All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... them, including {{John Coltrane = 5851}}, {{Ornette Coleman = 5818}}, {{Miles Davis = 6144}}, {{Drew Gress = 7228}}, {{Ellery Eskelin = 6577}}, {{William Parker = 10126}} and {{DJ Logic = 6308...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... Rooster , the ECM supergroup with Jack DeJohnette on drums, John Abercrombie on guitar, and Drew Gress on bass. They were on fire. Surman was playing with a vengeance on both baritone and soprano sax, and DeJohnette just made it look so easy: in a festival where the quality of drummers has been outstanding, his playing during the faster numbers was superlative. DeJohnette was excellent...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
At this point people are thinking not only about their jazz picks of the year, but their picks of the decade, 2000-2009. That's running through my mind as I listen to Mika Pohjola's gorgeous new solo piano recording Great Tunes By My Friends , which highlights the music of Guillermo Klein, Ben Monder, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Cheek, Fernando Huergo, Reid Anderson and Drew Gress. I'm not...
Earning My Turns (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... inhale, with not a second of slack. Today, we heard John Arbercrombie with Mark Feldman (violin), Drew Gress (bass) and Anthony Pinciotti (drums). Abercrombie and Feldman are the core of several of my favorite recordings of the last several years: Open Land , Can 'n' Mouse , Class Trip , and The Third Quartet . Today's set was mostly compositions from Wait Till You See Her , a new...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Dave Allen Quartet @ Nublu Jazz Festival Friday November 13th one set at 9pm Drew Gress - bass Tom Rainey - drums John O'Gallagher - sax Dave Allen - Guitar Nublu is 62 Ave C btwn 4th and 5th St...
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Coming in an oversized package that is as colorful as the music itself, drummer and composer Ben Perowsky’s latest disc draws on a wide variety of source material: rock and pop, Indian music, jazz and modern classical to create a very exciting and vibrant statement. On this album, he is joined by Chris Speed on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Ted Reichman on accordion and Drew Gress...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... The Cornelia Street Cafe: Rob Garcia 4 with Noah Preminger (tenor saxophone), Dan Tepfer (piano) + Drew Gress (bass)Friday, Dec 11 @ Nublu: Andy Cotton's “Dutch" with Gintas Janusonis (drums), Adam Klipple (keys), Kris Bauman (sax) + Andy Cotton (bass)BJURecords to Release New Recordings From: Andy Cotton, Rob Garcia, Randy Ingram + ACT Digital Release Date - November 10, In Stores...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
John Surman is a composer with a broad and multi-hued musical palette. Hes written for everything from solo saxophone to string quartet to choir with organ to contemporary dance. On Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2009), Surman reunites with longtime musical partners Jack DeJohnette and John Abercrombie (accompanied by bassist Drew Gress) for a quartet album that explores group interplay. In...
