www.allaboutjazz.com As tempting as it is to simply consign a blowing session label toTriple Play, a three tenor saxophone plus rhythm date led byDoug Webb, there’s ample evidence that something more disciplined and structured is afoot. For one thing, eight of the disc’s eleven tracks are under six minutes—in other words, there’s not a lot of ...Read More

        www.allaboutjazz.com Is there a better way to say “Jazz” than a wailing saxophone? Tenor sax guy Doug Webb has found a one: three wailing saxophones, a killer organ guy and a dynamic, full-of-surprises, rhythmic wizard of a drummer, on Triple Play. His fifth recording on Posi-Tone Records—a label that follows closely in the footsteps of the iconic Blu ...Read More

kenfrancklingjazznotes.blogspot.com Doug Webb, Triple Play (Posi-Tone) If you’re a hard-core tenor sax fan, this one’s for you. L.A.-based Doug Webb teamed with Joel Frahm and Walt Weiskopf for this triple-tenor recording, on which they’re nimbly supported by rising stars Brian Charette on organ and Rudy Royston on drums. They tackle a variety of jazz standards and originals (two apiec ...Read More

        steptempest.com The new CD from tenor saxophonist Doug Webb, “Tripl3 Play” (Posi-Tone Records, is a treat from the handsome opening notes to the hair-raising riffs that bring the program to a close.  In between, Webb and fellow tenor men Walt Weiskopf and Joel Frahm swing, bluster and carouse their way through a set that literally roars out of the spe ...Read More

        dusted.com Doug Webb – Triple Play (Positone) In the imaginary contest between coasts, Pacific will always register a distant second to Atlantic when it comes to jazz supremacy. Even during the Fifties at the height of West Coast Cool movement, New York City still held a lock as the music’s epicenter. Left coaster Doug Webb has dealt with this disparity for mu ...Read More

        burningambulance.com Tenor saxophonist Doug Webb has been playing professionally on the West Coast for over 30 years, and has appeared on over 500 recordings. In addition to gigging and performing as a sideman on over 150 jazz albums, he regularly records music for TV and movies—most notably, he provides the saxophone “voice” of Lisa Simpson. Webb’s relati ...Read More

  saxshed.com Triple Play – Doug Webb with Walt Weiskopf and Joel Frahm Triple Play – Doug Webb with Walt Weiskopf and Joel Frahm   Posi-Tone Records will soon release Triple Play,the newest recording by Doug Webb. Webb is a long time resident of California and formidable tenor player in his own right. He is joined by his brothers on the tenor saxophone Walt Weisk ...Read More

        criticaljazz.com An old school blowing session that can touch your heart and set you’re hair on fire at the same time! I love a review that can write itself. Sure, one can take the more theoretical approach to looking at this release but I have yet to meet a person that bought a release based on meter. Doug Webb is joined with tenor titans Joel Frahm and Walt W ...Read More