Search results for "Mark Egan"

Mark Egan: After The Rain (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 08, 08

Mark Egan first made his mark in the Pat Metheny Group. Since then he has founded, along with drummer Danny Gottlieb,...

Elements: Saturn Return (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 10, 08

The group Elements was assembled in the early '80s by drummer Danny Gottlieb and bassist Mark Egan, who had met durin...

Elements: Surf Blues and Greens (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music May 07, 08

Blown Away was not one of the better efforts from the normally stellar Elements. It seemed less inspired. Perhaps thi...

Deborah Henson-Conant: On The Rise (Rating: 84/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

I am a huge fan of Elements, the experimental jazz group formed over 20 years ago by bassist Mark Egan and drummer Da...

Danny Gottlieb: Reef Warriors (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music May 14, 08

What is it about drummer Danny Gottlieb and bassist Mark Egan that keeps making them write about water? As the leader...

Bill Evans (sax): The Alternative Man (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music December 17, 08

As I write this in late 2008, Bill Evans (sax) is enjoying a good career playing music he calls "soulgrass." This sty...

Ken Serio: Big Blue Cars (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

Relatively under-the-radar drummer Ken Serio has brought together a “kick-ass” band for this live performance at Trum...

Elements: Quetico (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music April 07, 08

Over the years, I have been a big fan of Elements, the band founded by bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb. ...

Pat Metheny: April Joy (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music January 05, 09

"April Joy" is notable for Mark Egan's lovely fretless bass work, which dominates the tune's opening strains. This me...

Pat Metheny: Phase Dance (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 09, 08

The longtime concert opener, "Phase Dance" provides a distillation of the early Pat Metheny Group sound. Metheny roll...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL PAT METHENY PERFORMANCES

Guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with so many musicians, and in so many different musical contexts, that it was a...

Pat Metheny: Lone Jack (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music December 21, 08

It is 1982 or 1983. We've brought our cooler and blanket and spread ourselves across the grass of Hartford's Bushell ...

Pat Metheny: San Lorenzo (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

A series of ringing chords opens the Pat Metheny Group’s self-titled 1978 debut album and introduces the world to an ...

Pat Metheny: (Cross the) Heartland (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

A fairly early example of the Pat Metheny Group’s genre-inclusive style, this aptly titled track combines a buoyant m...

Egan, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Egan, Mark, One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself as an in-d...

Danny Gottlieb: Aquamarine (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 09, 08

For a while there in the late 1980s there was a short-lived fusion comeback. The Chick Corea Electrik Band was having...

Ciampa, Jeff posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ciampa, Jeff, guitarist, composer, arranger, engineer and educator; b. Huntingdon, PA, 19 May 1951 to Joseph and Flo...

In Conversation with Mike Stern posted in Features and Interviews October 02, 09

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Stern, Mike (Michael Philips) posted in Encyclopedia October 19, 09

Guitarist Mike Stern's experimental technique draws equally from hard bop, fusion and funk. Since his early professio...

Niles, Richard (Romano) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Niles, Richard (Romano), composer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, broadcaster, journalist, author; b. Hollyw...

Rover, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

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

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