Search results for "Tony Malaby"

Tony Malaby: Cosas (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 30, 08

Tony Malaby is one of the busiest saxophonists in the New York scene today. Whether it was his month-long residency a...

Tony Malaby: Dos Caminos (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 26, 08

While a quartet with two drummers is not the most ordinary type of band, in this case it's the powerful engine needed...

Tony Malaby Cello Trio: Anemone (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music November 10, 08

Beginning with a lone cello floating beneath a series of glockenspiel arpeggios, "Anemone" builds tension as the ear ...

Michel Portal: The Sandpiper (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 10, 08

French reeds wizard Michel Portal is an endless searcher and traveler. He is a respected clarinetist in the classical...

Mark Helias: King Judas (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 19, 09

Whatever they play, these three will make it sound special because each has a most distinctive approach. Coupling the...

Liberation Music Orchestra: America the Beautiful (Medley: America the Beautiful/Lift Every Voice and Sing/Skies of A... (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

"Oh beautiful for spacious skies," but post-9/11 the skies of America seemed less safe; and the honorably intended "N...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Paul Motian: Mumbo Jumbo (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

Intriguing track featuring a unique lineup, written by an iconoclast composer and one of the best drummers in the bus...

Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Williams, Jeff (Jeffrey Lawrence), drummer, composer, b. Mount Vernon, OH, 6 July 1950.  His mother is Ann Willi...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

Weekend Track Review Roundup posted in The Jazz.com Blog September 04, 08

Last week, jazz.com published its 3,000th review. Since jazz.com’s launch last December, our team of more than fo...

Best Jazz Tracks for November posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 30, 08

“This track sounds like the 1972 disco hit 'Soul Makossa' as if sung by Kate Bush in duet with Captain Beefheart,” ...

A European Perspective on the Best Jazz CDs of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 18, 08

Thierry Quénum covers the jazz scene from his home base in Paris, and is a frequent contributor to these pages. Belo...

Mark Saleski Overcomes Energy Crisis and Picks the Best Jazz of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 29, 08

Few music critics listen to more CDs than Mark Saleski, or are so vigilant in hunting out exciting sounds in new and ...

100,000 Fans Flock to Small Town Jazz Festival (Hint: Not in the US) posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 10, 09

In a series of articles in this column, Stuart Nicholson has reported on various European festivals that attract a la...

Election Night with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 05, 08

The jazz community was active throughout the campaign in supporting the candidacy of Barack Obama, and while many m...

Motian, Paul (Stephen Paul) posted in Encyclopedia March 04, 08

Paul Motian is an American jazz drummer who splits his time evenly and effectively between the postwar styles of bebo...

Pavone, Mario (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pavone, Mario (Anthony), bassist, composer; b. Waterbury, CT, 11 November 1940. His father, Mario Pavone Sr. was born...

Ullman, Gebhard posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Ullman, Gebhard, saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer; b. Bad Godesberg, Germany, 2 November 1957. He grew up n...

Lightcap, Chris (Robert Christian Lightcap) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Lightcap, Chris [Robert Christian Lightcap], bass, composer; b. Latrobe, PA, 23 1971. His parents are Jo Ann Rymer Li...

Chisa (Chisa Hidaka) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Chisa [Chisa Hidaka], singer, lyricist; b. Sasebo, Japan, 25 June 1965. Chisa's parents are Kiyoko Hidaka, who curre...

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