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NEW RELEASE: Celebrated Saxophonist Greg Ward Announces New Album ‘Dion’s Quest’ due out February 10, 2023 via Sugah Hoof Records

January 4, 2023

Celebrated Saxophonist, Composer and Bandleader Greg Ward Announces Dion’s Quest, the eagerly-awaited sophomore release from his heavyweight ensemble Rogue Parade To Be Released February 10, 2023 as the inaugural release from Ward’s own Sugah Hoof Records Saxophonist and composer Greg Ward is thrilled to announce the February 10, 2023 release of Dion’s Quest, the eagerly-awaited … Read More

REVIEW: Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood” Reviewed by JazzTimes

May 17, 2019

By: David Whiteis, JazzTimes If, as critic Larry Kart has postulated, jazz is a “form of self-enactment in sound,” then this “enactment” must become ambiguous, even contradictory, as the very concept of “self” in our culture becomes increasingly fluid and ineffable. Case in point: Stomping Off From Greenwood’s opener, “Metropolis,” which melds influences and identities … Read More

REVIEW: The Jazz Desk Reviews Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”

April 15, 2019

Jazz Desk Greg Ward presents Rouge Parade – Stomping Off from Greenwood (Greenleaf Music, 2019) Alto saxophonist Greg Ward got a lot of attention for his album Touch My Beloved Thoughts a couple of years ago where he wrote a suite inspired by Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963). A lot of the praise was … Read More

REVIEW: All About Jazz Reviews Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”

April 3, 2019

Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz On this CD saxophonist Greg Ward presents a new group, Rogue Parade, which features a front line with two guitarists, Matt Gold and Dave Miller, alongside Ward’s alto. Such a configuration, combined with the graffiti-covered walls on the CD cover, suggests this band might work the slippery, interlocking street-funk path explored by Steve Coleman‘s groups with … Read More

REVIEW: JAZZIZ Magazine Reviews Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”

April 2, 2019

John Frederick Moore, Jazziz Greg Ward’s last album, Touch My Beloved’s Thought, used Charles Mingus’ classic The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady as a jumping-off point. The record was a standout of 2016, showcasing the alto saxophonist’s creativity as composer and bandleader. This time around Ward finds inspiration from within, tapping his own eclectic sensibility to produce … Read More

REVIEW: Suono (Italy) Reviews Greg Ward & Rogue Parade’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”

March 25, 2019

Daniele Camerlengo, Suono Milwaukee Avenue, una strada comune di Chicago, di quelle che portano addosso l’odore americano che intorpidisce e sazia le fameliche ambizioni di chi insegue, con la sua vita, l’arte delle sonorità contemporanee. Al 2421 c’è il The Whistler, club di cultoche ha visto nascere e crescere in salute la Rogue Parade, formazione stratosferica ideata … Read More

BEST OF JAZZ: Bandcamp Features Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood” in January’s Best of Jazz Round-Up!

January 30, 2019

Dave Sumner, Bandcamp Greg Ward Presents Rogue Parade Stomping Off From Greenwood There’s a menacing presence to the new one from Greg Ward. It gets in your face, and it chooses strength over subtlety more often than not. That’s what commands attention. But the slithery tempos and electronic idiosyncrasies are the sources of the album’s … Read More

REVIEW: In On The Corner Reviews Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood”

January 29, 2019

Kevin Coultas, In On The Corner Everyone already knows that Greg Ward is one of the premier musicians working in 2019 and his 2016 record Touch My Beloved’s Thought is a stone cold masterpiece. Well, he and his group of Chicago’s finest, Rogue Parade, are back at it and in a big way. For Stomping Off From Greenwood, … Read More

REVIEW: Greg Ward’s “Stomping Off From Greenwood” Gets a 4-Star Review from Downbeat

January 22, 2019

Hilary Brown, Downbeat Once a sideman to Lupe Fiasco, Mike Reed and others, saxophonist Greg Ward has emerged from the shadows with impressive fanfare. And his most recent release is an energized ode to the perils and joys of urbania: Stomping Off From Greenwood, an autobiographical account of a musician straddling the musical hotbeds of … Read More

THE PLAYLIST: The New York Times Features Greg Ward & Rogue Parade’s “The Contender”

January 21, 2019

Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times Greg Ward and Rogue Parade, ‘The Contender’ The alto saxophonist Greg Ward’s new album, “Stomping Off From Greenwood,” has the rusted, resonant sound of so much beat-driven jazz coming from Chicago natives today (Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Marquis Hill). But its instrumentation — alto sax, two guitars, bass, drums … Read More