Bassist Harvie S has worked with a who's who of jazz artists, including saxophonists Stan Getz and Michael Brecker and vocalists Sheila Jordan and Mark Murphy.
By Samuel Markson A lot of single-instrument groups can be gimmicky ?? along the lines of, ???How many tuba players does it take to make a coherent album???? Many of those efforts are well and good, even virtuosic, but the majority are relegated to narrowly devoted fan-bases ?? those who, no doubt, brake for vibraphones or are the proud parents of an oboe player ?? without much chance at breaking
A fleeting glance at the cover of Alphonse Mouzon's CD Jazz in Bel-Air (Tenacious, 2008) gives one the impression that Mouzon was born into wealth, "with a silver spoon in his mouth." Listening to Mouzon's compositions and performance on the CD does nothing to dispel that impression.
It's been a long time since Dave Holland's small hands strummed a ukulele at about the age of five, an endeavor that eventually led him to the guitar and entry in a fledgling band as a teenager around his Wolverhampton, England, home.
Following in the footsteps of the late Michael Brecker to join Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman in Saxophone Summit is a tough gig. Trying to fill John Coltrane's shoes
While jazz began as a form of entertainment, it has evolved into a more serious musical genre. Its multiple roots in gospel, blues, popular, folk, Caribbean, African, and other world musics give it a complexity and richness tailor-made for extended musical explorations and through-composing.
Awwww, git it, accounting. Solid, sales. If you think a corporate meeting and a jam session are two different things, then Jazz Impact, a project that involves several North Jersey musicians, wants to blow your top, pop.
SAXOPHONE SUMMIT Seraphic Light (Telarc) Grade: B- For all of the firepower loaded onto "Seraphic Light" and for all the good intentions - it's meant to
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