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Drew Gress: 7 Black Butterflies

Read "7 Black Butterflies" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell


Bassist Drew Gress consistently delivers, whether he's playing straight-ahead or outwardly adventurous music. He maintains a vigorous touring and recording schedule with a swath of the jazz community. Though creatively challenging, this approach has limited the time he has to develop his own music. With 7 Black Butterflies, his third CD as a leader, Gress makes ...

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Drew Gress: 7 Black Butterflies

Read "7 Black Butterflies" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Most of the music on this exhilarating record defies easy description. Much of it is lyrical, even beautiful. There's some driving, fiery swing. The improvising is of a consistently high order throughout. And Gress contributes his inventive compositions, with structures that challenge the improvisers with knotty harmonies and tempo changes. On 7 Black Butterflies, the whole ...

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Drew Gress: 7 Black Butterflies

Read "7 Black Butterflies" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Music that reveals beauty even in the Rhinoceros... To say that Drew Gress may be one of today's premier bassists/composers is a bold statement, but one with considerable merit. The veteran player has profoundly enhanced numerous recordings by names like Uri Crane, Don Byron, and Ravi Coltrane with his distinct sound, dynamic playing, ...

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Bow River Falls

Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Blinks; Bow River Falls; Fete Forraine; Window; Maputo; Petals; Retracing 2; Dernier Regards/Vol; Woman at Point Zero; Dark Water; Paradox

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The Great Divide

Label: Premonition Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Von: "You Ready?;" Be My Love; Never Fear Jazz Is Hear; This Is Always; Chant Time; Von: "Everybody Mellow?"; Blue Pres; The Great Divide; Disorder At The Border; Hard Hittin'; Violets For Your Furs.

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Dave Douglas/Louis Sclavis/Peggy Lee/Dylan Van Der Schyff: Bow River Falls

Read "Bow River Falls" reviewed by Sean Patrick Fitzell


Recorded one afternoon during the Banff Workshop, Bow River Falls is trumpeter Dave Douglas' first cooperative effort since New and Used in the early '90s. Douglas, clarinetist Louis Sclavis, cellist Peggy Lee and drummer Dylan Van Der Schyff all contributed compositions, mostly from their earlier discographies, which were rearranged for this session. Perhaps because of the ...

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Dave Douglas/Louis Sclavis/Peggy Lee/Dylan Van Der Schyff: Bow River Falls

Read "Bow River Falls" reviewed by John Kelman


With a discography that is as varied as it is large, trumpeter Dave Douglas has rightly earned the many accolades showered upon him since his emergence in the early '90s. From the Parallel Worlds string ensemble to the electronica of his Freak In group, his work has been characterized by a broad sense of exploration and ...

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Von Freeman: The Great Divide

Read "The Great Divide" reviewed by Mark Sabbatini


There's an inclination to treat an 81-year-old sax master with kid gloves when assessing a new recording, but Von Freeman needs no such assistance. The Great Divide continues his late in life resurgence as he pays tribute to former co-players Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker. It may not be a landmark ...

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Von Freeman: The Great Divide

Read "The Great Divide" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


It is a little bit crazy to consider octogenarian tenor saxophonist Von Freeman paying tribute to anyone considering that he has outlived the vast majority of his peers. Still, Mr. Freeman chooses to step out and tip his hat to three horns that changed everything - Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker. Freeman reasons that ...


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