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My tribute today is to the great artist, bassist Joris Teepe. Joris is the real thing — a real jazz musician who always swings and writes great tunes with challenging, sometimes humorous arrangements that bring out the best in the cats playing with him. Always a pleasure playing with Joris — a truly great jazz artist with vision.
Joris Teepe Extends Rashied Ali's Legacy. "Bassist Joris Teepe and drummer John Betsch are the perfect example of a well maintained engine moving through musical adventures, although rooted in the blues."
Contrabassist Joris Teepe, who lives most of the year in New York, played for nine years with Rashied Ali. With his robust tone and clear pulse he provided a solid frame for the revolutionary drummer to build on. "In the Spirit of Rashied Ali" is a beautiful production and forms an excellent homage to one of the biggest drummers in free jazz.
"In the Spirit of Rashied Ali" — album and book (written by John Weijers, JazzTribes). In December 2017 they visited New York and spoke with Rashied's widow Patricia and his brother Muhamed, alto legend Sonny Fortune, trumpeter Jumanee Smith and pianist Greg Murphy — all reflecting on Rashied Ali, the man and the musician. Their stories are part of the Rashied Ali legacy that Joris Teepe is keeping alive.
"Teepe lived up to his American dream and delivers an iconic album."
On "In the Spirit of Rashied Ali": Teepe has fashioned music to demonstrate just how hip playing inside the architecture of a brilliant piece can be.
Review of the new release by Joris Teepe with, among others, Freddie Bryant and Wayne Escoffery.