A taste of Ray Anderson
With the news of our new RVAJazzfest featured performer yesterday, you may be wondering who this Ray Anderson guy is (unless, of course, you’re already aware of his prolific career). Well, we scour YouTube so you don’t have to.
With the news of our new RVAJazzfest featured performer yesterday, you may be wondering who this Ray Anderson guy is (unless, of course, you’re already aware of his prolific career). Well, we scour YouTube so you don’t have to. We’ve got three videos below that show off some different sides of the trombonist’s playing: his ultra-rhythmicism, his balladic sensitivity (and incredible control over atmospheric high notes), and his ability to contribute to a creative improvised dialogue.
In other words, qualities that make him such a good match for Ombak.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRr840pgUY[/youtube]
With saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, bassist Brad Jones, and drummer John Betsch
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSI8M_eR3Yk[/youtube]
Charles Mingus’s “Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love” from Anderson’s 1991 album Wishbone
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4p7Vvihs4[/youtube]
Improvised duo with Marty Ehrlich at Amsterdam Bimhuis, June 2009
One of his most long-standing groups, BassDrumBone (with Gerry Hemingway on drums and Mark Helias on bass), has a noticeable absence of videos on YouTube with quality audio, so you should at least check this tune out: A Cuppa.
View event details or purchase tickets
-
Recommend this
on Facebook -
Report an error
-
Subscribe to our
Weekly Digest
There are 2 reader comments. Read them.