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Rob Reddy's Small Town: The Book of the Storm
by Troy Collins
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Rob Reddy premiers his most ambitious work to date with The Book of the Storm, a jazz symphony in four movements. The premiere of his large ensemble, the aptly titled Small Town, is not only his first official live recording, but his debut as a conductor. Similar to contemporary classical composers, ...
Rob Reddy's Gift Horse: A Hundred Jumping Devils
by Elliott Simon
That rarefied air where the compositional arts--writing, music and painting--come together is the holy grail for which this release from soprano/alto saxophonist Rob Reddy's Gift Horse is searching. Using 15th Century cover art and inspiration from beat poet godfather William Carlos Williams, Gift Horse bemoans A Hundred Jumping Devils that get in the way of this ...
Rob Reddy: The Fine Line Between Composition and Comfort
by Paul Olson
Rob Reddy's one of the prominent soprano saxophonists working today, but his reputation has been built upon his work as bandleader and, especially, as a composer. He's been a presence in New York for 20 years now, having studied with soprano player Dave Liebman and reedsman Makanda Ken McIntyre before graduating from the first-ever jazz program ...
An AAJ Interview with Rob Reddy
by AAJ Staff
This interview was first published in December 1999. Imagine for a moment that you are a graduate student of American history. The twist to this premise is that you are alive 10,000 years from now. As part of your research you are investigating life in 20th century America. Your goal is to attempt an ...
A Hundred Jumping Devils
By Rob Reddy
Label: Reddy Music
Released: 2006
Track listing: Hymn For The Insurrection; The Unnamable; Procession; A Hundred Jumping Devils; Mark Of
Sincerity; O-Brasil; Gabriel's New Horn; Abraham; Solipsism; One (for Jef).
Rob Reddy's Gift Horse: A Hundred Jumping Devils
by Karl A.D. Evangelista
Rob Reddy's music conveys motion--a rare thing in an era when jazz often seems like the stuff of historians, when even the most astute artist might fail to create anything genuinely new. Doubtless, though, Reddy is a capable creative voice, and A Hundred Jumping Devils is far more than mere repertory work or pastiche. Following the ...
Rob Reddy's Gift Horse: A Hundred Jumping Devils
by Jerry D'Souza
Rob Reddy has always been an adventurer in the best sense of the word. He goes out once again here with his Gift Horse group, raking in a different kind of music--not only with the far from usual instrumentation of the band, but also a greater reliance on composition than in the past. Many of the ...
Rob Reddy's Gift Horse: A Hundred Jumping Devils
by Troy Collins
A Hundred Jumping Devils is saxophonist Rob Reddy's fifth studio album, after a five-year recording hiatus. His new ensemble, Gift Horse, reconvenes some of his regular sidemen, including legendary violinist Charles Burnham and longstanding bassist Dom Richards, both featured on his previous release, Seeing By The Light Of My Own Candle (Knitting Factory, 2001). Percussionist Mino ...
Seeing By The Light Of My Own Candle
By Rob Reddy
Label: Knitting Factory
Released: 2001
Track listing: Street Angel House Devil; Victim; My Own Candle; Child; RJOC; See The Elephant; Prayer III.
Rob Reddy's Sleeping Dogs: Seeing By The Light Of My Own Candle
by AAJ Staff
Rob Reddy's fourth disc as a leader marks a step forward in his ensemble vision. Reddy has always had a fascination with the different ways composition can fuel the development of musical ideas, and he pursues this focus from several different angles on Seeing By the Light of My Own Candle. The strengths of this record ...
