—a sign a project's only justification is a well-known name—a warning that reverence may have trumped inspiration on a record. But it doesn't have to be that way. This episode, the Bastards look at four 2022 releases that each celebrate a towering figure from jazz's past without getting ...
