Banned In New York
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With 10 recordings as a leader behind him, saxophonist Greg Osby shows both musical grace and cool confidence on Banned in New York. Working acoustically in front of a small live audience, Osby and his group stretch out and explore four old classics and one new, original composition. Accompanied by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Atsushi Osada, and drummer Rodney Green, Osby plays alto and soprano saxophone in a bold, omnivorous style. On an ambitious interpretation of Charlie Parker's "Big Foot," Osby's darting alto reaches back to bebop as well as flirts with his own R&B roots. The band also does excellent work with Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" and Sonny Rollins's "Pent-Up House" before closing with a quick take on Thelonious Monk's "52nd Street Theme." --Mitch Myers
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ASIN: B00000FDMS Release Date: 1998-12-01 |
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With 10 recordings as a leader behind him, saxophonist Greg Osby shows both musical grace and cool confidence on Banned in New York. Working acoustically in front of a small live audience, Osby and his group stretch out and explore four old classics and one new, original composition. Accompanied by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Atsushi Osada, and drummer Rodney Green, Osby plays alto and soprano saxophone in a bold, omnivorous style. On an ambitious interpretation of Charlie Parker's "Big Foot," Osby's darting alto reaches back to bebop as well as flirts with his own R&B roots. The band also does excellent work with Duke Ellington's "I Didn't Know About You" and Sonny Rollins's "Pent-Up House" before closing with a quick take on Thelonious Monk's "52nd Street Theme." --Mitch MyersCustomer Reviews:
Direct from the club to you.......2002-08-07
The readings of the bop themes are in some ways the most ambitious & far-ranging things here, in which the musicians only touch base with the themes & chords at their discretion. In general, as is typical for Osby albums, the leader claims the vast majority of the solo space, & so things are a bit lopsided, but there's no denying his fertility of invention. "Big Foot" is I think the best track, which gets into Dolphyish territory in its combination of bluesy bent tones & far-out harmonic thinking. It's extremely impressive. Oddly enough on the 2nd, truncated version of "Big Foot", Osby sounds very close to Anthony Braxton--not a musical influence I'd have usually suspected. -- Moran is to my taste not in his most interesting form, though I find it hard to make out what he's doing sometimes--he is very fond of repetitively seesawing over the same notes. He's perhaps most effective on the Ellington ballad (where one can also best make him out).
A very good album, though I think the sound quality remains something of a caveat. It's an album that has something of a hardboiled vibe to it I'm not sure I quite like, but it's nonetheless very accomplished music.
A great performance.......1999-05-26
Live Jazz at it's best!.......1999-03-26
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