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Brooklyn Sax Quartet: Far Side of Here
by Aaron Rogers
Avant-garde jazz groups can sometimes sound too remote or off-the-wall, even to a hard-core jazz fan. When free jazz musicians play without bass, piano or drums, the music can have a tendency to lose its sense of structure when it comes to harmony and rhythm.
Although the Brooklyn Sax Quartet can be labeled as a free jazz group without a rhythm section, the group plays the new thing" (as it was called in the early '60s by pioneers like Ornette ...
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by Terrell Kent Holmes
The vibrancy and emotion of the Brooklyn Sax Quartet underscores its social conscience. This inventive group puts together a program that embraces multiculturalism and acknowledges the struggle against injustice without proselytizing. At a recent March show at St. John's Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Sax Quartet performed several numbers from Far Side of Here, whose splendid solo/group interplay recalls the dynamics of a Greek chorus. On the opener, Tie Me Sufre (TEEay may SOOfray), altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa ...
read moreThe Red Cat Review - Avishai Cohen, The Brooklyn Sax Quartet, Mick Rossi, Pat Daugherty, Roni Ben-Hur
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All About Jazz
THE RED CAT REVIEW An occasional newsletter from Red Cat Publicity March 29, 2005 New CD release Upcoming CD releases Upcoming performances NEW CD RELEASES: The Brooklyn Sax Quartet - Far Side of Here" in stores now on OmniTone - a tribute to former band member, the late Sam Furnace, and a saxophone and improvisation tour de force featuring the compositions of BSQ leaders David Bindman (tenor) and Fred Ho (bari), plus riveting new takes on A Night In Tunisia" ...
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The Brooklyn Sax Quartet Live In Greenpoint - Friday, March 4 At 8:00 PM
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All About Jazz
The Brooklyn Sax Quartet Live In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, March 4 at 8:00 PM
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All About Jazz
Brooklyn Sax Quartet CD now out on innova Recordings
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All About Jazz
"The Way of the Saxophone" Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet innova 549
...one of the strongest reed units anywhere, one that is focused in ensemble and distinctively individualistic in solos." -- Bob Blumenthal, The Boston Globe
The Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet, co-founded by tenorist David Bindman and baritonist Fred Ho, and joined by Sam Furnace and Chris Jonas, is a boldly colorful, radical saxophone quartet performing original works and arrangements which span the breadth of new music and harmonically ...
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