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Don Aliquo/Clay Jenkins Quintet: New Ties and Binds
JAZZ DAGAMA
It would be difficult to imagine a much better quintet recording than New Ties and Binds. The performance of tenor saxophonist Don Aliquo and trumpeter Clay Jenkins together with the rest of the members of this quintet combines poetry with a cool aristocratic dignity—the latter due in no small part to the bass of Rufus Reid. -
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Don Aliquo: Growth
ALL ABOUT JAZZ
On Growth, his eighth album as a leader, it is said that Nashville-based saxophonist Don Aliquo "pushes past his established comfort zone and into more precarious and challenging improvisational territory." -
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Don Aliquo: Jazz Folk
ALL ABOUT JAZZ
Tenor saxophonist Don Aliquo is based in Nashville, Tennessee, but his sound on Jazz Folk sounds very East Coast mainstream. His smooth, clean tenor tone and seemingly fluid and intricately articulate flow of always surprising ideas brings veteran saxophonist George Coleman to mind, especially the way he makes it sound so easy. -
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Don Aliquo
MUSIC ARCHIVES
Growth is hardly a new theme for reed player Don Aliquo. Mentored from childhood by his father, the still-active 93-year-old saxophonist Don Aliquo Sr., he has grown steadily as an artist and educator in his own right and his body of work shows it.
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Aliquo/Adair Too Marvelous For Words
IN A BLUE MOOD
I recently had the pleasure to write about saxophonist Don Aliquo with respect to his fine work with a quintet co-led with trumpeter Clay Jenkins. The Nashville based saxophonist has a new release with Nashville pianist Beegie Adair and her trio (bassist Roger Spencer and drummer Chris Brown) "Too Marvelous For Words" (Adair Music Group).
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Don Aliquo
JAZZ TIMES
Steeped in Pittsburgh’s rich jazz tradition, saxophonist Don Aliquo grew up listening to and learning from jazz legends. Following in the footsteps of his father, a well-respected jazz artist himself, Don spent his formative years performing with many of the region’s greats including Joe Harris, Danny Conn Johnny Costa, David Budway, and Jeff Watts.
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Another Look: More Recent Releases You Don’t Want to Miss
NASHVILLE SCENE
The flow of outstanding releases from Nashville musicians never seems to cease. The Scene’s music writers have eight new recommendations for you, which you can add to your streaming queue, pick up from your favorite local record store or put on your wish list for Bandcamp Friday.
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Michael Jefry Stevens & Don Aliquo: The Innocence of Spring, Michael Jefry Stevens & The Mountain Chamber Jazz Orchestra: The Poet Is In The House
JAZZ WEEKLY
Two recent albums by pianist/composer Michael Jefry Stevens shows the range of not only himself, but of the art of jazz.
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iTA Studio Streams
iTA Studio Streams Episode 1 featuring the Don Aliquo Trio - Don Aliquo, Jonathan Wires, Matt Endahl We believe that doing something is better than doing nothing, so we decided to start a live online, streaming, 50-minute concert series called iTA Studio Streams to help some of Nashville's local musical heroes during this time. iTA Studio Streams will feature musicians playing live and taking a few questions for an online-only audience.
Neon Jazz Interview
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Nashville-based Veteran Jazz Saxophonist Don Aliquo .. Originally from Pittsburg, Don opened up about his new 2023 CD Growth .. These days he remains an active performing and recording artist that has played or recorded with many notable artists over the years like Rufus Reid, Gary Burton, Greg Osby, Roger Humphries, Jim McNeely and many others. He’s got a great trove of experience and stories .. Enjoy this interview