Jason Rigby

"Rigby is strong and confident, but he also allows risk-taking, moving comfortably out of the mainstream into freer territories. Given this stellar debut, it will be quite interesting to see where Rigby's musical ventures will lead next." - Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz "...the strength of Translucent Space lies in its coherence, intellect and accessibility—making it one of the year’s most remarkable debuts." - John Kelman, AllAboutJazz "Rigby's burly tenor tone and searching improvisations recall the expressionistic flights of Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson." - John Murph, DownBeat "Rigby flirts with the same stratospheric heights Wayne Shorter explored with Miles." - J Hunter, AllAboutJazz "...the saxophonist's quintet sustains a daunting finesse while swinging full tilt on the new The Sage." - Jim Macnie, The Village Voice "Jason Rigby is a bold adventurous composer and saxophonist." - Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz "He blends styles artfully and gives them a tangent and direction that are out of the ordinary and, in doing so, he brings in a perspective that is as exciting as it is satisfying." - Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz "Translucent Space (Fresh Sound-New Talent), the new album by the saxophonist and bass clarinetist Jason Rigby, doesn't come by its name casually; it's an album of airy, often diaphanous music, with faint echoes of early fusion and Third Stream." - Nate Chinen, NY Times "A robust tenor/soprano stylist in the classic Post-War mold of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, Rigby also embraces the harmonically unfettered lyricism of Ornette Coleman

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"Rigby is strong and confident, but he also allows risk-taking, moving comfortably out of the mainstream into freer territories. Given this stellar debut, it will be quite interesting to see where Rigby's musical ventures will lead next." - Mark F. Turner, AllAboutJazz "...the strength of Translucent Space lies in its coherence, intellect and accessibility—making it one of the year’s most remarkable debuts." - John Kelman, AllAboutJazz "Rigby's burly tenor tone and searching improvisations recall the expressionistic flights of Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson." - John Murph, DownBeat "Rigby flirts with the same stratospheric heights Wayne Shorter explored with Miles." - J Hunter, AllAboutJazz "...the saxophonist's quintet sustains a daunting finesse while swinging full tilt on the new The Sage." - Jim Macnie, The Village Voice "Jason Rigby is a bold adventurous composer and saxophonist." - Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz "He blends styles artfully and gives them a tangent and direction that are out of the ordinary and, in doing so, he brings in a perspective that is as exciting as it is satisfying." - Jerry D'Souza, AllAboutJazz "Translucent Space (Fresh Sound-New Talent), the new album by the saxophonist and bass clarinetist Jason Rigby, doesn't come by its name casually; it's an album of airy, often diaphanous music, with faint echoes of early fusion and Third Stream." - Nate Chinen, NY Times "A robust tenor/soprano stylist in the classic Post-War mold of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter, Rigby also embraces the harmonically unfettered lyricism of Ornette Coleman. An improviser with a composer's mindset, his concise, linear statements extrapolate the formal constraints of a tune rather than just running the changes." - Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz "The young saxophonist's Translucent Space gave jitters a good name. The antsy music had enough grace to assuage its attack. That's a best of both worlds deal." - Jim Macnie, The Village Voice "An arresting debut from multi-reedman Rigby...as a composer and arranger his originality is even more striking...he's created a distinctive, if eclectic, synthesis of Wayne Shorter and Ornette Coleman, with echoes of Paul Motian's trio...One to watch." - Ray Comiskey, The Irish Times (Dublin, IR)

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