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Fred Hess Big Band: Hold On
by Troy Collins
Originally from Abington, Pennsylvania, tenor saxophonist Fred Hess has resided in Denver, Colorado since 1981. Though Denver is not often considered a hotbed of progressive jazz, Hess, as founder of the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble and Denver's Creative Music Works Orchestra, has fashioned an alternative to the East Coast/West Coast paradigm. With 14 albums as a ...
Fred Hess Big Band: Hold On
by Dan McClenaghan
Fred Hess has been prolific this millennium. For those familiar with the Denver-based saxophonist's last six discs, however, Hold On may come as a surprise. Since 2004, Hess has immersed himself in the art of the piano-less quartet, before augmenting his group--first, with a second saxophonist, and then a guitarist, moving from quintet to sextet and ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 7-9, July 7-9, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae Charlie Haden Family and Friends / Bill Frisell QuartetVan Der Graaf Generator / Ornette ColemanFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 7-9 2009 Every year the Festival ...
3Play+: American Waltz
by Mark Corroto
The cleverly titled American Waltz might deserve a more fitting inscription as American Quilt," because woven into the admirably crafted compositions of leader/pianist Josh Rosen are all the elements that are American music. Rosen, a faculty member at Berklee College of Music, lists Bob Moses, Bennie Wallace, and }}George Schuller}} as performance partners. Besides ...
Hashem Assadullahi Returns from Thailand for Release of Debut Album Featuring Ron Miles
Hashem Assadullahi and his quintet, featuring Ron Miles, celebrate the release of their new CD, Strange Neighbor, a well rounded jazz release with an occasional sense of humor. Denver-based trumpeter Ron Miles, has also appeared with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Gravitas Quartet, and many others. The Quintet also features a critically acclaimed ...
The October Trio: Looks Like It's Going To Snow
by Matt Marshall
Josh Cole, the bassist and primary composer for The October Trio, cites Wayne Shorter as one of his major inspirations and that influence is apparent throughout the Canadian trio's Looks Like It's Going To Snow, with guest trumpeter Brad Turner. There are strong references to Miles Davis' Shorter-heavy Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1966) and the saxophone legend's ...
Ron Miles & Bill Frisell Two's a (Quietly Harmonious) Crowd
Some partnerships in jazz go beyond sensitivity or even shared intuition. At their best they can suggest something more mysterious, like weather patterns. When you encounter a bond of this sort between musicians operating at full capacity, the air changes slightly in the room. The trumpeter Ron Miles and the guitarist Bill Frisell have one of ...
Ron Miles: Stone/Blossom
by Matthew Miller
It's no secret why Ron Miles is one of the most highly regarded trumpeters of his generation. His rich, burnished tone and supple lyricism have won over Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz--two of jazz's leading aesthetic visionaries--along with fans who appreciate understatement, whispered dissonance, wry humor. All of these attributes can be found on Stone/Blossom, the ...
Stone / Blossom
By Ron Miles
Label: Sterling Circle
Released: 2006
Track listing: Stone: Clairvoyant; Devil in Mind; Letter Grade; Unconditional; Stone; Grown Folks;
Cupid. Blossom: Since Forever; Small Town Hero; Gethsemane; I Woke Up In Love
This Morning; I
Ron Miles: Stone / Blossom
by Mark Corroto
Ron Miles' trumpet has such an appealing tone that I'd eagerly listen to him play the songs of Johnny Cash, Lee Morgan, or Earth, Wind and Fire. His directions in music, like those of his close friend Bill Frisell, have been forged from more than just the jazz canon. Stone/Blossom is equal parts jazz, ...


