Search results for "Adam Rogers"

Justin Vasquez: Triptych (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 14, 09

Contemporary jazz commands such a wide playing field. On one end there’s the kind you hear in grocery stores and ele...

James Carter (with Heaven on Earth): Diminishing (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 02, 09

What does it mean when a group of crack jazz musicians gets together to make a thinly-disguised rock record? Is it a...

Chris Potter: Facing East (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music July 14, 09

“Facing East” is a jam-based song that runs through several phases, probing for that rare groove…rare in that it dist...

Ralph Bowen: Canary Drums (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music June 21, 09

Ralph Bowen's distinguished resumé includes extended work with Horace Silver, Michel Camilo and the group Out of the ...

Sharel Cassity: Lover Man (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music June 17, 09

My mind (ears too!) is always wide-open when it comes to new music. That's makes it all the more frustrating and emba...

Shorty Rogers: Martians' Lullaby (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

On the cusp of the Space Age, many otherwise well-informed people believed in Martians. Orson Welles's Halloween 1938...

Sean Wayland: Arc Is Enough (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

In subsurface mining, you dig a long shaft into the ground in search of valuable materials such as ores, diamonds or ...

Ada Rovatti: The Untold Story (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music February 08, 09

I remember back in 1988 popping in Michael Brecker's newest CD Don't Try This At Home and being blown away by the ope...

Adams, "Pepper" (Park) posted in Encyclopedia October 21, 08

The baritone sax can be a hard sell to jazz fans as a lead instrument: nowhere is this more evident than in the caree...

Chris Potter: Yesterday (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 06, 08

Hundreds of covers have dulled the luster of Paul McCartney's "Yesterday," but like a fresh coat of wax on a vintage ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES

During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...

Kirby, Steven (Thomas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kirby, Steven (Thomas), guitarist, composer, educator; b. San Francisco, CA, 8 May 1958. He has an older sister, Alic...

In Conversation with Chris Potter posted in Features and Interviews March 23, 09

By Frederick Bernas                &#...

Rover, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Rover, Christian,  (also spelled Roever or, correctly in German, Rover), guitarist, composer, educator, author; ...

Bernstein, Steven (Michael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Bernstein, Steven (Michael), trumpet, slide trumpet, mellophone, band leader, arranger, composer, conductor; b. Washi...

Simon, Edward posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Simon, Edward, pianist; b. Punta CardUn, Venezuela, 27 July 1969. His mother is Daisy Morillo Garcia, born 7/30/1942,...

McAll, Barney (Barnaby Johnathon) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

McAll, Barney (Barnaby Johnathon), pianist; b. Melbourne, Australian, 1966. His father, Jack McAll, was born in South...

Deborah Harry: Stormy Weather / Ill Wind (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 08, 08

In the mid-1990s, Debbie Harry picked up The Jazz Passengers for two CDs, and in 2002 gave them another lift for this...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: STORMY WEATHER

Ethel Waters induced "Stormy Weather" in 1933 at the Cotton Club, an oasis of prosperity in Depression- era Harlem wh...

Chris Potter: Megalopolis (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

On his second date for Verve Records, Potter's playing takes a strident tone, matched by the urgent drumming of Bill ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Chris Potter: Nudnik (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music March 04, 08

The compositions on Underground are heavily influenced by funk music, and are reminiscent of Dave Holland's quintet, ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL CHRIS POTTER

Chris Potter is a powerful force in the world of modern jazz. His work as a sideman and as a leader demonstrates a br...

Michael Brecker: Brexterity (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music April 11, 08

Here, for the first time in his career, Michael Brecker arranged for a large ensemble with strings and woodwinds, and...

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