Michael Zilber - Billy Collins Project: Eleven on Turning Ten - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Bay Area saxophonist / composer's 11th recording as leader or co-leader is a labor of love that reflects both his keen sense of the history of the music and his infinite capacity to swing. Citing the profound influence of seven sax masters - Michael Brecker, Sonny Rollins, Dave Liebman, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane and Paul Desmond - Zilber, along with New York greats Dave Kikoski on piano, bassist James Genus, and drummer Clarence Penn, has fashioned a potent homage that is infused with all-knowing nods to his heroes. InchZilber is flawless, soulful... a sound as individualistic, and as modernistic and compelling, as any out there.Inch - ALL ABOUT JAZZInch... art music of the highest order performed with passion, wit and verve.Inch - JAZZTIMES Album Tracks 1. Breckerfast Club 2. Leaves (For Mike Brecker) 3. Partly Sonny 4. Autumn Lieb 5. Weather Wayne 6. Pastel Blues (For Wayne Shorter) 7. Hen House 8. Late Night Trane (In the Distance) 9. Lieb Dich 10. Coltraning Daze 11. St. Paul (Desmond)

Recorded live at Berkeley's California Jazz Conservatory in 2012 at the end of a two-week tour InchLive BeautyInch captures the lithe and dynamic Bay Area quartet that John Stowell and Michael Zilber have co-led for the past 7 years. It well represents the effortless empathy and telepathy these four musicians have developed during that time. Inch..there's no mistaking Stowell's remarkable prowess and sensitivity on electric on electric and acoustic guitars-or the fun he's having in this highly interactive setting.Inch Jazz Times. InchFans of John Scofield's '90s recordings should find much to enjoy...Inch- Jazz Times. Album Tracks 1. In the Park 2. Shot Through with Beauty 3. Quantum Theory 4. Stowell What 5. Cookie Monster Blue 6. My Funny Valentine 7. Wabash III

2014 album from thePost-Rock band. For nearly a decade, Tycho (aka has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the of AWAKE, his second LP for Ghostly International, the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. 'This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.' Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but AWAKE is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result. Album Tracks 1. Awake 2. Montana 3. L 4. Dye 5. See 6. Apogee 7. Spectre 8. Plains