By Derek Ansell, Jazz Views This is a jazz big band very much in the classic tradition but with a full, contemporary sound of their own. Derrick Gardner is trumpet … Read More
REVIEW: Derrick Gardner & The Big Dig! Band ‘Still I Rise’ – Jazz Views
The Big Dig “Still I Rise”
REVIEW: Mind-Blowing Power and Tunesmiting on Derrick Gardner and The Big Dig! Band’s First Album – New York Music Daily
By delarue, New York Music Daily There hasn’t been a debut big band jazz recording as powerful, and lavish, and fun as Derrick Gardner and the Big Dig! Band’s first … Read More
BEST CANADIAN JAZZ OF 2020: Laila Biali & Derrick Gardner on Ottawa Citizen
By Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen While many jazz lovers will think poorly of 2020 because the global pandemic killed festivals, tours and gigs, the year also nonetheless saw the release … Read More
REVIEW: Derrick Gardner & The Big dig! Band “Still I Rise” – Downbeat
By Herb Boyd, Downbeat Tribute might be the operative word on Still I Rise, the album’s title a salute to author Maya Angelou, while several of the tracks conjure the … Read More
FEATURES: November 2020 DownBeat Issue Includes Reviews of Miki Yamanaka, Teodross Avery, Geof Bradfield, Derrick Gardner, & Feature On Lakecia Benjamin
DownBeat Magazine The November 2020 Issue of DownBeat magazine includes reviews of Miki Yamanaka’s Human Dust Suite, Teodross Avery’s Harlem Stories: The Music Of Thelonious Monk, Geof Bradfield’s General Semantics, Derrick Gardner & The … Read More
REVIEW: Still I Rise – Derrick Gardner & The Big Dig! Band / The WholeNote
By Ted Parkinson, The WholeNote Derrick Gardner’s musical journey began in Chicago, where both his parents were musicians and educators, moved to New York for more study, then around the … Read More
REVIEW: Derrick Gardner & The Big Dig: Still I Rise album review – All About Jazz
By Jack Bowers, All About Jazz Trumpeter Derrick Gardner, a Chicagoan who has performed around the world with a who’s who of jazz luminaries from Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and … Read More
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Derrick Gardner The Big Dig “Still I Rise” on WRTI
By Matt Silver, WRTI July 20, 2020. Turns out Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba, is more than just a cold, forbidding outpost that … Read More