By Ken Waxman, Jazzword An agile keyboardist who was one of the very few to be a member of an Ornette Coleman group, Cambridge, Mass.-based Dave Bryant infrequently puts out leadership sessions. Yet Night Visitors is a splendid example of his art, pinpointing his compositions as well as ambidextrous skills on acoustic piano and various … Read More
By Howard Mandel, Jazz Journalist Association Yes, it’s hard to select 10 best of the year. Downloads are not making it easier to organize — I’m flooded! Great to have so much music at my fingertips, so that’s not a complaint. And I may return to this list to add other notable releases, but I … Read More
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Dave Bryant plays piano and a wide variety of keyboards in a trio setting with bassits Charnett Moffett and Gregg Bendian, who works out on drums, percussion and more exotic things like the glockenspiel and doumbek. Read this review here.
By Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail With one foot in the fusion genre and the other in the harmolodic approach of free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman, Boston-based keyboardist Dave Bryant releases Night Visitors, a trio effort where he is joined by bassist Charnett Moffett and drummer Gregg Bendian. Read the full review here.
By Wulf Muller, Wulf’s Music + Blog Dave Bryant / Night Visitors – the former keyboarder, pianist of Ornette Coleman’s Prime Time group delivers with ‘Night Visitors’ an album in the tradition of Coleman’s compositional and improvisational methodology, Harmolodics. Bassist Charnett Moffett, who as well performed with Coleman, and multi-percussionist Gregg Bendian join forces with … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene! There are plenty of free jazz, improvisational ensembles that are doing great explorative work yet some, at least for many listeners, are just not quite accessible enough. By now, if you’ve gotten this far, you know that we’ve covered plenty of free, avant-garde material, but you may not realize … Read More
Consummate Keyboardist and Composer Dave Bryant to Release Night Visitors, A Modern, Hard-Hitting Sonic Exploration, Out June 19th Pianist, keyboardist, composer and electronic musician Dave Bryant is excited to announce the June 19th release of Night Visitors, debuting a new trio with a stellar rhythm section. Consummate pianist and former Ornette Coleman collaborator Dave Bryant, … Read More
