Ed Cherry is on the October Hot List….
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Ed Cherry
It’s All Good
Posi-Tone
PR8102
On this all-standards program, guitarist Ed Cherry leads a crack trio (including the great organist Pat Bianchi and drummer Byron Landham) through a nice variety of tunes both familiar (“You Don’t Know What Love Is,” “In a Sentimental Mood”) and less so (Duke Pearson’s “Christo Redentor,” Wayne Shorter’s “Deluge” ...Read More
Lucid Culture on Ed Cherry “It’s All Good”…
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Sweet Soulful B3 Grooves from Ed Cherry and Pat Bianchi
It’s unusual that a month goes by without a B3 album on this page at some point. For some people, funky organ grooves can be overkill; others (guess who) can’t get enough of them. Veteran guitarist Ed Cherry knows a little something about them, considering his association with the guy who might have been the ...Read More
Dan Bilawsky writes up Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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Drummer Jordan Young took the organ quartet outside of its stylistic comfort zone on his debut, Jordan Young Group (Self Produced, 2010), and continues to carve his own path within this format on this enjoyable follow-up. Young reconvenes the quartet from his first leader date, with Avi Rothbard taking the place of guitaristYotam Silberstein, and puts together an appealing ...Read More
The Jazz Word on Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2012
Jordan Young – Cymbal Melodies
2012 Posi-Tone
New York-based drummer Jordan Young delves into the classic sounds of organ jazz for his Posi-Tone debut Cymbal Melodies. With the inimitable Brian Charette manning the B3, Avi Rothbard on guitar and Joe Sucato on saxophone for four tunes, Young creates interesting twists on tunes that mig ...Read More
Jordan Young is Artist of the Month at Critical Jazz…
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Jordan Young is a prime example of the incredible young talent that Posi-Tone seems to hit pay dirt with year after year. What makes Young special is very simple. Melody. The art of the melody and a deep respect for not just jazz but for all music where I strong melodic sense or feel is something that is celebrated. Sure, Young can reharm a cover with the best of them but what ...Read More
Jazz Wax writes up Jordan Young…
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One of the best organ trio albums I’ve heard in a while is by drummer Jordan Young’s Cymbal Melodies (Posi-Tone). Too many albums of this sort are overly moody or too candy pop. This one is just right—upbeat, groovy and melodic. And there are superb tracks here: By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Lee Morgan’sFree Wheelin’ ...Read More
Jordan Young gets a mention on The Jazz Breakfast
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And the organ trios with a bit of added saxophone just keep coming… This one is led by drummer Young with Brian Charette on organ. Avi Rothbard adds some guitar and Joe Sucato is the saxophonist.
The book is pretty straight-ahead readings of classic guitar and organ material from the likes of Lee Morgan and Grant Greene with some covers including Jimmy Webb’s By The Time ...Read More
Lucid Culture on Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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It’s been too long without a B3 record here. Luckily, drummer Jordan Young’s new one Cymbal Melodies is just out on Posi-tone. The title is ironic since Young plays this one very low-key and in the pocket: there are cymbals here but they’re typically providing judiciously whispery atmospherics rather than ostentatiously whirling sonic snowstorms. Recorded in a s ...Read More
Thomas Conrad reviews Ralph Bowen “Total Eclipse” for JazzTimes…
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Ralph Bowen plays a pure strain of postmodern tenor saxophone. He is hugely proficient technically and consistently spills his guts. Take “Into the City.” Its quick, jagged, asymmetrical head is like a call to arms. Bowen builds from a few repeated adjacent tones to long convoluted lines that sound like onslaughts until you hear that they are actually sets of subtle variations ( ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay writes up Ed Cherry “It’s All Good”…
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Guitarist Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early ’70s, as a sideman to musicians such as Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill andJimmy Smith. Most famously, he spent over fifteen years in Dizzy Gillespie’s band, remaining with the group until the trumpeter’s death in 1993. Perhaps because of his busy career as a sideman his disco ...Read More