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Paul Gill
Bassist Paul Gill is veteran of the New York jazz scene and is recognized for his buoyant, swinging bass lines and virtuosic arco solos. When Gill arrived in New York in the mid 1990's he was described by Jazz Times magazine as "surely one of the brightest of the up-and-coming bassists”. He has appeared as a sideman on over 60 recordings. Born in Baltimore, MD, Paul had established himself as a local mainstay in the Balto-DC area from 1984-1994 by both working with fellow hometown musician Gary Bartz, and backing artists that came to town such as Benny Golson, Rosemary Clooney, Stanley Turrentine, and Sonny Fortune. Immediately upon moving to New York, Gill began working with legendary vocalist Jon Hendricks
Contrafactus
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: At First Blush; Contrafactus; Kinetic Neurosis; Ants Go Marching; Poor Butterfly;
Cognitive Dissonance; Koan; If You Are But A Dream; Mind Games; Lullaby Of The
Leaves; Happy Ending
Gin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Jody Grind; Monaco; Blue Bells; Yesterdays; My Shining Hour; Waltz for Debby; The Gin
Suite (Gin/Bitters/Luck of the Draw); Jubilation; Geneva; The Whisperer; Quiet Now.
Jill McCarron Trio: Gin
by Jack Bowers
Gin, pianist Jill McCarron says of the title of her second recording as leader of the Jill McCarron Trio, refers to the card game of that name, and not to the alcoholic beverage. She balances the joy of winning with the luck of the draw in her entrancing three-part suite. While McCarron leads an admirable threesome ...
Joe Magnarelli: Hoop Dreams
by C. Andrew Hovan
As Duke Ellington would often remind us, music comes in two varieties, that which is good and that which is bad. This suggests that genre and category are really of little concern and that overall quality is really the defining factor in considering the validity of any musical expression. Taking this axiom one step further, let ...
Hot New York Minutes
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Newest Blues; One for Cliff; Boo Deh Dah; Playa Culebrita; Biskit; Choose Now; Blue Seven; For
Heaven's
Sake; One for George; A Thought.
Kevin O'Connell Quartet: Hot New York Minutes
by Jack Bowers
Although Hot New York Minutes is Chicago-based pianist Kevin O'Connell's date, it could well be saxophonist Adam Brenner's, as the two share roughly equal time soloing and contribute their talents as writer and/or arranger on half a dozen of the album's ten numbers. In fact, the subtitle reads Featuring Adam Brenner," and the album, O'Connell writes, ...
Kevin O'Connell Quartet Featuring Adam Brenner: Hot New York Minutes
by Neil Duggan
Finding one's own voice as a musician is never an easy process; extending that to taking the spotlight and leading your own band is another step up. For some, it can take years. Kevin O'Connell is an example of exactly that. He has been a jazz pianist since the 1980s, working with the Clifford Jordan Quartet ...
Persistence
Label: Cellar Live
Released: 2022
Track listing: Persistence; Second Thoughts; Apres Vous; Only the Lonely; Jitterbug Waltz; Epistrophy; Once I Loved; Birthday Blues.