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Gary Thomas (musician)
Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist, born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition band and has worked with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Jim Hall, Dave Holland, Greg Osby, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Coltrane, Cassandra Wilson, Wallace Roney, Steve Coleman, and Miles Davis. Thomas was the Director and Chair of Jazz Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Discography As leader * ''The Seventh Quadrant'' ( Enja,1987) * ''Code Violations'' (Enja, 1988) * ''By Any Means Necessary'' ( JMT, 1989) * '' While the Gate Is Open'' (JMT, 1990) * ''The Kold Kage'' (JMT, 1991) * ''Corporate Art'' (JMT, 1991) * ''Till We Have Faces'' (JMT, 1992) * '' Exile's Gate'' (JMT, 1993) * '' Overkill'' (JMT, 1995) * ''Found on Sordid Streets'' (Winter & Winter, 1997) * ''Pariah's Pariah'' (Winter & Winter, 1998) As sideman With Cecil Brooks III *'' The Collective'' (Muse, 1989) With U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by population, the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an Independent city (United States), independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the most populous independent city in the United States. As of 2021, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the List of metropolitan areas of the United States, 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about north northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest combined statistical area, CSA in the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader. Many Shorter compositions have become jazz standards, and his music has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise and commendation. Shorter has won 11 Grammy Awards. He is acclaimed for his mastery of the soprano saxophone since switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s and beginning an extended reign in 1970 as '' Down Beat''s annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics' poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers' for 18. ''The New York Times Ben Ratliff described Shorter in 2008 as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Found On Sordid Streets
''Found on Sodid Streets'' is the ninth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1996 and released on the Winter & Winter label. accessed December 1, 2014 Reception awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic listingaccessed December 1, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "Spellbound" (George Colligan) - 10:04 # "Treason" - 6:42 # "The Eternal Present" ( |
Overkill (Gary Thomas Album)
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Exile's Gate (album)
''Exile's Gate'' is the seventh album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1993 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed September 26, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "As a leader, saxophonist and composer Gary Thomas is wildly ambitious. Throughout the 1980s and into the '90s, Thomas experimented with everything from free jazz and funk to heavy metal and hip-hop. ''Exile's Gate'' is another such exercise... The first band plays Thomas' free-spirited and aggressive originals while the second plays standards for the most part. Only Thomas would think of putting the two approaches together on one record on alternate cuts."Jurek, T.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "Exile's Gate" - 9:26 # "Like Someone in Love" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 9:01 # "Kulture Bandits" - 7:19 # "Blues on the Corner" (McCoy Tyner) - 8:00 # " Night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till We Have Faces (Gary Thomas Album)
''Till We Have Faces'' is the sixth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1992 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed November 14, 2014 As with his previous album ''While the Gate Is Open'' (1990), it features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards. Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "This is Thomas' best moment on record thus far, and a casebook example of reinterpreting the jazz genre."Jurek, T.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 The Chicago Tribune's Jack Fuller noted "The combination of Gary Thomas' whirling dervish tenor saxophone and Pat Metheny's guitar makes this an outstanding recording".Fuller, J.Chicago Tribune Review June 20, 1993 Track listing Personnel * Gary Thomas – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute *Pat Metheny – electric guitar (tracks 1-6 & 8) *Tim Murphy – piano (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 8) * Anthony Cox – bass (tracks 1, 5 & 6), Ed Howard (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8) *Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kold Kage
''The Kold Kage'' is the fifth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1991 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed September 26, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states, "Far from academic, this is fire-breathing music, one that forces not only confrontation but, from any open-minded music listener, a reexamination of the jazz terrain as a once, present, and future music."Jurek, T.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "Threshold" - 6:59 # "Gate of Faces" - 6:57 # "Intellect" (Gary Thomas, Joe Wesson) - 7:09 # "Infernal Machine" (Thomas, Wesson) - 6:58 # "The Divide" - 7:25 # "Peace of the Korridor" - 6:51 # "First Strike" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:18 # "Beyond the Fall of Night" (Anthony Perkins) - 1:53 # "The Kold Kage" (Thomas, Wesson) - 7:11 # "Kulture Bandits (To Be Continued)" (Joe Lee, Gary Thomas) - 1:30 Personnel * Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While The Gate Is Open
''While the Gate Is Open'' is the fourth album by saxophonist Gary Thomas which was recorded in 1990 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed November 14, 2014 It features Thomas' interpretations of eight jazz standards. Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Thomas gives the eight tunes fresh treatments and as usual avoids all clichés (and the logic of bop) in his explorative improvisations."Yanow, S.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 ''The Guardians John Fordham noted "This one features the hard-nosed Miles Davis saxophonist Gary Thomas with a fiercely collaborative band of experts... There's a lot of full-on tenor sax blasting over ferocious percussion barrages... The saxophonist's tendency to spit out phrases rather than massage them into life gives his work a rather impassive quality that mellowed later".Fordham, JThe Guardian Review October 31, 2003 Track listing # "Strode Rode" (Sonny Rollins) - 8:06 # "Star Eyes" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas Album)
''By Any Means Necessary'' is the third album by saxophonist Gary Thomas recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.Shimada, T.JMT label discography accessed November 14, 2014 Reception The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "The music features dense ensembles, simultaneous improvisations, eccentric funk rhythms, and rhythmic but very dissonant horn solos that have a logic of their own. One can think of this noisy date as being an updated extension of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and is recommended to open-minded listeners who think that nothing new has been played in jazz since the mid-'70s."Yanow, S.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 17, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Gary Thomas except as indicated'' # "By Any Means Necessary" - 7:44 # "Continuum" - 6:52 # "You're Under Arrest" (John Scofield) - 7:17 # "Potential Hazard" - 6:23 # "To the Vanishing Point" - 4:37 # "Screen Gem" - 5:02 # "Janala" (Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Naná Vasconcelos) - 2: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consistently ranks among the most prestigious universities in the United States and the world. The university was named for its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur and Quaker philanthropist Johns Hopkins. Hopkins' $7 million bequest to establish the university was the largest philanthropic gift in U.S. history up to that time. Daniel Coit Gilman, who was inaugurated as Johns Hopkins's first president on February 22, 1876, led the university to revolutionize higher education in the U.S. by integrating teaching and research. In 1900, Johns Hopkins became a founding member of the American Association of Universities. The university has led all U.S. universities in annual research expenditures over the past three decades. Johns Hopkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at Juilliard in New York City, before dropping out and making his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the ''Birth of the Cool'' sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, he signed a long-term contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Coleman
Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing alto saxophone at the age of 14. Coleman attended Illinois Wesleyan University for two years,. followed by a transfer to Roosevelt University (Chicago Musical College). Coleman moved to New York in 1978 and worked in big bands such as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Slide Hampton's big band, Sam Rivers' Studio Rivbea Orchestra, and briefly in Cecil Taylor's big band.Steve Coleman in: Fred JungMy Conversation with Steve Coleman July, 1999, M-base.com Shortly thereafter, Coleman began working as a sideman with David Murray, Doug Hammond, Dave Holland, Michael Brecker and Abbey Lincoln. For the first four years in New York Coleman spent a good deal of time playing in the streets and in tiny clubs with a band that he put together wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
