Gordon Lee - Flying Dream - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

While retaining his exciting and original compositional voice, Gordon Lee moves from the big band of InchFlying DreamInch (OAT 22016) to the piano trio for his second OA2 . Along with his band of Northwest all-stars, Lee explores a diverse set of 7 originals and 5 compelling arrangements of compositions by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Lee Morgan, and a Native American chant by his former boss and mentor, the late saxophonist Jim Pepper. InchLee unravels a series of original melodies that are insinuating or soulful or both.Inch - Jazz Times InchPianist Gordon Lee's solos are often vast feats of architecture, their immense proportions looming up with great suddenness... symphonic precision as well as spontaneous improvisation.Inch - Oregon Jazz Scene.

Limited marbled magma colored vinyl LP pressing. 2014 album from Chicano Batman. Includes fan favorites InchCycles of ExistentialInch and InchMagmaInch.

Since 1998, pianist Gordon Lee has been a mainstay with drummer Mel Brown's hard-swinging sextet as they've played to packed rooms every Tuesday Night at Jimmy Mak's in downtown Portland. Known for it's adherence to the Inchhard bopInch sounds of Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Wayne Shorter, Lee's compositions follow in that style, but with new 21st century twists. His first recording with the band, InchGordon Bleu,Inch led to them winning the 1989 Hennessy Jazz Search, where they beat out 700 other groups from around the world. InchTuesday NightInch is the long-overdue second recording of this inspired, soulful band and a tribute to the enduring legacy of drummer & bandleader, Mel Brown.Inch... Lee's own inventive, often virtuosic, improvisations are uniquely his own... Inch - Cadence