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Anthony Wonsey: The Thang
by C. Andrew Hovan
Wisdom, it is often said, comes with age and experience. This axiom has special relevance for those who pursue excellence in the arts. Whether painters, dancers, or composers, the true creators have found that it takes time and patience to develop a singular voice. Youth seems to bring with it a desire to put technique at ...
Steve Davis: Correlations
by C. Andrew Hovan
Surely it must be considered a milestone to chalk up Correlations as Steve Davis' 20th session as a leader. Just contemplate how much the world has changed since the trombonist started turning heads as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers back at the start of the '90s. The record business in particular occupies a vastly ...
I Remember Cedar
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Simple Pleasure; Martha's Prize; Clockwise; Dear Ruth; Turquoise
Twice; Holy Land; Cedar's Blues; Fiesta Espanol; Hindsight; Over The
Rainbow.
David Hazeltine and Mike Kaplan: Two Perspectives On Cedar Walton
by David A. Orthmann
Years ago, I often went to a club in which a guest soloist was coupled with the house rhythm section. At one point in nearly every opening set, in an effort to find some common ground, the leader called Cedar Walton's Bolivia." Sitting and waiting in anticipation for the theme to be played became an important ...
My Groove, Your Move
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Track #1: I Love You (verse); Track #2: On The Street Where You Live;
Track #3: Foi a Saudade; Track #4: Eye of Irene; Track #5: Sweet Honey
Bee; Track #6: For All We Know/We Kiss in a Shadow; Track #7: My
Groove,
Your Move; Track #8: The Way You Look Tonight; Track #9: The Lineup.
Gilad Edelman: My Groove, Your Move
by David A. Orthmann
Gilad Edelman is the son of Marc Edelman, the brains and will behind Sharp Nine Records, a fiercely independent label which has produced some of the finest straight-ahead jazz records of the past fifteen years. Despite limited resources and operating in the midst of the industry's severe downturn, Sharp Nine has released impressive recordings by significant, ...
The Composers
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Ojos de Rojo; Gaslight; Mister Chairman; To Whom It May Concern; Self Potrait (of the Bean); Swift as the Wind; Smoke Signal; Three Wishes; Tears Inside.
Dmitry Baevsky: The Composers
by David A. Orthmann
In some respects, The Composers is cut from the same cloth as Down With It, Dmitry Baevsky's 2010 release on Sharp Nine. The alto saxophonist selects seldom-played compositions from the jazz canon and executes thoughtful interpretations, so that the heads of tunes like Cedar Walton's Ojos de Rojo," Wayne Shorter's Mister Chairman," and Duke Ellington's Self ...
Down With It
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Down With It; Mount Harissa; We See; LaRue; Shabozz; Last Night When We Were Young; Decision; Webb City; I'll String Along With You.
Dmitry Baevsky: Down With It
by David A. Orthmann
As jazz moves in many different directions and breaks free from the all too familiar and readily categorized sounds of its first century, how does an artist make bebop sound like something other than an exercise in nostalgia or an academic pursuit? In the hands of the thirty-four year-old alto saxophonist Dmitry Baevsky, bop is still ...