Brad Walseth reviews “Uptown”…

www.jazzchicago.net Uptown Posi-tone Records Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophone; Avi Rothbard, guitar; Gary Versace, organ; Jason Brown, drums. Britain-born Wayne Escoffery teams with Israeli-born Avi Rothbard for many of the original...

Ken Franckling review for “Uptown”…

kenfrancklingjazznotes.blogspot.com Wayne Escoffery, Uptown (Posi-Tone) London-born Wayne Escoffery (Mingus Dynasty, Tom Harrell, Monk Legacy Septet - and a Jackie McLean protege) is a rising mid-generation tenor player on the mainstream jazz scene. His...

AAJ Review of Wayne Escoffery’s Uptown

by Joel Roberts On Uptown, his fifth album as a leader, the impressive 34-year-old tenor saxophonist {Wayne Escoffery employs an old-fashioned soul jazz lineup of sax, Hammond B-3 organ, electric...

All About Jazz New York review for Wayne Escoffery “Uptown”…

www.allaboutjazz.com On Uptown, his fifth album as a leader, the impressive 34-year-old tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery employs an old-fashioned soul jazz lineup of sax, Hammond B-3 organ, electric guitar and...

Curt’s Jazz Cafe comments on Wayne Escoffery “Uptown”….

curtjazz.wordpress.com Uptown – Wayne Escoffery – It’s a veritable rite of passage for mainstream tenor players to eventually have to deliver a date where they front a soulful organ trio. ...

Zan Stewart reviews Jared Gold – Supersonic….

www.nj.com Supersonic Jared Gold (Posi-Tone) Jersey-based organist Jared Gold’s new CD packs plenty of musical bounty. Teaming with guitarist Ed Cherry and drummer McClenty Hunter, Gold — happily, a disciple of...

Owen Cordle writes about “Uptown”…

www.newsobserver.com If you haven't heard tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, his presence in trumpeter Tom Harrell's quintet is reason enough to check him out. Among other credits, you might consider his...

jazzweekly.com reviews for “Uptown” and “Supersonic”…

www.jazzweekly.com Wayne Escoffery Uptown Posi-tone Records www.posi-tone.com Jared Gold Supersonic Posi-tone Records www.posi-tone.com By George W. Harris The studio used by Posi-tone must have some vintage Hammond B3 stuck in...

An English blog covers Wayne Escoffery’s Uptown

Wayne Escoffery: Uptown (Posi-Tone Records) thejazzbreakfast.wordpress.com He has become indelibly associated with the New York scene, but in fact tenor player Wayne Escoffery was born here in London, though he...