Bob Legget Artist Name: Walt Weiskopf European Quartet Album Name: Worldwide Label: Orenda Records Genre: Jazz Track Listing: 1. Entebbe; 2. Back in Japan; 3. Soultrane; 4. Russian Roulette; 5. March by Moonlight; 6. Back in Brazil; 7. Oceans; 8. The Pawnbroker; 9....
Review by Peter Vacher | London Jazz News Tenorist Weiskopf is one of those top New York pros whose career has taken in the heady first-call local session scene as well as world-wide tours with top rock groups, in his case the Steely Dan and Donald Fagen bands. Fellow...
George W. Harris | Jazz Weekly Big toned tenor saxist Walt Weiskopf sounds like a Prestige-era John Coltrane on this hard bopping session with Carl Winther/p, Andreas Lang/b and Anders Mogensen/dr on this collection of originals and a couple covers. Weiskopf’s...
C. Andrew Hovan Back in 1992, saxophonist Walt Weiskopf made his first date for Criss Cross Jazz, Simplicity. It is one of the most daring new recordings of the period, featuring Weiskopf’s incendiary playing and stellar compositions. Over the course of the next...
Walt Weiskopf is a jazz saxophonist/composer who recently released a new album, European Quartet. This beautiful record features seven new tracks, including opening number “Kma.” The latter immediately ignites the listener’s heart and mind with...