Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Lucid Culture reports in joyfully on the classic stylings of Fowser/Gillece “Little Echo”…
Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece Ask, Your Place or Mine?
August 4, 2010
This is what the Mad Men soundtrack ought to sound like. On their new album Little Echo, tenor saxophonist Ken Fowser and his vibraphonist cohort Behn Gillece have teamed up for an absolutely period-perfect, gorgeously melodic collection of golden age-style jazz. This is the kind of thing you can stump your jazz snob friends with ...Read More
Jeff Krow of Audiophile Audition gives his review of Jim Rotondi “1000 Rainbows” …..
By Jeff Krow
Jim Rotondi – 1000 Rainbows – Posi-Tone PR8062, 52:34 ****½:
(Jim Rotondi, trumpet; Joe Locke, vibes; Danny Grissett, piano; Barak Mori, bass; Bill Stewart, drums)
Jim Rotondi is one bad cat. He can purr on his trumpet or growl like a tiger on a hunt, whether with the collective hard bop super band, One for All, or in a quintet setting as a leader, like on his latest issu ...Read More
A very positive write up for JIm Rotondi “1000 Rainbows” by AAJ writer Dan Bilawsky…
By Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi’s steady stream of solo albums and work with the collective supergroup One For All—along with his role as a jazz educator and Selmer clinician—have put him at the epicenter of the jazz world. For this, his third album on Posi-Tone Records, Rotondi rounded up some fellow Big Apple-based heavy hitters to join him, including vibraphonist Joe Locke and ...Read More
Here’s the first review in for our next release by Jim Rotondi “1000 Rainbows” …
Jim Rotondi – 1000 Rainbows (2010)
by Pico
It must have been quite a journey for a life that started out in the wide open ranges of Montana and ended up in the hustle and bustle of the New York jazz scene, but trumpet player Jim Rotondi got there with an assist from the late, great trumpet player Clifford Brown. Playing at first the piano at age eight and then the trumpet at age twelve, whe ...Read More
Listener’s Notes – From the CD Stack: Gold, DPOQ….
http://markehayes.blogspot.com/2010/08/listeners-notes-from-cd-stack-gold-dpoq.html
Listener’s Notes – From the CD Stack: Gold, DPOQ
by Mark E Hayes
It’s time to pick my favorites from the stack of CD’s that’s been piling up over the summer. Week-to-week, I receive an awful lot of music to review, so here’s the deal. Any new release gets a quick hearing ...Read More
Cory Weeds writes about 1000 Rainbows…
cweeds.wordpress.com
Well we finally arrived after a much longer drive than necessary. We went through Kamloops to get to Kaslo which our good friends at Google.com suggested was the quickest route. I guess if everything goes as planned then it is the best way but a 2 hour ferry wait, terrible signage and by terrible I mean NO signage and many stop to find out where the hell we were going make ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Fowser & Gillece’s “Little Echo”….
Little Echo is a delightful collection of bop-influenced tunes—contemporary, but with the authentic sound of a classic late-’50s or early-’60s ensemble. The quintet sounds like it brings many decades of experience to the recording yet the co-leaders and composers, saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibes player Behn Gillece, are still only in their late-20s. This is their second quintet alb ...Read More
John Barron’s insightful review of Fowser/Gillece “Little Echo”….
Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece – Little Echo – Posi-Tone PR8068, 51:45 *****:
(Ken Fowser, tenor saxophone; Behn Gillece, vibraphone; Rick Germanson, piano; Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Quincy Davis, drums)
Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece, two very promising young artists on the Posi-tone label, have added another feather to their cap with Little Echo, their first album made up entirely of new composition ...Read More
Audiophile Audition weighs in favorably on Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece’s latest CD “Little Echo”…
Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece – Little Echo – Posi-Tone PR8068, 51:45 *****:
(Ken Fowser, tenor saxophone; Behn Gillece, vibraphone; Rick Germanson, piano; Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Quincy Davis, drums)
Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece, two very promising young artists on the Posi-tone label, have added another feather to their cap with Little Echo, their first album made up entirely of new compositio ...Read More
Improv and Avant Garde review of Trigonometry by Glen Hall from exclaim
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Trigonometry
Reviews IMPROV & AVANT-GARDE Jul 2010
By Glen Hall
With imposing technical fluidity, impressive command of shifting metres and inspiring compositional conception, alto-saxophonist Manricks makes the intricacies of his music seem like no big deal. He’s that strong a musician. Knotty tunes with shifting accents like “Trigonometry” and ̶ ...Read More