Jazz Articles about Fred Jacobs

Fred Jacobs: Time Change

by Robert Spencer
December 1, 1999

Fred Jacobs is a deft and versatile trumpeter who covers a lot of ground on Time Change. He dives right into the title track, sounding as bright and assured as Freddie Hubbard or Woody Shaw, but with verve and a smooth, fluent originality. Tenor man Scott Kreitzer is right in step with him, arching his lines over the rhythm a la Coltrane or Shorter, with a gentle and genial mien.

But there is much more than just letter-perfect hard bop ...