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Chris Cheek
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Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Chris Cheek, the son of a junior high school band director, began playing the alto sax at the age of 12. Chris played in a variety of local Jazz and Blues bands in the St. Louis area while attending Webster University. In 1988, on scholarship, he went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied with Joe Viola and Hal Crook, eventually receiving a bachelors degree in performance. Chris moved to New York in 1992 and since then has played and recorded with a number of different groups including: Paul Motian's "Electric Bebop Band", "The Bloomdaddies", Charlie Haden's "Liberation Music Orchestra", The Brian Blade Fellowship, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Luciana Souza, David Berkman, and Guillermo Klein's "Los Guachos"
Up High, Down Low
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By Alan Ferber
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: In Hindsight.
Take Five From Aaron Irwin
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by AAJ Staff
Meet Aaron Irwin Critically acclaimed saxophonist, multi-woodwind player, and composer Aaron Irwin is a compelling voice of his generation. Known as a lyrical alto saxophonist and a compelling original composer" (The New Yorker), Irwin is a sought-after commodity in the New York jazz scene. Aaron Irwin celebrates his latest project: (After) (Adhyâropa Records, 2024). His ninth ...
When You Wish Upon a Star
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Album: Tone Stories
By Ricardo Pinheiro
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:44
Rudder: Lucky Beard
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by Mike Jacobs
It's hard to figure how a band populated by esteemed players such as Henry Hey (keys), Tim LeFebvre (bass), Chris Cheek (sax) and Keith Carlock (drums) could remain so firmly off so many people's radar. While Rudder's penchant for staying off the beaten stylistic path may have something to do with this, it also makes them ...
Telmo's Tune
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Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Criolla; Push Me Not; Si Vos Me Queres; Telmo's Tune; Amor Profundo; Burrito Mirror; Camello;
Quiero; A Navarro.
The Most Exciting Jazz Albums since 1969: 2009-2011
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by Robert Middleton
The six jazz thrillers for this week are widely diverse--from a big band outlier, a soaring two-sax front line and an expression of the ideas from an esoteric teacher. What they all have in common are their thrilling cohesiveness, gripping rhythms and compelling melodies. 72 Thrilling Jazz Albums, Part 8: 2009-20011 43 Infernal ...
Alan Ferber: Enneadic Endeavors
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by Dan Bilawsky
When Alan Ferber was first finding his way as a Californian-turned-New Yorker near the dawn of the new millennium, he didn't know many people on his adopted scene. So logically, he used composing--for nonet, among other configurations--as a means for networking and fostering connections. I don't like cold calling people; I just like to put projects ...
Jennifer Wharton: Not a Novelty
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by Dan Bilawsky
The eponymous debut from Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm broke the mold. There are no two ways about it. And while some may look at a statement like that and cry hyperbole, history begs to differ. With rare exception, the bass trombonea horn forever typecast as an anchorhas been marginalized. So the idea of an ensemble featuring that ...