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This is Coleman--perhaps the greatest plastic alto saxophonist of all times--at his anguished, melodic best. Most of the tracks on this set feature Don Cherry on pocket-trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums--musicians who all were serious innovators in their own rights. It was this quartet that established what came to be known as free jazz, and it was these recordings that did the establishing...
Redman's fluency as a soloist is drawing comparisons to the young Sonny Rollins. Premature, of course, but it's been a long time since jazz produced a saxophonist with Redman's fearless improvisational skill and mature melodic sense. At 24, Redman already has plenty of name recognition. His father, Dewey Redman, made a reputation in the late 1960s as a saxophonist playing alongside Ornette Coleman. "But he wasn't a direct teacher or mentor," says Joshua, who, remarkably, taught himself by playing along with old records while growing up in Berkeley, California. Dewey moved to New York City before...
...Ideas come fast to Joshua Redman. On The Deserving Many, a song from the young tenor saxophonist's fine new album, Wish, he starts off with a few buoyant, tinkling notes, then suddenly scatters them into a jagged, descending riff, surging along it at breakneck speed. Then, quickly interweaving a flurry of growling notes with an exciting upper-octave peal, he is swept up by a new set of ideas that carry him back to his original melody...
Pianist/composer Fox is well-regarded as a leader in the contemporary fusion of jazz and classical music. Murray is one of the the foremost tenor saxophonist of his generation, notable for his mastery of the avant-garde "free jazz." An eager crowd gathered in Holmes Hall Living Room on this cloudy afternoon, many present for the chance to enjoy these musicians for free, others, including several Harvard student musicians, anxiously awaiting the opportunity to make and learn music in the company of these masters...
...needn't worry. Her 1990 Verve release, The World Is Falling Down, Lincoln's first recording on a major label in more than a dozen years, sold well. In 1991 You Gotta Pay the Band, with saxophonist Stan Getz, sold even better, reaching the top of the jazz charts and staying there for months. Her current Devil's Got Your Tongue is ranked No. 7 on Billboard's jazz chart...