“There are a few more emphatically dazzling drummers working today, but almost nobody in Wilson’s peer group with a broader sense of jazz history, or a more natural sense of time, or a stronger signature as a bandleader, or more goodwill among his fellow players.” That’s Nate Chinen of Jazz Times magazine speaking of Matt …
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Live Set from SF Jazz Collective, New Music from Johnathan Blake – Bob Stewart
If you aren’t already familiar with the eight artists who make up the SF Jazz Collective, you will be. As soloists, composers and bandleaders, they represent what’s happening now in jazz. More than master instrumentalists, each member is possessed of a totally individual creative voice, working collectively to express a unified musical identity. They also …
Worldy and Cool – Bob Stewart
Elio Villafranca and Arturo Stable, two Cuban-born maestros of jazz and world music,unveil “Dos Y Mas” — the debut recording of their new piano and percussion collaboration. The intimate musical journey was sparked nine years ago when the pair met for the first time while working for Jane Bunnett’s Spirits of Havana band. Together and …
Lorber’s Fusion; Bass-ic Glawisching – Bob Stewart
By the late 1970s, trailblazing keyboardist and composer Jeff Lorber had become a prominent figure in the new movement know as jazz fusion-a marriage of traditional jazz with elements of rock, R&B, funk and other electrified sounds. The Jeff Lorber Fusion first honed their craft on the Portland, Oregon, club scene and rapidly expanded their …
Kennedy Senior Wins Corridor Jazz Art Contest
Whitney Jungjohann, a senior at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Jungjohann will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM and her design will adorn the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project V”, a compilation of recordings from the top …
Cat’s Tour De Force, a Northwest Clipper – Bob Stewart
Vocalist Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker born to musical royalty. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a pioneering pianist/composer/bandleader and Louis Armstrong’s long-time side-kick. Her mother, Carline Ray, is a bassist, guitarist and vocalist who performed with Mary Lou Williams, among others. After graduating with honors from the American Academy of Dramatic …
Ernie Watts’ Oasis; Floridian Has New CD – Bob Stewart
“What comes through is Watts’ essential lyricism. There are some players with Ernie Watts’ total command of an instrument who focus more on showing their technical prowess than on creating music. They equate showers of notes with saying something.But Watts is always saying something-as musicians put it-through the mastery of his horn. Never in the …
Evans & Monk Tributes – Bob Stewart
The contributions of pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Bill Evans to the language and appreciation of jazz continue to have profound influence on musicians. Pianist Chick Corea leads Evans Trio alumni Eddie Gomez and the late Paul Motian on “Further Explorations”, a live set recorded at the Blue Note in New York in 2010. For …