Joel Roberts, New York City Jazz Record
New York City Jazz Record Reviews Joris Teepe & Don Braden’s “Conversations”
Conversations
Jazzwise reviews “Compassion”, “Conversations” and “Meet Me At Minton’s” in the September Issue
Gapplegate Music Reviews Don Braden & Joris Teepe’s “Conversations”
Gregory Applegate Edwards, Gapplegate Music What can still be can satisfy when it is put together just right. Conversations (Creative Perspective Music 3004) by bassist Joris Teepe and tenor-flautist Don Braden is one of those kind of sessions. It is a tenor-bass-drum lineup that accentuates forward momentum swinging in a loosely cohesive, very inter-conversational way. The emphasis … Read More
The Jazz Writer Reviews Joris Teepe & Don Braden’s “Conversations”
Woodrow Wilkins, The Jazz Writer It took about seven years to complete, but Conversations by Joris Teepe and Don Braden (Creative Perspective Music, 2017) is worth the wait. A project that began in 2009 with the recording completed in 2016 mixes old and new, classics and originals. Personnel are Teepe, bass; Braden, tenor saxophone and flute; with … Read More
Don Braden & Joris Teepe Bring “Conversations” To WBGO’s “Morning Jazz”
Gary Walker & Nate Chinen, WBGO The new album by saxophonist Don Braden and bassist Joris Teepe is called Conversations — as good a title as any to describe the results, both musical and colloquial, of their visit to Morning Jazz. They came with drummer Steve Johns, played a few tunes, and spoke with Gary … Read More
Cadence Magazine Reviews Four LLP Titles
by Robert Rusch, Cadence Magazine B.J. JANSEN [bari] presents a bop date that goes down smoothly on COMMON GROUND [Ronin Jazz 20170501]. This sextet [Delfeayo Marsalis-tbn, Duane Eubanks-tpt. Ralph Peterson-drm, Dezron Douglas-b, Zaccai Curtis-p] recording moves along nicely [8/9&10/16]. The compositions [9 tunes plus 3 alternate takes – 64:42] are mostly Jansen originals and the … Read More
DD McNeil Reviews Don Braden & Joris Teepe’s “Conversations”
JORIS TEEPE & DON BRADEN – “CONVERSATIONS” featuring Gene Jackson & Matt Wilson by DD McNeil, Musical Memoirs Joris Teepe, bass; Don Braden, tenor saxophone/flute; Gene Jackson & Matt Wilson, drums. Teepe & Braden crossed paths in 1992 and struck up a conversation that has lasted twenty-five-years. Consequently, the title of this CD seems quite … Read More
Bass Musician Magazine Features Don Braden & Joris Teepe’s “Conversations”
Valery Amador, Bass Musician Magazine Veteran saxophone/bass duo, Don Braden and Joris Teepe proudly announce the May 30th release of their highly anticipated album Conversations. A follow-up to their co-led album Pay As You Earn, this new project continues the almost quarter-century of collaborations between these two titans of jazz. With the help of esteemed … Read More
Jazz Trail Reviews Don Braden & Joris Teepe’s “Conversations”
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Clearly sailing on the same waters, bassist Joris Teepe and saxophonist Don Braden, who first met in 1992 at a session in NYC and discovered many compatibilities in their musical processes, converse with prodigious fluency and articulated precision on their new album, Conversations. Following up the previous Pay As You Earn, … Read More
Audiophile Audition Reviews Don Braden & Joris Teepe’s “Conversations”
Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition A well considered and deeply prepared trio outing in the footsteps of the legendary Sonny Rollins trio. (Don Braden; Tenor Saxophone, Flute/ Joris Teepe; Bass / Gene Jackson; drums (tracks 2,4 and 6) Matt Wilson; drums (tracks 1,7,8 and 9) Why the Jazz trio, you might ask? Well, for starters, one … Read More
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