Dan Weiss

Quinsin Nachoff: Stars and Constellations

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 2, 2024

Quinsin Nachoff è personaggio atipico nell'attuale panorama musicale. Attivo e apprezzato interprete di musica classica come di musica improvvisata, continua a operare con successo in entrambi i campi ma da anni,--attraverso lavori commissionati ad hoc, progetti multimediali che coinvolgono esperti di fisica, cineasti, orchestre da camera, quartetti d'archi --, sta portando avanti una personale visione delle possibili convivenze tra i due mondi musicali. Niente di nuovo, si dirà--senza scomodare ingombranti richiami alla Third Stream Music--sono numerosi i ...

Yuhan Su: Liberated Gesture

by Angelo Leonardi
March 25, 2024

«Quest'album rappresenta la libertà che stavo cercando--dice Yuhan Su--una variante di me più raffinata e un messaggio sul periodo in cui ci troviamo». Giunta al quarto disco in un decennio d'attività professionale a New York, la vibrafonista taiwanese conferma d'essere una strumentista di prim'ordine e soprattutto una compositrice e leader innovativa, in equilibrio tra post-bop e avanguardia. I segni erano evidenti nel suo precedente album per la Sunnyside (City Animals, 2018) inciso con un quintetto differente, dove ...

Dan Weiss: Even Odds

by Mike Jurkovic
March 20, 2024

To say that “It Is What It Is"--regarding drummer/composer Dan Weiss's feverish first track on the fervently episodic Even Odds--misses the whole point entirely. It could be anything. And within its spacious yet oddly claustrophobic three-and-a-half minutes, evolutions come and go in real time. And real time is a bitch if you cannot keep up. It is a wild statement but one that needs to be said, especially at the onset of music such as Even Odds. It ...

Jon Irabagon's Outright!: Recharge the Blade

by Mark Corroto
February 15, 2024

As with nearly all of saxophonist Jon Irabagon's music, the matter for debate is whether the listener needs to be as caffeinated as the musician. His brand of performance, going back two decades, has been one of constant motion and a bottomless cup of ideas. We heard this in Irabagon's contribution to the band Mostly Other People Do The Killing, his I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues series, and his collaboration with Joe Fonda in Barry Altschul's 3Dom Factor. ...

Yuhan Su: Liberated Gesture

by Hrayr Attarian
February 4, 2024

A remarkable feature of vibraphonist Yuhan Su's captivating fourth release as a leader, LIberated Gesture, is its cohesiveness and narrative quality. Even though only three tracks are part of a suite, common motifs and logical transitions interconnect all ten. This and the sublime balance between the emotional and the cerebral endows the work with its enchanting impressionism. Pianist Matt Mitchell sets an expectant mood on “Naked Swimmer" with his percussive and sparse chords. Mitchell, together with drummer Dan ...

Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces

by Jerome Wilson
September 23, 2023

The subtitle of this album is “Folk Songs Reimagined" and Daniel Hersog uses a very liberal meaning for the term “folk song" here. He includes traditional folk songs on this album, in addition to familiar tunes by Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot and his own folk-based compositions. All are given a glistening polish in the sweeping cinematic arrangements which he writes for his orchestra, and are further enhanced by excellent solo work from a number of musicians. Hersog's ...

Daniel Hersog: Open Spaces

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2023

Locked down and socially distanced during the pandemic, composer-arranger Daniel Hersog had an interesting idea: rearrange some well-known and well-loved folk songs, most with Canadian roots, for jazz orchestra and throw in a handful of his own original compositions with a folk-tune ambience. The result is Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined, the sophomore album by Hersog's Vancouver-based ensemble. As on his debut recording, Night Devoid of Stars (Cellar Music, 2020), Hersog welcomes a number of talented guest ...

Dan Weiss CD Release Concert April 15th, 2011 at the Jazz Gallery in NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 14, 2011

Dan Weiss CD Concert Friday April 15th, 2011/ 9pm and 10:30 pm $20/$10 members The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street NYC 212-242-1063 This performance will celebrate the release of his new CD Jhaptal Drum set Solo accompanied by Miles Okazaki. Dan Weiss—Drums Miles Okazaki—Guitar Dan Weiss is one of the most innovative and sought-after drummers in the current jazz scene, having proved indispensable to David Binney's Balance, Joel Harrison's Free ...
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Drummer Dan Weiss Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: Sunnyside Records
August 3, 2010

The first time drummer/composer Dan Weiss is heard, there can be a perception of something inherently wrong with the music. It slowly creeps up--like a chill on a cool morning, just as the sun is rising over a misty ridge. Waves of lush pastel colors pass over and around in impassioned washes of rhythm and elements of time. The slow intensity of his cymbal work is similar to tones on a keyboard connecting with all aspects of a quiet and ...
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Drummer, Tabla Player and Composer Dan Weiss Releases Sunnyside Debut, "Timshel" on March 16th, 2010

Source: Fully Altered Media
February 13, 2010

In-Demand New York Drummer for Dave Binney, Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition, Vijay Iyer & Many Others

One of Five Drummers to Watch (and Hear) According to NY Times Critic Ben Ratliff Release Date: March 16, 2010

Album Features: Jacob Sacks & Thomas Morgan (+ Jack Lemmon cameo)

Timshel, meaning Thou Mayest, is a Hebrew word which challenges the traditional biblical phrase, Thou Shalt. I came across this word as I read John Steinbeck's ...
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