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A review of Faith in Action from Philly.com
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Orrin Evans
Faith In Action
(Posi-Tone Records ***1/2)
You’ve got to like the deep lyricism that Orrin Evans puts forth here. The bandleader, composer, pianist, label owner, booking agent, and former Germantown Friends School music teacher looks back to the early years of his career on this trio recording.
The set pays rich tribute to alto saxophonist Bobby Watson, who gave Ev ...Read More
A Short Review of Faith in Action
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Orrin Evans never goes for the oke-doke, so even when introspection is in the air, it feels like someone’s squeezing your neck. The Philly pianist is a marvel; his expressionistic tendencies are implied, which makes ‘em that much more forceful – here’s a hard-swinging guy who likes to erupt while sustaining a temperament of logic and craft.
The trio ma ...Read More
Open Secrets: A Triumvirate of Israeli Guitarists
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It’s an open secret that Israeli jazz musicians are becoming a force on the New York scene, epitomized by three young guitarists, Gilad Hekselman, Oren Neiman and Yotam Silberstein. Each was born in the Holy Land, plays a blond Gibson hollowbody and boasts a strong sophomore release.
Hekselman’s Words Unspoken is a trio date with Joe Martin (bass) and Marcus ...Read More
NY Times review of Orrin Evans’ “Faith in Action”
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BY NATE CHINEN
ORRIN EVANS
“Faith in Action”
(Posi-Tone)
When the jazz pianist Orrin Evans leads a band, there’s usually a moment in the middle of a tune when it goes off the rails and into the dirt, and things get interesting. Maybe the drummer breaks away from the song’s governing rhythm and does something on the toms; the bassist starts playing agitated repetition ...Read More
ejazznews review for Wayne Escoffery “Uptown”…
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Saxophonist Wayne Escoffery transmits maturity beyond his years, and has been in the thick of things within modern jazz since the early 2000’s. He’s an impressive solo artist who has recorded and performed with trumpeter Tom Harrell, vibist Joe Locke and Ben Riley’s Monk Legacy Septet among other jazz luminaries. Here, Escoffery conveys assertive leadership via the democrat ...Read More
Supersonic is the disc of the day at the jazz breakfast….
Disc of the day: 12-01-10
Disc of the day: 12-01-10
Posted on 12 January 2010 by peterbacon
Jared Gold: Supersonic (Posi-Tone Records)
Ah, when you are looking for a solid-as-a-rock way of cheering yourself up, an organ trio can always be relied on. Jazz’s happy pills!
This is a new one to me, but Jared Gold is a young Hammond B-3 man who clearly loves Larry Young and Jack McDuff but ...Read More
Sound Bites review of “Uptown”….
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Wayne Escoffery
Uptown (Posi-Tone)
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Rating:
This well-named disc from tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery pulses with urban energy and old-school soul, contrasting firmly modernistic jazz statements with swinging feel-good grooves. Escoffery’s solos are like towering monoliths, huge, dense and hard as stone, as his notes spill over in seemingly endless s ...Read More
the zookeeper reviews Wayne Escoffery’s “Uptown”….
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WAYNE ESCOFFERY: Uptown
Posi-Tone, 2009
BOP/SOUL-JAZZ – This well-named disc from tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery pulses with urban energy and old-school soul, contrasting firmly modernistic jazz statements with swinging feel-good grooves. Escoffery’s solos are like towering monoliths, huge, dense and hard as stone, as his notes spill over in seemingly endless streams ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky’s AAj review for David Gibson’s A Little Somethin’….
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Trombonist David Gibson arrived in New York in 1999 and wasted no time making his presence felt. Work with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Big Band,Slide Hampton, the Hot Pants Funk Sextet and a string of leader dates for Nagel-Heyer Records helped to cement his reputation in the New York jazz community and beyond. A Little Somethin’ is Gibson’s recording debut for Po ...Read More