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Alex Chilowicz at William Paterson University
by David A. Orthmann
Alex Chilowicz William Paterson University Wayne, NJ December 9, 2009 Saxophonist Alex Chilowicz is a 22-year-old senior in the Jazz Studies program at William Paterson University. To fulfill an honors thesis requirement, Chilowicz embarked on an unusually ambitious project--the performance of Eddie Sauter's Focus. A seven-part composition for string ...
December 2009
by AAJ Staff
Jesse Stacken and Kurt KnuffkeCornelia Street CafeNew York, NY November 8, 2009When pianist Jesse Stacken and trumpeter Kirk Knuffke played Cornelia Street Café (Nov. 8th) to celebrate their SteepleChase duo release Mockingbird, they surveyed not only Monk and Ellington tunes--the album's focus--but also demanding works by Lennie Tristano and Charles ...
Remembering Scott Sherwood
by Peter Cobb
What does one possibly say when a treasure is ripped from our lives? What can you say? The jazz world lost a great light recently with the passing of guitarist, composer and educator Scott Sherwood. The rest of the world lost an even greater human being. I don't know what the proper measure of ...
Drori Mondlak: Point In Time
by Elliott Simon
Good drummers always seem to make all the right connections and Point In Time indicates that leader Drori Mondlak is, indeed, very well connected. He has brought together three marvelous instrumentalists and leaders in their own right--altoist/flutist Karolina Strassmayer, guitarist Cary DeNigris and bassist Steve LaSpina--for an intriguing quartet that strikes a perfect balance between the ...
Randy Brecker Quintet Honors Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" at the Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Randy BreckerPerelman TheaterThe Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PAFebruary 7, 2009 Around the time that Miles Davis was recording the iconic album Kind of Blue in 1959, a kid from Philadelphia named Randy Brecker was learning to play trumpet, and not long after that, he entered the firmament ...
Play Room
Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Play Room; Do the Math; Suite: it's Just Crazy--it Never Ends--That Explains It; Melissa; On the Run; Ashcroft Avenue; Just Because.
Steve LaSpina: Play Room
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Juggling a whirlwind schedule as a musician, father and student means that bassist Steve LaSpina is always in constant motion. Play Room is a selection of original compositions that comment on the recent state of affairs in his life. The music is lively, contemplative, playful and always involving. The title cut serves as ...
Remember When
Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Madness/ A Better Place/ Forward Motion/ Remember When/ When There
Steve LaSpina: Remember When
by Elliott Simon
There can be something very special about a bassist-led session. Perhaps it is their knowledge of both time and melody that, when coupled with the rich emotional sound of their instrument, results in some of the most creative jazz. On all these counts, Steve LaSpina's Remember When, makes its mark. Composed in the aftermath of the ...
Steve LaSpina: Remember When
by Derek Taylor
A dependable fixture in the Steeplechase stable, Steve LaSpina has contributed his anchoring bass sound to a variety of projects. Sadly his fourth recording as a leader comes in the tragic wake of the loss of his son. The aftermath of grief arising from such a tribulation registers with the unimaginable for those who have not ...
