150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting Pursuit of Music article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Vicente Archer: 150 Albums, Grammys And An Unrelenting P… I offer myself, my heart, and my love for my instrument as well the love for myself, to the people I perform with. Vicente Archer An instrument created in the 1500s, the acoustic bass has become […]
No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Interview » Russell Gunn: No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original Courtesy Shahar Azron For me, if a song doesn’t have, not just a clearly recognizable melody but a clearly interesting melody, then I don’t really have any use for it as a song. Russell Gunn One […]
Time & Place album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Joel Jeschke: Time & Place ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Joel Jeschke, a versatile Canadian drummer from Edmonton, Alberta, has made a name for himself across multiple genres, from rock to jazz. Having performed and recorded with numerous artists including rock bands like Royal Tusk and Whale and the Wolf […]
Song of the Day: Macondo by Darryl Yokley
Home » Music » Song of the Day From the album Buy Album Album Title: Un Mundo en Soledad Truth Revolution Records and D-Yokes RecordsReleased: 2024 Listen Sign in to view listen count About the Album Macondo is the second album on Un Mundo en Soledad, which is a tribute to Nobel Prize winning author […]
In Motion Quartet’s ‘The Grind’ Is Out January 25
Home » Jazz News » Recording Courtesy Curtis Dahl ” data-original-title=”” title=””>In Motion Quartet releases their debut album The Grind, an adventurous set of original music exploring propulsive grooves and the avant-garde. With a nod to the chord-less groups of Ornette Coleman saxophone, alto1930 – 2015 ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman saxophone, tenorb.1931 ” […]
The Rightful King of Swing
The King of Swing in the 1930s wasn’t Benny Goodman or Count Basie. It was Chick Webb. The drummer fielded, managed and drove one of the best dance bands in the country and held court at New York’s Savoy Ballroom, at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in Harlem. Webb’s band was built […]
Jua Howard’s Best Jazz Albums Of 2024 article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Year in Review » Jua Howard’s Best Jazz Albums Of 2024 I’m elated to share my first “Best Jazz Albums” list since joining the All About Jazz family. There has truly been some extraordinary music released this year that’s repeatedly reminded me why I love this incomparable art form. Here […]
At The Renaissance album review @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » Ben Webster: At The Renaissance ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Scott Hamilton first came up in the 1980s, his style was so, well, unusual, that a live audience would sometimes tentatively ask “Ben Webster?” Whether Hamilton regarded that as a complimentit wasor the musicological equivalent of “Play Melancholy Baby for […]
The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies article @ All About Jazz
Home » Jazz Articles » Catching Up With » The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies Miles Davis has been my greatest inspiration in my life as a professional musician and musical artist. Drummer ” data-original-title=”” title=””>Billie Davies‘ journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and […]
Aurora’s Dream Waltz by Simon Deeley
Home » Music » Song of the Day From the album Buy Album Album Title: String Rise Azure TracesLabel: Self ProducedReleased: 2023 Duration: 00:56:19 Listen Sign in to view listen count About the Album This track is from the 2023 album ‘String Rise Azure Traces’ by Simon Deeley. It is an atmospheric, evocative track which, […]