The saxophonist has the slithery facility of a bebopper, but I also hear something of the forthright stance of Coltrane in his playing, despite the rhythmic complexity of his writing — and his distinctively varied use of his Puerto Rican background.
Miguel Zenón
Jazz Album Review: Miguel Zenón’s Law Years Band & Christian McBride’s New Jawn Band
Two pianoless quartets + two restless leaders = some of the best music of the last few years.
Jazz Album Review: “El Arte del Bolero” — Passionate Homage to the Era of the Bolero
So Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.
Jazz CD Review: Miguel Zenón — An Extraordinary Scholar/Composer
Miguel Zenón’s extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.
Music Review/Commentary: Anat Cohen’s Tentet & SFJAZZ Collective — Strength in Numbers
Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.
Jazz Review: SF Jazz Collective at Berklee, 3/8/13—This Year’s Model
The members of the Collective seem to have an understanding that their job is to make music that reflects a group identity as well as their individual personalities.