Another write-up for Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
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Orrin Evans – Freedom (Posi-Tone): It’s been a good year for Philly jazz pianist and composer-performer Orrin Evans. Back in March, Evans’s Captain Black Big Band – an ensemble sometimes boasting up to 38 musicians from New York City and Philly – released their self-titled album of recordings from live dates in NYC and Chris’s Jazz Cafe in Philly, and witho ...Read More
Sea of Tranquility reviews “Round Red Light”….
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Born in Barcelona, jazz guitarist/composer Dave Juarez has recently released his debut album Round Red Light on Posi-Tone Records. Joining Juarez is an ensemble of fabulous players including Seamus Blake (tenor sax), John Escreet (piano), Lauren Falls (bass) and Bastian Weinhold (drums). This is melodic no nonsense jazz albeit with a modern approach that sounds fresh and e ...Read More
NPR makes nice mention of Captain Black Big Band…
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We’re pretty obsessive fans here at NPR Music. We make lists. And because the Internet periodically demands these sorts of things, we’ve put together a multi-genre listening list of our favorite 25 records of the year to date. Plus, here’s our listeners poll — it’s massive — where you can vote and tell us how wrong we were.
Our group consensus worked out s ...Read More
Peter Hum on Dave Juarez “Round Red Light”…
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The Barcelona-raised guitarist Dave Juarez — just 23 — bursts onto the jazz scene with Round Red Light, released on a significant boutique label and featuring heavyweights tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake and pianist John Escreet as well as the guitarist’s youthful peers bassist Lauren Falls and drummer Bastian Weinhold.
His disc features nine originaI tunes ...Read More
AAJ’s Glenn Astarita on Travis Sullivan “New Directions”…
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New Directions could signify a paradigm shift for alto saxophonist Travis Sullivan’s eighteen-piece Björkestra, a unit dedicated to performing arrangements of Icelandic pop vocalist Björk. Sullivan goes back to his fundamental mainstream jazz roots on the lyrically rich New Directions, assembled with memorable comps and sterling interplay from his quartet. Sullivan ...Read More
New interview with Orrin Evans….
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Orrin Evans: Jazz cat with a plan – and deep Philly roots
By A.D. Amorosi
For The Inquirer
‘My plan is always to be playing,” says Philly pianist, composer, and arranger Orrin Evans.Judging from the last 18 months, the plan is working. He and his quartet play two shows Saturday night at Chris’ Jazz Cafe, but that’s just the latest in a very busy year a ...Read More
Another review for Jared Gold “All Wrapped Up”…
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New York based Jared Gold brings us a classic set on his forth Posi-Tone release. Ranging from straight forward hammond B-3 fair to more daring arrangements and feel, showing us just what he is capable of with the support of acclaimed Ralph Bowen on tenor saxophone, Jim Rotondi on trumpet and Quincy Davis on drums.
All Wrapped Up as a whole draws from different corners of o ...Read More
Ted Panken on Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
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Over the past few weeks, via Facebook, I’ve been communicating with a cohort of people, all but a few of whom are complete strangers, who share with me the singular experience of spending our childhoods and teen years in Greenwich Village during the 1950s and (in my case) the 1960s. Several of them are musicians, and a few among that subset, I discovered from a threa ...Read More
SomethingElse! reviews Orrin Evans “Freedom”…
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You might say that top-notch jazz pianist Orrin Evans has become a fixture here at SER. It all got started four years ago when we noted his participation in Robin Eubanks’ EB3 unit that made the phenomenal double-CD Live, Vol. 1 of 2007. Early last year we salivated over Evans’ Bobby Watson tribute Faith In Action, a Best of 2010 selection, and again later in same ...Read More
The Jazz Word on David Gibson “End of the Tunnel”….
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New York-based trombonist David Gibson digs deep into the soulful side of 1960s-era jazz with End of the Tunnel his second recording for Posi-Tone Records. With the aid of organist and label mate Jared Gold, Gibson delivers an enticing quartet set of funk grooves and driving swing.
Gibson seems to thrive on patience, shaping his solos with sparse ornamentation, waiting fo ...Read More