Lucid Culture reviews Orrin Evans – Captain Black Big Band….
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Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band Is Everything You’d Expect
In some ways, what Pink Floyd, Nektar, Supertramp and all the rest of the orchestrated rock bands were to the “classic rock” era, new big band jazz is to the decade of the teens. It’s where you get your epic grandeur fix. Towering, intense angst; full-blown exhilaration. There’s a lot more of the ...Read More
First Listen: Orrin Evans, ‘Captain Black Big Band’
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March 20, 2011
There’s a certain type of payoff only a big band, or large jazz ensemble, can provide. It’s akin to driving a muscle car, or owning the paint store: So much momentum and horsepower, so many colors and textures. It’s a similar level of investment too; you try to marshal 15-20 top-flight musicians, artistically or economically. But plenty are still willi ...Read More
Jeff Krow’s Audiophile Audition review for Orrin Evans – Captain Black Big Band…
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Orrin Evans/ Captain Black Big Band – Posi-Tone Records PR8078, 59:54 ****:
(Artists include: Orrin Evans – piano; Tatum Greenblatt, Brian Kilpatrick, Walter White, Jack Walrath – trumpets; Mark Allen, Ralph Bowen, Wayne Escoffery, Tia Fuller, Rob Landham, Victor North, Jaleel Shaw, Tim Warfield – saxophones; Stafford Hunter, Frank Lacy, Brent White – ...Read More
Here’s the Lucid Culture write-up for Mike DiRubbo ” Chronos”….
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Saxophonist Mike DiRubbo’s new album Chronos is a refreshingly different kind of B3 jazz album. Not that there’s anything wrong with funky organ shuffles, it’s just a lot of fun discovering something this different and rewarding. Here Brian Charette’s Hammond organ functions more like a ...Read More
Mike DiRubbo makes the hang on “The Scene”…
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You can now hear episode 2 of “The Scene”, Hardbop’s monthly podcast. The podcast will feature a different jazz artist on the scene, either emerging or established and play excerpts from their latest release. This month we feature Mike DiRubbo a humble saxophonist from the New York/Connecticut area who came up in the late ’90s after graduating from the Hart ...Read More
Bruce Lindsay’s AAJ review for Benjamin Drazen “Inner Flights”….
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Track Listing: Mr Twilight; Monkish; Prayer for Brothers Gone; Jazz Heaven; Inner Flights; Neeney’s Waltz; This Is New; Kickin’ Up Dirt; Polka Dots and Moonbeams.
Personnel: Benjamin Drazen: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Jon Davis: piano; Carlo De Rosa: bass; Eric McPherson: drums.
Style: Modern Jazz
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Inner Flights
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A nice interview with Orrin Evans….
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Orrin Evans: Philly Is a Big Part of Who I Am.
MARCH 10, 2011
by Geo
Text and image by Jacob Colon.
Pianist Orrin Evans could live just about anywhere.
Born in Trenton and raised in Mount Airy, Evans, 36, quickly went from playing small gigs in his hometown to performing on tour throughout Western Europe and the Middle East.
The Martin Luther King High School grad has recorde ...Read More
Another review for “Inner Flights”….
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Alto saxophonist Benjamin Drazen has been plying his trade around Manhattan’s network of small jazz bars — places like 55 Bar, Smalls, and The Garage — for over a decade. At long last, the New York native unveils his debut outing Inner Flights. In a program of mostly original music, Drazen consistently delivers strong post-Coltrane fire with a sound that lies somewhere bet ...Read More
Brandon Wright talks with Anthony Cekay on the Page4Music podcast…Check it out!
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Today marks the launch of Page4Music’s saxophone podcast. Tune in each Friday as Anthony Cekay interviews various saxophonists, equipment manufactures, teachers and more saxophone specialists about everything saxophone related.
In this episode, saxophonist Brandon Wright joins Anthony to discuss their favorite Blue Note albums that feature the tenor saxophone.
Bra ...Read More