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Dena DeRose: Another World
by C. Andrew Hovan
Without fear of sinking into the depths of hyperbole, let it be said that Dena DeRose is really a major discovery. An extremely adept pianist and an equally compelling singer, she has the appeal and talent to run with the best of them, including giving modern day diva Diana Krall a good run for her money! ...
Mike DiRubbo: From the Inside Out
by Joel Roberts
As the title of his debut album on the Sharp Nine label suggests, alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's musical imagination resides in that space between the mainstream and the avant-garde. It's no surprise, then, to learn that he's a former student of the great Jackie McLean, who, perhaps more than anyone, brought a tough, bebop and blues-based ...
Eddie Henderson Quintet: Reemergence
by Jack Bowers
Eddie Henderson is one of those immoderately talented but relatively unsung players who are known as “musicians' musicians," mainly because the public at large has almost no idea who they are or what they are capable of doing--which in Henderson's case is almost anything he pleases, at least on trumpet. The 58--year--old veteran was influenced by ...
Mike DiRubbo Quintet: From the Inside Out
by Jack Bowers
The proliferation of accomplished young saxophonists continues with New Haven native Mike DiRubbo's debut on Sharp Nine, which continues its admirable policy of promoting undiscovered but no less deserving talent. DiRubbo, now 28 years old, was only 23 when From the Inside Out was recorded in 1994. He'd already graduated from the Hartt School of Music, ...
Optimism
By One for All
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 1998
Track listing:
Optimism; Stranger in Moscow; Straight Up; All for One; Pearl's; Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most; What Kind of Fool Am I?; The Prevaricator; These Foolish Things (70:07).
One for All: Too Soon to Tell
by Jack Bowers
Having reviewed last month Optimism, the second Sharp Nine release by One for All, the New York–based co–op sextet patterned after Art Blakey’s celebrated Jazz Messengers, we must beg your indulgence as we backtrack a year to appraise its debut session, recorded in February ’97 by the eminent Rudy Van Gelder (whose apparently escalating faith in ...
One for All: Too Soon to Tell
by Jack Bowers
Having reviewed last month Optimism, the second Sharp Nine release by One for All, the New York–based co–op sextet patterned after Art Blakey’s celebrated Jazz Messengers, we must beg your indulgence as we backtrack a year to appraise its debut session, recorded in February ’97 by the eminent Rudy Van Gelder (whose apparently escalating faith in ...
One for All: Optimism
by Jack Bowers
Confidence. It's a quality too often overlooked, but one that is nonetheless essential in Jazz, as it enables a musician - or a group - to take chances, to go all-out and run the race at top speed without any fear of stumbling or falling flat on one's face. You can hear that confidence in Miles ...
One for All: Optimism
by Joel Roberts
This is the second album by One for All, an all-star group of young jazz veterans totally steeped in the hard bop tradition and group dynamic of the classic ensembles of Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Eric Alexander, the rising tenor sax phenom, and Peter Washington, the talented and ubiquitous bassist, are probably the best known ...
