Gigi Gryce Musician – All About Jazz
Gigi Gryce was born George General Grice(sic) on 28th November, 1925 (not 1927) in Pensacola, Florida – although he was brought up in Hartford, Connecticut. He spent a short period in the Navy where he met musicians such as Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham and Willie Smith, who were to turn his thoughts from pursuing medicine […]
Steve Lacy Musician – All About Jazz
Steve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday [June 4th, 2004] at New England Baptist Hospital. The jazz master who once defined his profession as “combination orator, singer, dancer, diplomat, poet, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer […]
Tineke Postma Musician – All About Jazz
Tineke Postma is an internationally acknowleged activejazzsaxophonist. During her college years at theConservatory of Amsterdam, she received two scolarshipsto study at the Manhattan School for Music in New York,where she was taught by Dick Oatts, David Liebman andChris Potter. In 2003, Tineke gratuaded with Honors at theConservatory of Amsterdam, where she has been teachingsince 2005. […]
Ove Johansson Musician – All About Jazz
There are few white saxophone players that has such a black feeling like Ove Johansson. NYE TAKTER, NORWAY. Ove Johansson’s tenor playing has a force and intensy that is rare in Swedish jazz. HALLANDSPOSTEN, SWEDEN. The tenor player Ove Johansson is a very powerful and inventive saxplayer, who all the time strives to really improvise. […]
Joe Ford Musician – All About Jazz
One of the most exciting truths in the jazz world is that within every top sideman is a solo artist itching to emerge from the shadows and into the forefront. Longtime McCoy Tyner saxophonist Joe Ford’s stunning and diverse Bluemoon debut, Today’s Nights, proves that such an evolution is more than worth the years of […]
Eric Alexander Musician – All About Jazz
Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. He started out on piano as a six-year-old, took up clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax when he was 12, and converted to tenor when jazz became his […]
Stanley Turrentine Musician – All About Jazz
Stanley William Turrentine was one of the most distinctive tenor saxophonists in jazz. Known for his big, warm, sound, “The Sugar Man” or the original “Mr. T” found inspiration in the blues and turned it into a hugely successful career with a #1 hit and four Grammy nominations — first in R&B and then in […]
Charles Lloyd Musician – All About Jazz
The critical consensus is that Charles Lloyd has never sounded better. As he enters his 76th year, the depth of his expression reflects a lifetime of experience. Lloyd has a legendary history in the music world, and could certainly be in a position to slow down and rest on his laurels. But looking back has […]
Anna Webber Musician – All About Jazz
Anna Webber (b. 1984) is a New York-based flutist, saxophonist, and composer whose interests and work live the overlap between avant-garde jazz and new classical music. Her new album, Clockwise, featuring a septet comprised of several of the most creative musicians working in New York’s avant-garde, will be released on Pi Recordings in February 2019. […]
Albert Ayler Musician – All About Jazz
Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler was born on July 13th 1936 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He learned to play the alto sax at a young age. His father, Edward, encouraged his musical interests and was his first teacher. Albert Ayler continued his musical education at John Adams High School, where he played oboe, and at the […]