Nashville Drummer John Alvey Makes His Leadership Debut With ‘Loft Glow,’ Set For August 23 Release On Jazz Music City Records
A small studio apartment south of Nashville was my home for a few years about ten years ago. This album is a reflection on that time and place, with an emphasis on the solitary, undistracted listening experiences I had there every evening. John Alvey Drummer ” data-original-title title>John Alvey announces his formidable presence to the […]
Cal Tjader Musician – All About Jazz
Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature that helped introduce the genre into a mainstream audience. Cal Tjader’s mother was a concert pianist, his father a vaudeville performer. He grew up with […]
Mere Noisemakers article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Drum Addiction » Mere Noisemakers Technique is only good if you can use it musically. Joe Morello Drummers used to be predominantly known as mere noisemakers (not musicians) coming out of the Vaudeville-era, where percussionists were seen as background tools. They often carried out sound effect cues, sent from studios […]
Lotus Blossom album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Alex Hendriksen: Lotus Blossom ” data-original-title title>Coleman Hawkins. Afterwards the player was asked by his friend whether he had enjoyed the experience. “It was OK,” he said, “but Coleman Hawkins scared the shit out of me.” His friend replied, “Coleman Hawkins is meant to scare the shit […]
Take Five with Bassist / Composer Andrew Vogt article @ All About Jazz
” data-original-title title>Donny McCaslin as well as up and coming new generational talents Woody Goss, Isaiah Sharkey and Makaya McCraven drumsb.1983 ” data-original-title title>Makaya McCraven. Vogt’s music has been performed across the world, featured in full-length movies and his collaborations amass to over 24 hours worth of music (over 30 albums) on Spotify. His voice […]
She Let Go by Gabriel Genest
Home » Music » Song of the Day From the album Buy Album Album Title: As It IsLabel: Odd Sound RecordsReleased: 2024 Duration: 00:52:00 Listen Sign in to view listen count About the Album As It Is is Montreal saxophonist Gabriel Genest’s second album as a leader. A follow up to his debut album Triptyque […]
Bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt Features Masterful Guitarist Gilad Hekselman On The Rapturously Melodic ‘Why Ten?’
Home » Jazz News » Recording ” data-original-title title>Gilad Ronen on additional woodwinds, playing mainly Levitt-Ronen originals in a refined and deeply melodic setting. Award-winning engineer Stefano Amerio recorded and mixed the album. “Gilad Hekselman has a consummate professionalism and an ability that is so broad,” says Levitt. “He’s so authentically expressive in different stylistic […]
Kendrick Scott Musician – All About Jazz
Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott kicked off his Blue Note contract four years ago with We Are the Drum. Expertly produced by Derrick Hodge, Scott’s creative confidant and musical brother, and featuring a stunning guest performance by vocalist Lizz Wright, it earned rave reviews and reiterated how Oracle, Scott’s long-running working group, is one of […]
2024 Jazz Vocalists article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Multiple Reviews » 2024 Jazz Vocalists Here are five notable vocal jazz releases that have come out in the first half of 2024. Jacqui Naylor Treasures of the Heart Ruby Star Records 2024 ” data-original-title title>Jacqui Naylor is a veteran singer with a distinctive husky voice. Her 12th album is […]
Orile To Berlin album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » RAH & The Ruffcats: Orile To Berlin Among the many Afrobeat bands which have emerged outside Nigeria since Fela Kuti passed in 1997, some of them first class, only a tiny few have succeeded in getting close to the sheer majesty of sound that Kuti conjured. The […]