Dom Minasi interviews Ed Cherry for AAJ…
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Guitar great Ed Cherry, who earned his bones working with Dizzy Gillespie, has something to say, too.
DM: The illusive “they” are always talking about moving the music forward. Do you think by adding electronics such as wah-wahs, loops, distortion etc. is helping do that?
Ed Cherry: If it’s done with taste, restraint and good sound, then I’m all for ...Read More
SomethingElse Reviews Jordan Young…
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A few years ago Pat Metheny made a solo guitar “covers” record What’s It All About, a record I adore as much for the melodies he picked as how he nursed them. In discussing the idea behind the album. Metheny said,
I was born in 1954 and all of these songs were songs from the Top 40 during my childhood and early teen years. It was a period when harmony and melody we ...Read More
The Jazz Breakfast on Ed Cherry “It’s All Good”…
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Guitarist Ed Cherry played in Dizzy Gillespie’s last band, and since then has also worked with Hamiett Bluiett, Henry Threadgill, Oliver Lake and Steve Coleman among others.
Those names might suggest an avant-garde approach, but for his first disc on Posi-Tone Cherry chooses to play it mainstream in an organ trio format with the guitar on top.
Pat Bianchi is on organ and Byr ...Read More
JazzWrap on Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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I said last year that Jordan Young had great skill as a leader as well as performer. His group is solid and concise.
Making the jump from his independent self-titled debut to the perfect home of Posi-Tone Records, Jordan Young delivers his newest release, Cymbal Melodies. And it is just as pronounced and confident as his debut. A strong step forward.
The two opening numbe ...Read More
The Jazz Word on Ed Cherry “It’s All Good”…
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Veteran guitarist Ed Cherry, a longtime sideman with Dizzy Gillespie, swings with streetwise finesse on It’s All Good for Posi-Tone Records. The subtleness of Cherry, along with Pat Bianchi on organ and drummer Byron Landham create a club-like vibe caught in the studio. The trio captures the lyrical essence of 1960s Wayne Shorter with two of the saxophonists compos ...Read More
JazzTimes reviews Spike Wilner “La Tendresse”…
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Following the stirring modal opener, Wilner’s original title track which carries a distinct McCoy Tyner influence, the pianist settles into a program of charming old-school ditties performed either solo or with accompaniment by his capably swinging rhythm tandem of bassist Dezron Douglas and drummer Joey Saylor. There’s a giddy solo piano interpretation of Harold Arlen’s “I ...Read More
Music and More reviews Jordan Young “Cymbal Melodies”…
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Jordan Young is a drummer leading a group on this recording that features Brian Charette on organ, Avi Rothbard on guitar and Joe Sucato on tenor saxophone. Young is a subtle drummer, using shades of texture and nuance instead of dramatic loud playing. The album is a very solid mainstream jazz session melding pop music, the earworm melody of “Raindrops Keep Falling on M ...Read More
More coverage for “Flip the Script”…
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The inventive and bold pianist Orrin Evans is back with a new project called Flip The Script. On this effort, Evans heads a fantastic trio, which includes Ben Wolfe on bass and Donald Edwards on drums. The adventurous combo stretches on mostly Evans’ originals or less-traveled works by other composers and presents it in its own refreshingly different way. The unit moves tog ...Read More
Here’s the first review for Jordan Young’s “Cymbal Melodies”…
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I have to admit when I first saw the tune selection on this disc I wondered how in the world Jordan Young could pull it off. You have a hard bop tune from Lee Morgan along with some more classic covers from Grant Green and Irving Berlin and mixed in you see some more dated popular standards from Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb and Sting.
Life is easy, people make it hard. Same ...Read More
Alex Rodriguez takes on Orrin Evans “Flip the Script”…
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Two new CDs out by contemporary jazz leaders Branford Marsalis (below) andOrrin Evans (left) offer a pair of unique takes on what it means to swing in the 21st century. Both are assertive, interactive, and powerful statements, but it’s what makes them different that I find particularly fascinating.
Flip the Script is passionate and thoughtful, pointing the ...Read More