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Buselli / Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: The Gennett Suite
by Dan McClenaghan
This is where music for mass consumption--recorded music--started, in Richmond, Indiana, in the 1920s, in a piano factory by the railroad tracks in a glacier-carved gorge. Established in 1887, in the beginning Starr Pianos' bread and butter was pianos, but they branched out to selling other instruments and eventually photographs and records--their own records, recorded in the piano factory, taking breaks in the process when a train came by. At first, they called their recording side of the business Starr ...
read moreLeah Crane: Lucky to Be Me
by Jane Kozhevnikova
Hailing from Indianapolis and based in Chicago, versatile singer Leah Crane released Lucky to Be Me in 2022 after working on it since 2019. Joining her on the album is Paul Langford, a Chicago-based singer, arranger, keyboardist, producer and conductor. The album also features Rob Dixon on saxophone, Daniel Duarte on guitar, Shawn Sommer on bass and Tom Hipskind on drums. Lucky To Be Me has a variety of instrumentation ranging from a duet to an ...
read moreTim Coffman: Crossroads
by Budd Kopman
Crossroads gives hope for the future of the jazz mainstream and ultimately for our society itself. If that statement seems like a grand overstatement, then you are in for a thrill when you hear how the straightforward, exciting and joyous way that Coffman and his band play his compositions and arrangements. Maintaining an ideal mix of band sections with solo space (both with and without band interjections), Coffman's arrangements never allow a moment of flabbiness, but neither ...
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by George Harris
Tim Coffman's sophomore release provides a fine exhibition of how lyrical and soothing a trombone can actually be. Basing his music firmly in the hard bop of the early '60s Jazz Messengers, Coffman and his sextet crisply glide and breeze through a set of hard-driving jazz compositions.
On Wayne Shorter's Yes or No," and Coffman's title piece, the leader and trumpeter Scott Wendholdt seamlessly weave articulate and facile solos that are thought-provoking, intricate and inviting. Wendholdt's gentle and warm playing ...
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by Michael P. Gladstone
Add another promising trombonist to keep your eyes on! With his debut album, the Chicago-based Tim Coffman shows a keen sense of melody, arranging skills, and a style that is inspired by J.J. Johnson. Coffman's credentials indicate that he worked with David Baker and the Jamey Aebersold jazz education camps, as well as studio and show work for a vast variety of performers.
The music is presented in largely a sextet setting, with three quartet tracks and one ...
read moreSynergy Jazz Foundation kicks off the 2012-13 Synergy Jazz Concert Series
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Bill Bergren
Trombone Jazz with Tim Coffman and Rich Medd The Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center Saturday, November 10, 2012-7:30 pm Chicago area trombonist Tim Coffman will be joined by The Sam Salomone Trio in kicking off the 2012-13 Synergy Jazz Concert Series. Joining Coffman on the November 10 concert will be Iowa City trombonist Rich Medd in a special two trombone quintet featuring a few of the duet arrangements from the legendary J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding sessions. Workshops/Jam Session ...
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Dippermouth Blues
From: The Gennett SuiteBy Tim Coffman