Results for "Roy Nathanson"

The Jazz Passengers Reunited al Teatro Manzoni, Milano

by Paolo Peviani
April 7, 2014

Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 02.03.2014 Aria di festa, al teatro Manzoni di Milano. Sul palco, per il concerto conclusivo della rassegna Aperitivo in concerto, i Jazz Passengers di Roy Nathanson e Curtis Fowlkes, mitici esponenti di quella New York anni '80 terribilmente cool e cult che si muoveva ...

Matt Parker: Worlds Put Together

by Mark Corroto
May 26, 2013

Saxophonist Matt Parker is an old soul. You can hear that in his music. On his debut release Worlds Put Together, he channels Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and Dexter Gordon. It's just that this jazz geezer happens to be 33 years old.Like Lester Young, he creates music without typecasting it as “jazz." It's just ...

2012 Tampere Jazz Happening: Tampere, Finland, November 1-4, 2012

by Martin Longley
December 6, 2012

Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland November 1-4, 2012 Here's another veteran jazz festival, and one which has been gaining increasing international recognition during recent years. This is a Happening with a personality. A distinct orientation to its programming, and a taste for the more adventurous aspects of jazz. The Finnish ...

UYS: The Jazz Passengers Interviews - "Reunited"

May 4, 2011

Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Presents Conversations with Composers: Roy Nathanson

October 30, 2010

The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University presents its Conversations Series, through which the Center's renowned faculty will engage leading composer Roy Nathanson in a reflection on the role of improvisation in his creative life. Roy Nathanson is a composer, saxophonist, songwriter, poet, actor, and teacher. He is the leader and principal composer of the ...

Jazz Passengers: Reunited

by Mark Corroto
October 7, 2010

Don't mistake the music made by The Jazz Passengers as merely camp or burlesque send-ups. Sure, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes dons the persona of the infamous “Peaches," from the duo Peaches and Herb, for the 1970's hit, “Reunited." The irony dissolves underneath Roy Nathanson and Fowlkes' spoken/sung duet with Sam Bardfeld's pizzicato violin and Marc Ribot's now-patented ...

The Jazz Passengers: Reunited

by Troy Collins
October 6, 2010

Reunions have become a requisite aspect of the music business, though the end results can vary in quality. Reunited, The Jazz Passengers first recording in twelve years, is a stellar example of this phenomenon. Picking up where they left off, this vivacious studio session juxtaposes mellifluous crooning, adventurous post-bop and stylistic eclecticism with irrepressible charm and ...

Roy Nathanson: Subway Moon

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 26, 2010

Il mondo della metropolitana e della quotidianità newyorchese sono al centro di questo CD, dove si ritrovano alcuni dei più interessanti versi dell'eclettico Roy Nathanson. La cifra stilistica che lo informa ricalca quella dei Lounge Lizard, formazione di culto in cui militò Nathanson, prima di divenire leader ed animatore dei Jazz Passengers. Non c'è un vero ...

Subway Moon

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 10, 2010

Subway Moon Roy Nathanson Soft cover; 134 pages ISBN 978-3-00-025376-8 Buddy's Knife 2009 Poetry, like music, is about movement. Both art forms move from one note, or word, to another, trying to catch the essence of the moment. Saxophonist and composer Roy Nathanson has long worked ...

Roy Nathanson: Subway Moon

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 31, 2009

Subway Moon di Roy Nathanson Buddy's Knife, 2009, 135 pagine Fondatore e leader dei Jazz Passengers, gruppo di punta dell'avanguardia bianca newyorkese, Roy Nathanson è anche un apprezzato versificatore. Pubblicato dalla casa editrice tedesca Buddy's Knife, Subway Moon raccoglie alcuni dei più rappresentativi versi del sassofonista statunitense, con l'aggiunta di un testo in prosa dedicato al ...