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Odean Pope: Odean's List
by Troy Collins
Though best known for his lengthy tenure accompanying legendary drummer Max Roach, Philadelphia-based tenor saxophonist Odean Pope has long demonstrated a flair for writing and arranging that is as impressive as his sideman work. His most arresting compositions have been conceived for his decades-old Saxophone Choir, while smaller-scale projects have featured his improvisational prowess in collaboration ...
Odean Pope: Odean's List
by Dan Bilawsky
Odean Pope Odean's List In+Out Records 2009 Saxophonist Odean Pope is probably one of the most underappreciated jazz musicians of his generation. While Pope is most often cited for his long tenure with drummer Max Roach, his own recordings--from trio outings to his explosive saxophone choir albums--show a tough-toned tenor ...
Wynton Marsalis: He and She
by Florence Wetzel
He and She is a full-bodied meditation on love and the complexities of the human heart. The CD is a rich offering of 12 Wynton Marsalis compositions as well as a long poem by Marsalis, interspersed between tracks and then read in its entirety at the end. Marsalis culminated 2007's From the Plantation to the Penitentiary ...
Umbria Jazz: Days 4-6, July 13-15, 2009
by Michael J. West
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 The next three days of the Umbria Jazz began with two concert series that promised to be intriguing. American vibraphonist Joe Locke performed three times with Italian pianist Dado Moroni and saxophonist Rosario Giuliani at the very small Oratorio Santa Cecilia church. The trio is recording an ...
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis: Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
by Jerry D'Souza
class="f-left"width=150 height=208 > Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC Eagle Rock Entertainment 2008 Singer Willie Nelson, country music outlaw, and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, jazz music ideologist, may well have seemed strange bedfellows when it came to performing together. This DVD of their ...
The Olive Tree
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2000
Track listing: Never Too Late, My Little Sunflower, Worry Later, The Olive Tree, Jitterbug Waltz, The Nearness of You, Charcoal Blues, Out of Nowhere, One Day Before Tomorrow (55:34)
Walter Blanding: The Olive Tree
by C. Andrew Hovan
A new addition to an already heady bunch of tenor stars on Criss Cross, including Walt Weiskopf, Tim Warfield, Seamus Blake, and Ralph Lalama, 28-year-old saxophonist Walter Blanding is making good on the promise he showed back in 1991 on the collective project Tough Young Tenors. His debut as a leader, The Olive Tree, finds Blanding ...
