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Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Brandon Wright “Boiling Point”….
By BRUCE LINDSAY
Track Listing: Free Man; Drift; Odd Man Out; Boiling Point; Here’s That Rainy Day; Castaway; Interstate Love Song; You’re My Everything.
Personnel: Brandon Wright: tenor saxophone; Alex Sipiagin: trumpet; David Kikoski: Piano; Hans Glawischnig: bass; Matt Wilson: drums.
Style:Straightahead/Mainstream
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An amazing write-up for the Brandon Wright “Boiling Point” record from the Something Else Reviews music blog….
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Fresh, new talent worth listening to is often hard to spot. Good thing the folks at jazz label Posi-Tone Records specialize in bringing to our attention promising young talent who will keep the flame of jazz going for another generation. Their issuance yesterday of the first album by saxophonist Brandon Wright is the first step in a long, satisfying solo career, but i ...Read More
A new review of Jeremy Manasia – “After Dark” taken from the pages of jazzreview.com…
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CD Title: After Dark
Year: 2009
Record Label: Posi-Tone Records
Style: Contemporary Jazz
Musicians: Jeremy Manasia (piano), Barak Mori (bass), Charles Ruggiero (drums), Ian Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone), Jane Monheit (vocals)
Review: The New York piano player Jeremy Manasia has put together a wonderful trio recording, After Dark. It features ten original Manasia compositions, a ...Read More
Ben Ratliff’s New York Times review of the Sam Yahel “Hometown” concerts at the Village Vanguard this week…..
A Jazz Pianist Who Has Honed His Style While Hiding in Plain Sight
by Ben Ratliff
Sam Yahel played his own song “Truth and Beauty” around the middle of his early set on Tuesday night at the Village Vanguard. In the past he’s recorded it on Hammond organ, in a different group, with saxophone and drums. Here he was playing it on the piano, with the bassist Matt Penman and the drummer Jochen R ...Read More
A nice AAJ piece featuring reviews of our latest Organ Jazz releases: Wayne Escoffery “Uptown” and the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet “Toe the Line”….
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The State of Organ Jazz 2010, Part I: Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski
By C. Michael Bailey
Organ-based jazz inhabits a unique place as a sub-genre. The combination of the sacred churchy organ with the decadence of blues and bebop made for a heady brew after the introduction of the format by Wild Bill Davis and Bill Doggett in the 1950s. Qualitatively, the name ...Read More
An insightful write-up of Brandon Wright “Boiling Point” by Dan Bilawsky…
Boiling Point
Brandon Wright | Posi-Tone Records (2010)
By Dan Bilawsky
The word tenor, in Latin, refers to “a continuous holding to a course,” and tenor saxophonist Brandon Wright does just that on Boiling Point. Whether Wright is engaging in a musical boxing match with trumpeter Alex Sipiagin or crooning over pianist David Kikoski on an established ballad, he always seems to maintai ...Read More
John Barron’s AAJ review of the new Brandon Wright CD “Boiling Point”….
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by Josh Barron
Saxophonist Brandon Wright has spent the last few years making a name for himself on the New York jazz scene as both a sideman and bandleader. Since graduating from the University of Miami, the New Jersey native has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and, most recently, has been touring with trumpeter Chuck Mangione. F ...Read More
An insightful write-up of Brandon Wright “Boiling Point” by Dan Bilawsky…
Boiling Point
Brandon Wright | Posi-Tone Records (2010)
By Dan Bilawsky
The word tenor, in Latin, refers to “a continuous holding to a course,” and tenor saxophonist Brandon Wright does just that on Boiling Point. Whether Wright is engaging in a musical boxing match with trumpeter Alex Sipiagin or crooning over pianist David Kikoski on an established ballad, he always seems to maintain ...Read More
jazz.com weighs in Yotam Silberstein’s performance of “Cheryl”…
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YOTAM SILBERSTEIN: CHERYL
TRACK
Cheryl
ARTIST
Yotam Silberstein (guitar)
CD
Next Page (Positone PR8050)
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Musicians:
Yotam Silberstein (guitar), Sam Yahel (organ), Willie Jones III(drums), Chris Cheek (tenor sax).
Composed by Charlie Parker
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Recorded: Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn, New York, June 19, 2008
RATING: 90/100 (learn more)
In a t ...Read More
Take Five with John Escreet from allaboutjazz.com
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Meet John Escreet:
Since moving to New York in 2006, John Escreet has had a powerful impact, and is emerging as one of the most creative and original pianists on the music scene there. He is highly revered amongst his peers for his creativity, openness and for his own original music, which draws inspiration from many different sources, and encompasses them all and much more. Escre ...Read More