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...As sax curls soulfully over lean Larry Goldings’ Fender Rhodes, sparse drums establish a funereal pace and breathy low sax cues soaring vocals....
...The Canadian journalist David Sax explored the vinyl revival, cameras that still use film and the invention of the Moleskine in his first book The Revenge of Analog....
...The evening started well enough with a technically astute, effects-laden solo performance from guitarist Jeff Parker....
...There’s a strong focus on contemporary American music, too, represented by the premiere of Jeff Midkiff’s mandolin concerto From the Blue Ridge, orchestral work by Wynton Marsalis, a new commission from...
...Jeff Ballard tunes his drums to thump resonantly and sets his hi-hat cymbals parted for maximum splash. It made the American a forceful acoustic presence in this heavily wired-up band....
...The LA recordings, featuring airy alto sax and violin, also cruise at a chilled-out pace, but here Jeff Parker’s acerbic guitar adds grit to “Turtle Tricks”, the session’s best cut....
...Elling’s diction and pitching are perfect, producer/saxophonist Branford Marsalis spins modal jazz and the track ends with a thunder of Jeff Watts’ drums....
...Before going into the studio the pair had been constantly sharing the great drum and sax duets with each other, from Elvin Jones and John Coltrane to Kenny Garrett and Jeff “Tain” Watts....
...Drummer Wilson’s left-field quirkiness came with a house-shaking pulse and superlative virtuosity, while saxophonist Jeff Lederer toasted and wailed with old-school abandon and an awareness of form....
...Nor should the efforts of the entrepreneurial Distin family should go unremarked, says Jeff Miller, who plays in the period-instrument Prince Regent’s Band....
...At this gig, pianist Kit Downes was a memorable guest, and a twin-sax front line negotiated newly-arranged material and established repertoire with equal commitment and purpose....
...Pianist/composer Jeff Lorber has been crafting tight-as-tight themes and drive-by grooves since releasing his first album The Jeff Lorber Fusion in 1977....
...A pair of sax players, including Richards’ crony Bobby Keys, added swampy smears of brass....
...With bassist Larry Grenadier a strong solo voice and Jeff Ballard sensitive and firm in support, the trio functions brilliantly as a unit....
...The first sequence mimicked tuning a radio – it took a while for the melange of free jazz cacophony and soothing sax, announcer’s babble and radio static finally to settle on Spalding’s entrance – and the...
...Eric Alexander is the preaching tenor sax, Tony Monaco delivers the authentic squelch of organ bass pedals and Martino’s melodic wit has a singing tone and a deep shade of blue....
...The band also has a terrific group sound, with Cheek’s bendy sax phrased exactly with Hey’s spongy keyboards and bass and drums similarly locked in....
...() In marked contrast, the sax, bass and drum trio Fly cut to the chase with a dense web of cross-rhythms and contemporary beats....
...in-joke boogie and a quick nod of the head from saxophonist leader Marsalis, and Ronnie Scott’s was engulfed in the rhythmic maelstrom and convoluted theme of “Return of the Jitney Man”, written by drummer Jeff...
...Maupin switched from tenor and pure-toned soprano sax to languorous bass clarinet and provided highlights on each....
...He studied with Leonard Bernstein, has credits on film scores including The Big Lebowski and Traffic, and has worked with such high-profile rockers as David Bowie, Madonna and Jeff Beck....
...harmonics and off-kilter swing, while the Robson original “Gone Fishing” was a bucolic construction that started with the reedy tones of an unaccompanied wooden whistle and ended with a full-force drum/sax...
...A solo spot by drummer Jack DeJohnette was followed by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with the pyrotechnic Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums....
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