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New York City Jazz Record know it’s “The Way You Say It” by Walt Weiskopf
With over three-and-a-half decades in the New York jazz scene, beginning with Buddy Rich and Toshiko Akiyoshi, Walt Weiskopf is long established as a hard-blowing tenor saxophonist and creative composer. Accompanied by Charette, up-and-coming vibraphonist Behn Gillece and Steve Fidyk, most of The Way You Say It focuses on Weiskopf’s potent originals, starting with the percolating blues “Coffee ...Read More
All About Jazz talks with Walt Weiskopf about his career, past and present
What is it that drives Walt Weiskopf? It’s all about the music, all about the sound.
He’s reached a large audience in ten years of touring with Steely Dan. He’s written a half dozen books on jazz improvisation techniques and methods, and he’s taught at the Eastman School of Music, Temple University and New Jersey City University, where he now heads the jazz program. We find ...Read More
Dusted In Exile reviews the new one from Walt Weiskopf
Calling Coltrane an influence is an exercise in stating the obvious for most saxophonists under the age of sixty. The undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the horn still exerts a seismic impact so vast as to be nearly indelible. Tenorist Walt Weiskopf is one of the multitude who came under the Coltrane thrall early in his artistic inquiry, but like the best of that number he’s been able to wrestle ...Read More
Thanks to All About Jazz for the great review of “The Way You Say It” by Walt Weiskopf
Do jazz jukeboxes exist? I’m not referring to an online streaming service that tells you what to like. I’m talking about a mechanical box in a roadhouse you put money in, and everyone in the joint listens to your selections. If there are such establishments with said jukeboxes, I’m certain customers would select WW1, WW2, WW3, et cetera, for most of the tracks on Walt Weiskopf ...Read More
Dusted in Exile reviews the new Walt Weiskopf CD….
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Times have long been tough for the Coltrane and Rollins-smitten tenorist. First there exists the sheer volume of peers to contend with, each jockeying for a share of a dwindling listenership that can easily eschew their facsimile sounds for the source. Then there’s the challenge of adapting the masters’ vocabularies in a manner that ...Read More
Walt Weiskopf Quartet
Walt Weiskopf Quartet hits the “Open Road” feat. Peter Zak(p),Amy Shook(b), Steve Fidyk(d)
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