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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'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 ...