Results for "Willie Oteri"

Nathan Clevenger, Paulina Porszke & Emanuele Parrini

by Maurice Hogue
February 17, 2021

Several new artists pop up in this episode inclduing guitarist Nathan Clevenger from California, Polish pianist Paulina Porszke, English duo Gus Garside and Hervé Perez, and French pianist Loïc Dequidt now living in Sweden. Italian violinist Emanuele Parrini's new album, Digging (Reflections On Jazz And Blues) is ear-opening. Lots of good stuff for you as well, ...

Reflections

By Willie Oteri

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Reflections

Angel Bat Dawid, Fay Victor, Satoko Fujii and Clean Feed Releases

by Maurice Hogue
December 30, 2020

Risk-taking singer Fay Victor's powerhouse new album for ESP-Disk is called We've Had Enough, but the title could easily be used on Angel Bat Dawid's latest as well. It reflects some rather shabby treatment on a recent our in Europe. Her album Live sees and Tha Brothahood in full bore. Other new releases sampled come from ...

Reflections

October 29, 2020

Album: Reflections
By Willie Oteri
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Duration: 03:27

Billy Mohler, Mat Walerian, Larry Ochs, Aram Shelton, Alister Spence and More

by Maurice Hogue
September 9, 2020

I was so taken by bassist Billy Mohler's playing with the Dan Rosenboom Quartet which opens this show, I had to go find Mohler's music. He's featured in the third hour. Also featured are a bunch of great new releases: multi-reedist Mat Walerian with a superb band of Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Hamid Drake, saxophonists ...

Celebrating Ten Years Of Jazz OUTside At Kenny Dorham's Backyard in Austin

February 8, 2020

A festival in celebration of ten years of Jazz OUTside February 29, 2020 From 2:pm to 6:pm Kenny Dorham's Backyard 1106 E. 11th St. Austin, TX 78702 Ten years ago a residency, showcase and open jam session began at Kenny Dorham's Backyard in jny: Austin Texas. The brainchild ...

Dark Matter Horns - Live at Kenny Dorham's Backyard

By Willie Oteri

Label: OteriTunes
Released: 2019
Track listing: Scarab Pie; Pharaoh's Sandwich.

Willie Oteri Announces New Project And New Releases

March 18, 2019

Official Release Date for Dark Matter Horns: Narratives Vol. 2 – Spring 2019 Official Release Dates for O'clock: “The Nip," “Feb 25," “Riot in the Meadow," March 1st with more singles to follow during the year. Narratives Vol. 2 by Willie Oteri's Dark Matter Horns is the second release to focus on Oteri's tenor saxophone and ...

Willie Oteri

Top Three Editor's Pick - Guitar Player Magazine - Dec. 2010 (WD-41+2 Album)

"I’m pretty much self taught. I learned Jazz and rock on the street. If you are fine with that then we can talk. I’m fine with it. I play guitar, sax and flute, most of time. People mostly wrote about the guitar playing. I think I may be best at flute although I don't have that much of it out there on recordings. My melodic sense seems to be best tuned to saxophone and for the last 4 or 5 years that was my main focus. Lately I've been back to focusing on guitar."

 “I've always been an explorer and this need for change drives me to new frontiers. While some are cautious about change for me it's about accepting it. I played flute in my late teens after borrowing my sister's flute, since she was not very interested in it, and played professionally for several years in the early part of my career along with guitar, bass and pedal steel, whatever seemed to be needed. Around this same time, I had an old Conn sax that I played for maybe a year until both the flute and sax needed more work than I could afford at the time. (see tragedy and time off from music in bio below) When I came back to music after several years off I focused on guitar for a few reasons, one being I was living on a sailboat with not much space and guitar was small enough to use on the boat and compose. I did not think about getting back to flute and sax until I had produced a few guitar-based albums but alas, here I am and looking forward to recording and performing anyway I can get it out”

Dominik Wania, Satoko Fujii, Alistair Spence And More

by Maurice Hogue
November 28, 2018

Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's latest recording is really about love--not so much the romantic kind, but more about the love that jazz musicians and fans have for enduring compositions written by the likes of Charlie Haden, Abdullah Ibrahim, John Coltrane, Dewey Redman and Don Cherry. And let's not forget about creative music's love affair ...