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Tardo Hammer: Look Stop & Listen
by J Hunter
A teacher at Cambridge, Massachusetts' New School of Music when he's not leading singer Annie Ross' band, pianist Tardo Hammer has backed up stalwarts including Lou Donaldson and Abbey Lincoln, and was a member of the Art Farmer-Clifford Jordan Quintet. The last credit is the key here, because Jordan played on Live at the Theatre Boulogne--the ...
Sharp Nine Records
by Laurel Gross
It's a scene of riches: a marigold-colored moon so bright and full it looks like a gold coin tossed into the end-of-summer sky, while skyscraper windows towering over New York City's Central Park glitter like diamonds. But the real richness of this particular evening is in the music played by six musicians framed in ...
Tardo Hammer: Look Stop & Listen
by David A. Orthmann
Look Stop & Listen, Tardo Hammer's fourth release as a leader, is subtitled The Music of Tadd Dameron. It's the antithesis of a concept record, in which the music takes a backseat to marketing and promotion. Instead of a parade of guest stars, all Hammer needs is bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth to launch ...
Grant Stewart: In The Still Of The Night
by David A. Orthmann
Grant Stewart In The Still Of The Night Sharp Nine Records 2007 Soloing on the title track of In The Still Of The Night, tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart plays scads of notes over a rhythm section traveling at warp speed. But while his stamina and ability ...
Grant Stewart: In the Still of the Night
by Elliott Simon
Grant Stewart has an athletic able-bodied style on tenor that can best be described as muscular. It is no surprise that he lists Sonny Rollins as a major influence but what makes him a standout in the large crowd of hard bop tenorists is his ability to sprint across the keys without sacrificing an ounce of ...
Grant Stewart: In The Still Of The Night
by Edward Zucker
It would not be a stretch to call Grant Stewart an international jazz nomad. Stewart was born in Canada and moved to New York City at nineteen. During his career, he has recorded for labels that read like a UN roll call, including French, Japanese, Spanish and Dutch imprints. In The Still Of The Night is ...
Just the Beginning
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Just the Beginning; Domingo; I Want to Talk About You; Pharaoh's Curse; High Drama;
Quadrangle; Shell Joy; Make Someone Happy; Letter to Illinois.
Planet Jazz: In Orbit
By Planet Jazz
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Mommy, Mommy No!; Buttermoose; The Cow is Now; The Lemur is a Dreamer; Dawn on the Desert; The Squirrel is a Girl; Sorora; Dual Highway.
The Lineup
By One for All
Label: Sharp Nine Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Anatolia; Little Lucas; Sweet And Lovely; Downtown Sounds; Letter To Mary; The Lineup;
Express Train; Smooth.
