Walt Weiskopf
A potent tenor saxophonist and composer firmly in the tradition of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, Walt Weiskopf was born in Augusta, GA, and grew up in Syracuse, NY. Upon moving to New York City, he joined the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21; two years later, Weiskopf signed on with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, concurrently forming his own quartet with brother Joel on trumpet, Jay Anderson on bass, and Jeff Hirshfeld on drums. His debut, Exact Science, appeared in 1989, followed a year later by Mindwalking; Simplicity, released in 1992, topped the European jazz charts for four weeks. After 1993's A World Away, Weiskopf for the first time departed from original compositions to record 1995's Night Lights, a collection of standards; 1997's Song for My Mother, however, returned his own material to the forefront. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Weiskopf and fellow Eastman alum Ramon Ricker teamed in 1990 to write the books Coltrane: A Player's Guide to His Harmony and The Augmented Scale in Jazz; in 1994, Weiskopf also published Intervalic Improvisation, a player's guide for broadening the scope of modern jazz improvisation. In 1996, he joined drummer Rick Hollander's quartet, and as a headliner returned in 1999 with Anytown. Siren was issued a year later.
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European Quartet: A Little Christmas Music
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 1 de dez. de 2023
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet: Diamonds and Other Jewels
Walt Weiskopf, Carl Winther, Anders Mogensen, Andreas Lang
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 19 de ago. de 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Back Home to My Galaxy
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 23 de fev. de 2024
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet: Harmless Addiction
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 6 de out. de 2023
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 19 de jan. de 2018
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet Worldwide (feat. Carl Winther, Andreas Lang, Anders Mogensen)
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 3 de mai. de 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet: Introspection 2.0
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 15 de out. de 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
European Quartet: Introspection
Walt Weiskopf, Carl Winther, Anders Mogensen, Andreas Lang
Jazz - Lançado por amm em 10 de jul. de 2020
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Way You Say It
Jazz - Lançado por Posi-Tone Records em 8 de abr. de 2016
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Fountain of Youth
Jazz - Lançado por Posi-Tone Records em 26 de mai. de 2017
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Triple Play
Jazz - Lançado por Posi-Tone Records em 17 de mar. de 2015
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo