Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder

Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder: Flip!

by Dan McClenaghan
April 3, 2003

Saxophonist Andy Parsons and drummer Gene Lewin are the core of this quartet, long term collaborators and partners on two previous CDs. For Flip! they've brought in the renowned bassist, John Patitucci, who plays with sax great Wayne Shorter, and has his own stellar CD, Songs, Stories.... In addition they've got a new (to this reviewer) guitarist with a clan and quite original sound, Ben Monder.All of the tunes on Flip! are Parsons originals, with a lone exception. ...

Parsons/Lewin/Patitucci/Monder: Flip!

by Mark Corroto
April 3, 2003

Least we forget, jazz was once popular music. Not something that required a degree in music theory to appreciate, nor merely a ‘quiet storm’ of background soundtrack for your office cubicle. It seems the young cats today, the likes of Ben Allison, Matt Wilson, and Charlie Hunter, desire to come down from the lofty perch jazz inhabits. Count the slightly lesser known (but most deserving) Andy Parsons among this new breed.

A semifinalist in the 2002 Thelonious Monk ...