Tag: gary smulyan

A few weeks ago at Smalls club in the West Village of New York City, I had the extreme pleasure or watching two sets that featured some of the best baritone playing around. Gary Smulyan & Frank Basile are two incredible baritone saxophonists that are directly connected to the Pepper Adams lineage.

Everyone can now watch both evenings (4 sets total) on the online streaming archive from Smalls – called SmallLive. You’ll need to sign up for a membership, but $10 a month is a small price for the incredible amount of live jazz you’ll have access to. This concert alone had a $20 cover per set to see. Also, in these strange times Musicians and Clubs need all the support they can get – Smalls shares revenue from online streaming with the musicians.

Head over to the Smalls Live archive and watch these incredible sets:
https://www.smallslive.com/events/16554-frank-basile-gary-smulyan-quintet-boss-baritones/

The Jazz Profiles blog has posted a very in depth and interesting article on Gary Smulyan‘s latest album, “Alternative Contrafacts“

The post is worth a read and the album is definitely worth a listen. I think this is one of Gary’s best albums, especially in trio format.

Head on over and read the article to learn more about contrafacts and Gary’s album.

Congratulations goes to Gary Smulyan this year, as he is the current winner of the Jazz Journalist Association’s Baritone Saxophonist of the Year category!

Check out the full list here:

http://www.jjajazzawards.org/2013/05/2013-jja-jazz-awards-winners-music.html

Congratulations to Gary Smulyan who won the 2012, 60th annual DOWNBEAT magazine critics poll for Baritone Saxophone!

Greg Tardy won the “Rising Star” Category.

If you are a DOWNBEAT reader, the 77th annual reader’s poll survey is now open. Click below to vote!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/downbeat_readers