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Lasting Impression
By Rob Thorsen
Label: Pacific Coast Jazz
Released: 2009
Track listing: Dexterity; Giant Steps; Little Melonae; Smile; Milagro Cafe; The Man I Love; Dance of the Freaky Circles; Cigarones; It's All Right With Me; Wish Upon Us.
Return of the Composer
Label: Pacific Coast Jazz
Released: 2009
Track listing: Homeland; Bellport; A study in Purple; Shalom and Salaam; Disfavor; Seeds and Deeds; It
Endless Highway: Tom Braxton
by Jerry D'Souza
Saxophonist Tom Braxton's music has been called “smooth jazz," which is somewhat unfortunate. Yes, he is a smooth jazz artist, but he also has the foresight to assimilate soul, funk and R&B into his compositions. In melding these forms he adds snap, crackle and drive, making the journey on his Endless Highway a highly enjoyable experience. ...
Rob Thorsen: Lasting Impression
by Jerry D'Souza
Bassist Rob Thorsen became interested in jazz when he heard Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The acoustic bass, which he discovered when he was in his twenties, became his instrument of choice as he began his career as a performer on a cruise ship. On Lasting Impression, his fourth CD as leader, Thorsen ...
Rob Thorsen: Lasting Impression
by Dan McClenaghan
San Diego-based bassist Rob Thorsen seems to be shining up a '50's-'60's jazz classics lesson with the first four cuts on Lasting Impression. The set opens with Charlie Parker's “Dexterity," a crisp, jaunty take on the classic, with Gilbert Castellanos--another San Diego jazz scene stalwart--sitting in on trumpet, giving the tune a bright, fluid feeling. John ...
Saltman Knowles: Return of the Composer
by Jerry D'Souza
Mark Saltman (double bass) and William Knowles (piano) met at the University of Massachusetts while attending the composition program. They forged a common musical bond, one that has grown stronger over the years. The two make composition the strong point of their music and the natural springboard for improvisation. But they also explore melody ...
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