Derrick Gardner

Derrick Gardner's Jazz Prophets, up to ten pieces, is intent on presenting some of the strongest post-bop jazz music (not specifically ethnic as the title suggests) molded in the cast of Art Blakey's Jazz ...Read full review

Trumpeter Derrick Gardner is clearly fond of the hard bop sound of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and that style is somewhat modernized on this set of original mainstream jazz. Sporting a three-horn front ...Read full review