Chris Byars: Photos in Black, White, and Gray
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Personnel: Chris Byars, alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones; Sacha Perry, piano; Ari Roland, bass; Andy Watson, drums.
Contents: Aquarian epoch — Milton — Safe at home — Acoustic phenomenon — Manhattan Valley — Cliff diving — Riddle of the Sphinx — A.T.
Tom Hull wrote in the Village Voice: "Referencing Gigi Gryce’s alto sax and Lucky Thompson’s tenor, Byars finds new niches in bebop, picking up ’50s threads that got pummeled by hard bop, discarded by the avant-garde, then buried under whatever passes for post-bop these days. Much as bebop developed underground in places like Minton’s where musicians played for each other, the same dynamic developed at Smalls in the ’90s, connecting a new generation to unreconstructed veterans like Frank Hewitt and on to the foundations of modern jazz. Tapping into the process, Byars sounds fresh even while working in such a well-worn form. A MINUS" (2/13-19/08, p. 77).
Personnel: Chris Byars, alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones; Sacha Perry, piano; Ari Roland, bass; Andy Watson, drums.
Contents: Aquarian epoch — Milton — Safe at home — Acoustic phenomenon — Manhattan Valley — Cliff diving — Riddle of the Sphinx — A.T.
Tom Hull wrote in the Village Voice: "Referencing Gigi Gryce’s alto sax and Lucky Thompson’s tenor, Byars finds new niches in bebop, picking up ’50s threads that got pummeled by hard bop, discarded by the avant-garde, then buried under whatever passes for post-bop these days. Much as bebop developed underground in places like Minton’s where musicians played for each other, the same dynamic developed at Smalls in the ’90s, connecting a new generation to unreconstructed veterans like Frank Hewitt and on to the foundations of modern jazz. Tapping into the process, Byars sounds fresh even while working in such a well-worn form. A MINUS" (2/13-19/08, p. 77).
posted by casemusic at 2:06 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home