#David Kikoski

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Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 2 odcinek 32]

premierowa emisja 11 września 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Norma Winstone, Kit Downes “Black Is the Colour” z albumu “Outpost of Dreams” -– ECM Records Enrico Rava “Bell Flower” z albumu “Fearless Five” – Parco Della Musica Records Claudio Scolari Project “Celestial Revelation” z albumu “Opera 8” Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fuji “Traveling Bird” z albumu “Aloft” – Libra Recirds Ivo Perelman / Aruan…

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David Kikoski – Presage

David Kikoski – piano Eddie Gomez – double bass Al Foster – drums

[theloniousbach]

GOOD OLD TRIOS AT MEZZROW’S

RAY GALLON with David Wong and Kenny Washington, 7 NOVEMBER 2024, 10:30 pm set

ALAN BROADBENT with Harvie S and Billy Mintz, 11 NOVEMBER 2024, 9 pm set

After being atypically cranky about first Roberta Piket and Jean-Michel Pilc and then David Kikoski with Elvitar Slivnik and Bruce Barth with Tim Armacost, I was glad to find a better mood and/or better sets. ALAN BROADBENT’s trio is a regular working unit and one of my favorites; RAY GALLON is solid enough to check out often but not every time. That he had Kenny Washington along made this can’t miss and invites a comparison with Billy Mintz.

Let’s start there. Washington was a bigger presence; he was where my attention was drawn with complex, how did he do that flourishes that moved the time around subtly but powerfully. The last time I saw Mintz was with Piket and he was bigger than his Zen minimalism with Broadbent. Seeing him take up more space then helped me see the space he does take up in this usual gig. My Little Suede Shoes is a showcase, not just for the Latin feel but a very tune centric, nearly melodic showcase. Washington too played the tunes as he does in his regular gig with Bill Charlap.

David Wong is always a welcome addition and contributed to what Gallon was about with strong accompaniment and incisive solos. But, as a band member rather than a sideman, Harvie S could step out with forceful solos. Blue in Green opened with Broadbent playing around the tune before giving way to Harvie S playing chords and strumming by himself before all of them coming in to play a straight enough version of the tune.

Gallon was articulate and accessible leading with four of his own tunes. His standards were deeper gems, Gershwins’ For Me For You For Everyone and a tasty once in a while. His tunes were suitable opportunities for this elite band to swing. I am to the point that the closing blues, Two Track Mind, is familiar. Broadbent too closed with some originals—This One’s for Bud which he’s played the last time or two which shows his Powell side and Woody’n’Me which was unexpectedly brooding for a piece in honor of his old boss, Mr Herman, but referring to the Dizzy Gillespie tune. They opened with standards I wished I recognized, particularly the second one.

All these folks are very very good. That I like Alan Broadbent is a matter of taste, my good taste, I think. Though he’s probably not a Hall of Famer like Kenny Barron or Cyrus Chestnut, his distinguished reputation is well-deserved.

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David Kikoski

Phoenix Rising  - 2019

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Rhythm A Ning

Roy Haynes Trio   with special guest Chick Corea

Chick Corea – piano David Kikoski – piano John Patitucci – bass Roy Haynes – drums

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The Wayne Escoffery Quartet (19è Mas i Mas Festival / Jamboree, Barcelona. 2022-08-04) [III/V] Por Joan Cortès [INSTANTZZ]

The Wayne Escoffery Quartet (19è Mas i Mas Festival / Jamboree, Barcelona. 2022-08-04) [III/V] Por Joan Cortès [INSTANTZZ]

Fecha: Viernes, 05 de agosto de 2022 Lugar: Jamboree (Barcelona) Grupo: The Wayne Escoffery Quartet Wayne Escoffery, saxo tenor David Kikoski, piano Josh Ginsburg, contrabajo Sebastian de Krom, batería Tomajazz: © Joan Cortès, 2022   19è Mas i Mas Festival en Tomajazz Cyrus Chestnut & Piero Odorici Quartet (19è Mas i Mas Festival / Jamboree, Barcelona. 2022-08-04) [II/V] Por Joan Cortès…

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Einmal mehr Jazz mit Wayne Escoffery und seinem Quartett, mit jungem Vertretungsbassisten, der noch kein Solo darf, und David Kikowski am Klavier, einem der wenigen Leute, denen es gelingt, sogar Wayne ein bisschen die Show zu stehlen.

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Wayne Escoffery Quartet Live in Nisville 

Wayne Escoffery Quartet Summer Tour 2015 Live at  Nisville. Nis, Serbia with Wayne Escoffery, David Kikoski, Darryl Hall and Ralph Peterson

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Roy Haynes, David Kikoski, & John Patitucci—“Trinkle Tinkle”

Okay, let’s do “Trinkle Tinkle” for a while. Haynes on drums, Kikoski on piano, and Patitucci on bass. Posted by emmadetten

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“Imaginary place” nuovo album di Paolo Recchia

Il 4 novembre esce “Imaginary place” il nuovo album di Paolo Recchia, sassofonista jazz (alto e soprano) di grande sensibilità, dal timbro caldo e in grado di emozionare già al primo ascolto. La continua ricerca del suono, di una propria voce timbrica quale segno distintivo, ha raggiunto in questo nuovo prodotto discografico ancora più spessore e maturità artistica.

Paolo Recchia, per la quinta uscita discografica a suo nome, firmata dalla neonata etichetta Birdbox Records, si presenta con un quartetto composto da musicisti superlativi ormai riconosciuti dalla stampa e dal pubblico del jazz: il pianista Luca Mannutza, il contrabbassista Giuseppe Romagnoli e il batterista Nicola Angelucci. Registrato a Città della Pieve, nel teatro degli Avvalloranti, grazie alla collaborazione con Nightingale Studios di Lorenzo Vella e Città della Pieve Promotion.

“Imaginary place” accoglie l’ascoltatore in un luogo immaginario, uno spazio fantasioso dove le idee musicali dei membri della band, si intrecciano e creano un nuovo terreno comune, unendo la tradizione jazz con elementi contemporanei in una sintesi personale. Album generoso realizzato da musicisti legati da una sincera amicizia e uniti da una profonda intesa musicale, maturata nel tempo, concerto dopo concerto. Registrato in presa diretta, in teatro sfruttando il riverbero naturale, con microfoni “vintage” per ottenere un suono di insieme il più possibile naturale e rotondo.  

Il lavoro è composto da materiale originale, da standard della tradizione jazzistica e brani di autori contemporanei. Alcune di queste composizioni appartengono a musicisti che hanno avuto un’influenza diretta sul modo di suonare di Paolo Recchia e sono fonte di ispirazione sotto il profilo armonico, melodico e ritmico.   

Il contraltista Paolo Recchia è uno degli artisti jazz più apprezzati della scena italiana. Negli anni ha dimostrato una crescita professionale costante che gli ha portato riconoscimenti nazionali ed internazionali. La ricerca del suo “suono”, di una propria voce timbrica quale segno distintivo, è ad oggi riconoscibile. Lirismo, swing e timbro caldo, sono le caratteristiche fondamentali di questo artista dalla grande sensibilità musicale.

Paolo Recchia si è esibito come leader, guest e sideman in Festival e Jazz Club della scena italiana e negli Stati Uniti d’America, Cina, Francia, Romania, Germania, Inghilterra, Olanda, Serbia, Svizzera, Turchia, Russia insieme a Dado Moroni, Joel Frahm, Alex Sipiagin, Luca Mannutza, Andy Gravish, Roy Hargrove, Jeremy Pelt, Rick Margitza, Stephane Belmondo, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Peter Bernstein, David Kikoski, Mark Sherman, Sam Yahel, Johannes Weidenmueller, Marco Panascia, Andrea Pozza, Claudio Filippini, Pat Bianchi, Frank Avitabile, Michel Rosciglione, Alain Jean-Marie, Aldo Bassi, Roberto Gatto,  Pietro Tonolo, Giovanni Tommaso, Lorenzo Tucci, Sam Yahel, Johannes Weidenmueller, Kengo Nakamura e molti altri.

Track List

Work (Thelonious Monk) 7:27

Fear of Roaming (Seamus Blake) 08:08

Too Marvelous for Words (Richard Whiting) 05:58

Wee (Denzil Best) 07:26

Emmanina (Paolo Recchia) 07:25

Zhivago (Kurt Rosenwinkel) 08:22

All Rise (Ben Van Gelder) 06:39

Esc (Luca Mannutza) 08:59

Line Up Paolo Recchia: sax alto Luca Mannutza: pianoforte Giuseppe Romagnoli: contrabbasso Nicola Angelucci: batteria Credits:

Recorded at Teatro degli Avvaloranti, Città della Pieve (PG)

September 7-8th 2020

Recording Engineer: Matteo Spinazzè Savaris

Mixing Engineer: Lorenzo Vella

Mastering Engineer: Bob Katz Artwork: Nerina Fernandez Backstage photography: Nightingale Studios, Palombara Sabina (RM) Discografia:

“Introducing Paolo Recchia featuring Dado Moroni” (Via Veneto Jazz distribuzione EMI MUSIC, 2008);

“Ari’s Desire” (2011);

“Three for Getz” (Albòre Jazz, 2013);

“Peace Hotel” (Albòre Jazz, 2015);

“Imaginary place (Birdbox Records, 2022)

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Album acquistabile direttamente dallo shop della label

Sito web Label: Birdbox Records Pagina artista/Label: Paolo Recchia – Birdbox Records Shop cd  Imaginary place: Imaginary place – cd Shop Master Tape Imaginary place: Imaginary place – Master Tape Shop Video concerto Imaginary place: Imaginary place – video recording Youtube Birdbox Records

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There are some excellent moments on this outing from the Red Rodney Quintet, but the overall results are a bit of a mixed bag. The band (trumpeter Rodney, Chris Potter on tenor, alto and soprano, pianist David Kikoski, bassist Chip Jackson and drummer Jimmy Madison) is excellent, swinging on some pieces, but several numbers utilize the synthesizers of Bob Belden, and there is a rap on “Moose the Mooche.” It is a bit of a schizophrenic session, with the music attempting to cover all bases but probably not completely satisfying anyone. (Scott Yanow/AllMusic).

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TWO QUARTETS AT SMALLS

EVITAR SLIVNIK with Dayna Stephens, David Kikoski, and Alexander Claffy, 6 NOVEMBER 2024, 10:30 pm set

TIM ARMACOST with Bruce Barth, Ugonna Okegwa, and Adam Cruz, 8 NOVEMBER 2024, 7:30 pm set

Good old tenor sax/piano/bass/drums lineups and again the bands the leaders assembled drew me into their sets. I have seen EVITAR SLIVNIK on drums before, contributing skillfully to worthy ensembles. He had Dayna Stephens’ reeds in particular, but Alexander Claffy is more than reliable on bass as is David Kikoski though I often find him just too unvariably big and busy. It was TIM ARMACOST who was new to me but he had Bruce Barth and Ugonna Okegwa. Adam Cruz was, like Slivnik, the reliable but overlooked member in the band. Such is often the fate of drummers, as important as they are.

Good old ensembles playing good old tunes: SLIVNIK drew on Coltrane, Dizzy, a standard a la Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Corea and Walton while ARMACOST played three Monk tunes and two originals (one tune had a bar for drums every chorus which was on first hearing clever, not merely clever).

But, once again, I’m cranky and not just because these next day streams on YouTube have ever more intrusive ads to the point that I’ll explore the feasibility of YouTube Premium but more likely just wait a few days until shows get archived on the SmallsLive website.

But there’s other crankiness.

Kikoski continues to strike me as if he can’t ratchet down from a regular gig in the Mingus Organization’s larger ensembles. There I can imagine his energy and roar is valuable, but even there some dynamic modulation helps. Barth was much subtler with sympathetic accompaniment and clever solos, but he’s not the pianist for a Monk heavy set. He nailed the melodies but smoothed over the harmonies at least a little and smoothed over the rhythms quite a bit. ARMACOST was better at the rhythmic quirkiness but he took Ugly Beauty out of waltz time, but he and Barth were quite sympathetic and he has a nice midregister approach. Under Kikoski’s prodding, Stephens was grittier than I often hear him and was on tenor exclusively.

I’m glad I caught these sets and thought about them in relation to one another. It’s worthwhile even when there are things in the sets that rub me the wrong way.

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Pat Martino * Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery | BlueNote

John Patitucci :: Bass Scott Allan Robinson :: Drums Pat Martino :: Guitar Daniel Sadownick :: Percussion David Kikoski :: Piano