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| Denny Zeitlin Jazz At Kitano Denny Zeitlin Jazz At Kitano: Friday, May 2nd Solo Piano, Saturday, May 3rd Trio with Buster Williams & Matt Wilson. "By any measure, Zeitlin's creative output over the past 50 years places him at jazz's creative zenith." Andrew Gilbert, JazzTimes Jan-Feb 2014 Kitano New York 66 Park Avenue, East 38th Street SOME REVIEWS OF DENNY ZEITLIN SOLO PERFORMANCES "…he is an improvisational artist whose skills are so expansive that he can integrate everything he hears into the fabric of his soloing. In the best sense, in the manner that has always been true of jazz's finest improvisers, Zeitlin constantly stretches the creative envelope, measuring himself only against the infinite demands of his music." Don Heckman, LOS ANGELES TIMES "…Zeitlin delivered a riveting solo performance." George Goodman, NEW YORK TIMES "In supreme command of the keyboard…he employs striking dissonances, he constructs extraordinary edifices of harmonics, he can be marvelously pianistic, with a velvet subtlety of touch. He is an original...Denny Zeitlin stretches jazz piano beyond any hitherto defined limits." Don Freeman, SAN DIEGO UNION "…He didn't show his brilliance through his technique (which he has), but through subtle improvisation, advanced and finely-tuned harmonic development, and a stupendous internal sense of meter…Denny Zeitlin's solo piano was the unpretentious highpoint of the festival." MUNCHNER MERKUR (Munich) SOME REVIEWS OF DENNY ZEITLIN TRIO PERFORMANCES "There was a sense of play, creativity and boldness; one felt the power of improvisation as a skill and as an almost philosophical endeavor." Ben Ratliff, NEW YORK TIMES "Merging a 1960s-'70s sensibility with a profound awareness of classical-piano history and technique, Zeitlin remains a gloriously unconventional player. In general, he pursues an unlikely array of musical idioms, apparently oblivious to musical fashion or trend...exquisitely, uniquely, Zeitlin." Howard Reich, CHICAGO TRIBUNE "The Denny Zeitlin Trio is one of our era's great bands...they've got the virtually telepathic interplay of a band that's been together awhile...the foundations-of the building, of society-shook, as the trio played with a very high level of elan, energy, and empathy...Together, these three secretly rule the world...the world of piano trios, at the very least. " Mark Keresman, JAZZREVIEW.COM "In addition to being a world-class jazz pianist, Zeitlin has been a working psychiatrist for decades...Zeitlin-working in powerfully interactive fashion with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Matt Wilson-offered another of the envelope-stretching sets that have long been his stock in trade." Don Heckman, LOS ANGELES TIMES "Monterey just has a special feeling about it. This year's lineup included some real legends...the great bassist Buster Williams, who spent Sunday evening in a trio led by another astonishing player, pianist Denny Zeitlin...This trio, with drummer Matt Wilson, a master of small gestures, played...the weekend's deepest music: vital and pulsing, like brain tissue, with lush introspective harmonies. The super-responsive rapport among the musicians went way beyond technique and into the secret world of musical intuition. " Richard Scheinin, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |