#Nick Brignola

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Serge Chaloff: The Baritone Saxophone's Unsung Virtuoso

Introduction: The world of jazz is full of transformative figures, musicians who pushed the boundaries of their instruments and paved new artistic paths. Among the baritone saxophonists, Serge Chaloff remains a standout—a trailblazer whose lyrical playing and adventurous spirit elevated an often-overlooked instrument to the forefront of jazz. Despite his brief life and struggles with personal…

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Nick Brignola - New York Bound (LP, Album)

Vinyl(VG++) Sleeve(VG++) / No scratches on Vinyl, VG+ or above average. in great shape / / nice sleeve, more than VG+ conditions / still in the original shrink wrapper / コンディション　盤 : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディション　ジャケット : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディションの表記について　  [ M > M- > VG+ > VG > G+ > G > F > P ] レーベル : Interplay Records,Interplay Records – IP-7719, 7719 フォーマット : Vinyl, LP, Album 生産国 : US 発売年…

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Baritone Madness - Brignola, Cuber And Smulyan - Live In Rome - 1996 - Past Daily Downbeat

https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BARITONE-Madness-1996.mp3 Over to Rome this week for a 1996 concert from the Roma Villa Cellimontana Festival in August featuring three Baritone sax players: Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber and Gary Smulyan. Supported by Riccardo Fassi on piano, Massimo Moriconi on bass and Giampaolo Ascolese on drum and preserved for posterity by RAI Radio (and chatty…

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Bee Hive Records ‎– BH 7010 ‎– Released in 1980. Nick Brignola ‎– Burn Brigade. Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber. Bass – Walter Booker. Drums – Jimmy Cobb. Piano – Walter Davis Jr.

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Sal Nistico – You don’t Know What Love Is

Sal Nistico – tenor saxophone Ted Curson – trumpet Nick Brignola – baritone saxophone Ronnie Mathews – piano Sam Jones – bass Roy Haynes – drums

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A Tribute Saxophone Legend Nick Brignola at Music Haven

A Tribute Saxophone Legend Nick Brignola at Music Haven

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—JULY 12, 2019—On a June Sunday in 1990, baritone saxophone legend Nick Brignola put his lips to the reed and kicked off the second date of the inaugural Music Haven Concert Series.

Now, 30 years later, the Troy-bred jazz great will be feted by former bandmates and acolytes with A Tribute to Nick Brignola.

Brignola was a legend in the jazz world. He played the big horn like no…

[mosaicrecords]

Twenty-five Great Baritone Saxophone Tracks

From Harry Carney to Leo Parker and Serge Chaloff to Gerry Mulligan to Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola, to today’s great practitioners Gary Smulyan and James Carter, the baritone sax in great hands has always resonated through me. Mosaic has reflected that passion, with sets by Chaloff, Adams (with Donald Byrd) and no less than three by Mulligan (the most recent being The Emarcy Sextet Recordings on 5 LPs). Our Complete Bee Hive Sessions includes cutting sessions by Brignola, Adams, Ronnie Cuber and Cecil Payne. Although we tried for years to put together a definitive Leo Parker set, he is amply represented on our new Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49. This compilation by Ralph Miriello of 25 great bari performances is excellent. Mingus and Duke Ellington before him truly knew how to get the most out of the timbre and power of this instrument.

-Michael Cuscuna

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USA: B.J. Jansen-Common Ground(2017)

As divisiveness has flourished in a land bereft of its melting pot ideals and the gulf between wealth and poverty has widened among its citizenry, the winds of change must blow. Change that embraces the oneness of humanity, rather than demonizing otherness. Bearing witness to the machinations of otherness throughout his life, prolific baritone saxophonist B.J. Jansen seeks to express life's dualities: the sacred and profane; the learned and the intuitive that breathe spirit, soul, and swing into his music. Gifted with a cache of cassette tapes by his father, a music buff who’d played saxophone in high school, ten year old Bernard George Jansen III (BJ) got his first taste of jazz in 1991. The tapes, some Bird and Gerry Mulligan, whet an appetite in the Cincinnati youngster… he was hooked. BJ Jansen seeks to express life's dualities—the sacred and profane; the learned and the intuitive that breathe spirit, soul, and swing into his music. On his tenth recording as a leader, BJ delves into finding common ground by bringing together a sextet comprised of magnificent horns and a tight rhythm section—three “young guns” (all born in 1981) and three respected members of the “old guard,” (all under 55, hardly old). Mentored by pianist and educator, Frank Stagnitta, he has assembled a group of musicians who too have benefited from stellar mentorship—NEA Jazz Master, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis by his father Ellis Marsalis, Jr., Master drummer Ralph Peterson by Art Blakey, trumpeter Duane Eubanks by Mulgrew Miller, and both bassist Dezron Douglas and pianist Zaccai Curtis by Jackie McLean. Selecting compositions that play to the strengths of each musician, he takes a "hands-off" approach as a leader, creating an open space for each to find his groove. Utilizing millennial strategy, he successfully crowd-funded the project, demonstrating his tenacity and drive; affirming the demand for this music. Although Cincinnati wasn’t exactly a jazz incubator, BJ studied jazz theory in high school. By age fifteen, avocation became vocation. He began to explore improvisation and attended Jamey Aebersold’s renowned summer jazz camps before entering the University of Louisville’s School of Music. It was there that the undergraduate first met master’s candidate Delfeayo Marsalis who says, “I was always impressed with his sound. The maturity, the tone quality and how he approaches the music.” So much so, that after some playful ribbing between the two led to BJ breaking out a few WWF moves and “Del” heading to the chiropractor, Delfeayo wrote a tune called “The BJ Smack-down,” which he invited BJ to perform on for his final recital. BJ began on the alto saxophone, but with a preponderance of alto players at the university, a professor looked at him and said: “put him on the bari, (E flat, like the alto) he looks like he can hold the instrument.” Initially resistant, he soon came to enjoy the sound, realizing he’d found his voice. With fewer players able to handle the heft of the horn, he too found a competitive advantage. He also found himself butting heads in academia and the affluence there that he felt could stifle the idiom. “You can teach technique and pedagogy and scales. You teach someone history but you can’t teach them to be creative, to be an artist.” He gravitated toward “the seasoned musicians” outside the academic setting, mostly African American musicians at the juke joint, Sylvia’s Lounge. “I played with a (Hammond) B3 organist; it was my first exposure to being free with what I’m doing musically.” He reveled in “the audience participation, the encouragement that is part of black American music.” It evoked a feeling of belonging he’d experience, again and again, a white boy, swinging hard in spots like the Clef Club in Philadelphia and St. Nick’s Pub in Harlem. Bringing his Midwest work ethic to the East Coast in 2004, immersed his entrepreneurial mind into MBA studies in Music Management at William Paterson University and his swinging soul into the Philly music scene, starting the group CONJURA. “There was always a real brotherhood with the Philadelphia musicians,” he says. Through CONJURA band mate, Mike Boone, he would meet Philly native Duane Eubanks. By the time he moved to New York in 2007 and became a regular at St. Nick’s, he’d developed a camaraderie with many other Philly cats who jammed there - vocalist TC III, son of drummer Bill “Mr. C” Carney and B3 organist Trudy Pitts. In fact, BJ put his funky spin on the Carney penned "Bucketful of Soul," Trudy Pitts and Mr. C’s grooving 1968 classic. “The first time I heard this tune, I knew I wanted to arrange and record it,” BJ says. “Something to dance to, this soulful boogaloo classic is the perfect improvisational vehicle for (Philadelphian) Duane Eubanks and Ralph Peterson,” who, alongside BJ’s gut-bucket solo…tear it up. "Stacey's Pace" is based on a minor blues in the key of F minor, inspired by the fluid intensity of BJ’s Piscean friend Stacey. With horns swinging straight out the gate, the first track of the recording declares that the bandleader is a brass man. But Dezron, a Pisces also, opens up the improvisations with a dancing bass solo. A favorite of his, he says “It danced the whole way.” In the wistful reverie that is “Carol’s Dream” (written by Frank Stagnitta during his CONJURA stint) “the harmonically lush structure” wafts over a “Latin double-time.” This pretty tune sings with supple solos and gorgeously synced horns. Another composition by “dear friend and mentor, Frank,” “Street Walk” was inspired by Stagnitta’s time in New York, though he never recorded it until joining CONJURA. “I enjoy the tune so much, I decided to rerecord it with a completely new cast of musicians,” BJ says. BJ chose the previously recorded “Brandon’s Blues,” a “bluesy, soulful and guttural,” nod to his brother Brandon as "a vehicle for Delfeayo to showcase his prowess on the slow blues.” BJ dedicated this tune “to all brothers from different mothers.” The elegiac “Soul Loss” is a “new composition based on three key centers—C, E, G#—which frame the harmonic movement and happen to be symmetrically placed Major thirds apart; thus, splitting the octave into equal thirds,” BJ explains. Inspired by people he's lost in the past three years, BJ honors them well with hauntingly doleful playing as the rhythm section gently grounds him. BJ crafted “Angela’s Aggravation” for his sister Angela. He based this ode to sibling annoyance “harmonically on the A sections of Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation,” he says. “Ironically, the beginning phrase is difficult to play for brass players and continues to be their aggravation at each gig.” “Relaxin’ with Jessica” is based on Sonny Clark’s 1957 tune “Sonny’s Mood.” With its frolicking horns, Zaccai's nimble piano, and Ralph Peterson’s masterful brush work, the “the relaxed and swinging tune embodies the traditional Philly Sound that was widely heard on Blue Note recordings in the 50’s and 60’s,” BJ says. “Common Ground” BJ says is, “an open improvisation, it’s all about finding common ground.” Zaccai offers, “BJ’s really a free player and it led me into different directions—new ways of looking at some stuff.” Dezron enthuses, “I loved doing that. BJ got kinda wild with his horn and that was a nice moment.” With a spiritual intro hearkening to Coltrane’s “Psalm,” it gradually builds as BJ’s commanding presence veers into ecstatic frenzy and bent keys. BJ acknowledges the influence of bari players Harry Carney, Cecil Payne, Pepper Adams, Gerry Mulligan, Nick Brignola, Ronnie Cuber and Gary Smulyan but stops short of emulation, moving toward a sound distinctly his.

“I am really trying to be what I am within the tradition of the music.” via Blogger http://ift.tt/2st6dvH

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NEVER COULD BE RELATED TO NERO’S FAMILY EITHER AND MY DOVES ARE NOT MY DOVES ANYMORE FOR TREASON AND  THESE PEOPLE DIED FROM FUCKING WITH ME OR TRYING TO CONSPIRE TO HURT ME OR KILL MY KIDS EVER OR TURN ME INTO SOMEONE ELSE OR KIDNAP ME, AND HURT MANON AND MY EARTH AND OTHER WORLDS AND SOULS!!

February 2002[edit source]

1 – Daniel Pearl, 38, American journalist, beheaded.

2 – Ian Clark Hutchison, 99, British politician.

2 – Paul Baloff, 41, Exodus vocalist.

3 – James Blackwood, 82, American Gospel singer.

3 – Rudolf Fleischmann, 98, German nuclear physicist.

4 – Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg, 94, Swedish royal.

6 – Max Perutz, 87, founder of molecular biology.

6 – Eken Mine, 66, Japanese voice actor.

7 – Elisa Bridges, 28, Playboy model.

7 – Ellen Demming, 79, American actress.

7 – Jack Fairman, 88, British Formula One driver.

7 – David Gibson-Watt, Baron Gibson-Watt, 83, British politician.

7 – John Taylor, Baron Ingrow, 84, British businessman.

8 – Nick Brignola, 65, American jazz saxophonist.

8 – William T. Dillard, 87, American retailer.

8 – Joachim Hoffmann, 71, German historian.

8 – Ong Teng Cheong, 66, former President of Singapore.

8 – David Pyle, 65, English footballer.

8 – Bob Wooler, 76, British disc jockey.

9 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, 71, British royal.

9 – Peggy Taylor, 74, American singer and radio announcer.

10 – John Erickson, 72, British historian.

10 – Ramón Arellano Félix, 37, Mexican drug trafficker.

10 – Jim Spencer, 54, American baseball player.

11 – Frankie Crosetti, 91, American baseball player.

11 – Barry Foster, 74, British actor, heart attack.

12 – Theresa Bernstein, 111, American artist.

12 – William Lee Dwyer, 72, American federal judge.

12 – George Eiferman, 76, bodybuilder, won Mr.Universe in 1962.

12 – John Eriksen, 44, Danish footballer.

13 – Waylon Jennings, 64, country music performer, actor, disc jockey, former member of Buddy Holly's band.

14 – Mick Tucker, 54, drummer for the glam rock band Sweet.

15 – Mike Darr, 25, American baseball player.

15 – Howard K. Smith, 87, TV journalist.

15 – Kevin Smith, 38, played Ares on Xena series.

16 – John W. Gardner, 89, American politician.

16 – Sir Walter Winterbottom, 89, British football manager.

17 – Ross Dowson, 84, Canadian Trotskyist politician.

18 – Gabriel Mariano, 73, Cape Verdean writer.

19 – Billy Hall, 61, American politician.

19 – Virginia Hamilton, 67, award-winning African American children's book author.

21 – A. L. Barker, 83, British author.

21 – Laudomia Bonanni, 94, Italian writer and journalist.

21 – Trevor Hampton, 89, British diver.

21 – John Thaw, 60, British actor, most famous for the detective series Morse and The Sweeney, cancer.

22 – Sir Roden Cutler, 85, Australian diplomat.

22 – Sir Raymond Firth, 100, British anthropologist.

22 – David James, 80, Welsh cricketer.

22 – Chuck Jones, 89, American animator, creator of Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner, heart failure.

22 – Brendan O'Dowda, 76, Irish tenor.

22 – Jonas Savimbi, 67, Angolan revolutionary, leader of UNITA, multiple gunshot wounds.

24 – Martin Esslin, 83, writer and drama producer.

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24 – Leo Ornstein, 109, radical composer/pianist.

25 – Afaq Hussain, 62, Pakistani cricketer.

27 – Spike Milligan, 83, Irish actor, comedian and writer.

28 – Mary Stuart, 75, soap opera actress best known for her 35-year starring role on Search for Tomorrow.

28 – John Russell Taylor, 84, Canadian politician.

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Beehive Records - Evanston, IL.

Super-slept-on post-bop label that didn't last long enough.

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The Nick Brignola Sextet featuring Pepper Adams- Marmaduke (by jazclarinetist) Baritone Madness!!!

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"Like Old Times" Nick Brignola Quartet

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Ted Curson & Company ‎– Jubilant Power (1976)

“Ted Curson’s Jubilant Power shows the modern jazz trumpeter in prime condition, very influenced by a stint with Charles Mingus, and exhorting his large ensemble to play music indicative of the title. This recording combines two live concert sessions from autumn of 1976 done on consecutive nights, the first in his native Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square, and the second at Downtown Sound in New York City. Curson assembled a dynamic and exuberant band with the baritone saxophonist Nick Brignola and saxophonist/flutist Chris Woods, bassist David Friesen, conga player Sam Jacobs, an exchange of pianists and drummers for each night, and different compositions. An LP now out on CD, “Side A” has two tunes from the Philly sessions with AACM drumkit juggernaut Steve McCall and pianist Andy LaVerne in tow, making for a presence that gives the band a forceful persona. The hot free bop “Reava’s Waltz” showcases Curson’s post Lee Morgan/Freddie Hubbard sound with an edge perfectly, especially during his solid solo as the horns chime in on occasion. “Ted’s Tempo” is a modal to hard bop scorcher, fluent, risky, but built like a brick wall. The four tracks from “Side B” in N.Y.C. have Jim McNeely on the 88s and Bob Merigliano playing drums, offering a generally softer focus. The straight ballad “Marjo” borrows from “Sophisticated Lady,” while the midtempo “Song of the Lonely” has Friesen’s emotionally drenched bass saturating the quote-riddled trumpeter, who most specifically channels the changes of “What’s New?.” The upbeat numbers include a popping Latin chart “Airi’s Tune” with a rich horn accord, while the definitive “Searchin’ the Blues” is straight out of the Mingus bag with its delightfully entertaining, spontaneous, quirky speed-ups and settled slow-downs in the melody. For the time of these recordings, the sound is a little muddy, but certainly enhanced by the digital transfer, and quite acceptable. Because Ted Curson produced far too few recordings, and because the band is excellent, this has to rank as one of his best efforts, his modern jazz still sounding vital and fresh.” – Michael G. Nastos/AllMusic.

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Music Haven Concert Series Embarks on 30th Anniversary Season

Music Haven Concert Series Embarks on 30th Anniversary Season

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—MAY 29, 2019—Central Park is ready, once again, to come alive for the summer, as Music Haven Concert Seriescelebrates its 30th anniversary of “traveling the world one concert at a time.” New this year, the series also adds theater and film as elements in its most ambitious season ever. Seven Sunday global shows are joined this summer by eight additional evenings of diverse…

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Sal Nistico and Nick Brignola: Live from Troy, 1974

Sal Nistico and Nick Brignola finally recorded together officially on Sal’s New Nistico (Bee Hive Records, 1978), but this 1974 audio tape of them live in Troy, New York from 1974 is amazing. They are two of the swingingest and most underrated saxophonists of the second half of the 20th century. Nick plays as strong alto sax as he does on baritone. In two-and-a-half hours, they cook through everything from be-bop classics to standards to Cantaloupe Island.

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