Results for "The George Lernis Jazz Quartet"

George Lernis

Shapes of Nature

By George Lernis

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: Early Spring; Squirrel Dance; Canvas; Rhythm Portals; Walking in Rhythm; Bending Time; Feeling Groovy.

George Lernis Jazz Quartet - Shapes of Nature (2011)

September 1, 2011

An ambitious debut featuring seven original titles, George Lernis' Shapes of Nature is a great new example of how Tony Williams' legacy continues to play out in jazz. The former Miles Davis band prodigy spent his career exploring the rhythmic complexities first hinted at by bebop, and that journey continues here. Lernis, a Cyprus-born and Boston-based ...

The George Lernis Jazz Quartet: Shapes Of Nature

by Dan Bilawsky
August 7, 2011

The lower portion of the tree that adorns the cover of George Lernis' Shapes Of Nature can be viewed as a metaphor for the Cyprus-born/Boston-based drummer's music. The seven compositions that make up this recording have firm roots in the rich soil of jazz tradition, but as they grow, they branch out in unexpected ways, just ...

The George Lernis Jazz Quartet: Shapes of Nature

by Greg Simmons
July 29, 2011

Many people recall the tedium of childhood music lessons: the endless scales; impatient instructors; and the drudgery of practice, practice, practice. A few gifted individuals get to move on to bigger and better things, but the vast majority face a conspiracy of limited talent and the distraction of competing interests. Fortunately, those who do possess the ...