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Raul Da Gama writes a brilliant review of Jon Davis “Changes over Time”…
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Changes Over Time gives the impression that our ears need to prepare for abject nostalgia but that’s rarely the case on this disc. The twelve works – performed to vibrant effect by Jon Davis, and Davis’ colleagues – Ugonna Okegwo and Jochen Rueckert – go down well beyond the sentimental sonorities, exploring myriad moods and registr ...Read More
Music and More reviews Jon Davis “Changes Over Time”…
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Jon Davis – Changes Over Time (Posi-Tone, 2016)
Pianist Jon Davis has performed in a wide variety of settings from rockish fusion to big bands and jam sessions. On this recording he leads a fine mainstream trio with Ugonna Okegwo on bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums. They open the album with the classic Mal Waldron composition “ ...Read More
Gina Loves Jazz reviews Jon Davis “Changes Over Time”
Jon Davis – Changes Over Time
New York-born pianist Jon Davis, longtime member of the band of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius, releases his third album for the Posi-Tone label called “Changes Over Time”. And he opens his set with an ebullient interpretation of the Mal Waldron classic “Soul Eyes” infusing it with panache and ease.
His band mates are bassist Ugonna Okegwo, longtime mem ...Read More
Dusty Groove tells us about Jon Davis’s “Changes Over Time”
Excellent work from pianist Jon Davis – a player with a really wonderful touch on the keys – an attack that comes on strong, but then lays back to let the echo of every single note mean a lot – even when Jon’s moving at a mighty nice clip! The style is great – not unfamiliar, maybe a bit like early Steve Kuhn, but very fresh in the hands of Davis – and spun out over a fair bit of ...Read More
Step Tempset reviews Jon Davis “Changes Over Time”…
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Pianist Jon Davis has a new CD. Titled “Changes Over Time“, it’s his 3rd for PosiTone and 7th overall as a leader. The program follows the pattern on his 2015 release “Moving Right Along” (my reviewhere) with its combination of originals and smartly chosen “covers”, a 12-song program that ranges from “pop” standards s ...Read More
Another AAJ review for Jon Davis “Changes Over Time”…
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Jon Davis plays with a richness of soul, exhibiting a well versed jazz character that can go from Jaco (whom he worked with for several years), New Orleans swamp, and freedom jazz dance, to Stevie Wonder, and back. Although he doesn’t try to sound like Bill Evans, he did pen a tune called Waltz for U, named for the trio’s bass ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky reviews Jon Davis “Changes Over Time”…
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While there are no liner notes to accompany pianist Jon Davis’ third date for the Posi-Tone imprint, there’s a quote inside the package, attributed to author Anne Rice, that gets to the heart of the matter: “None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.” So is personal evolution and grow ...Read More
Jon Davis – “Changes Over Time” reviewed by Midwest Record
JON DAVIS/Changes Over Time: A swinging, jazz piano trio date with a such a classic feel that you might think this was Ramsey Lewis or Gene Harris if you heard it bleeding through a neighbor’s wall or someone’s headphones. Right on the money throughout, Davis knows how to mix swing with class and sass making this a thoroughbred of sitting down, listening music. Helmed by an unassailabl ...Read More