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Howard University Jazz Ensemble 2023: Nefertiti

by Jack Bowers
January 13, 2024

The Howard University Jazz Ensemble was formed almost half a century ago, in 1975, by Fred Irby III, its first--and, so far, only--music director. Every year since 1976, the ensemble has recorded and released an album to showcase its prowess and growth under Irby's baton. This year's entry, Nefertiti, is a tribute to ...

Nefertiti

By Fred Irby III

Label: HUJE
Released: 2023
Track listing: Nefertiti; Hindsight; Send One Your Love; Portrait of a Breath; Heart of Brazil; Green Chimneys; Gymnopedie #1; Pretty Eyes; Remember; How Deep Is Your Love.

HUJE 2022

By Fred Irby III

Label: HUJE
Released: 2022
Track listing: My Women (Mes Hommes); To Wisdom, the Prize; Chan’s Song (Never Said); Holy Land; Funk in Deep Freeze; Romantic Night; Old Folks; Frim-Fram Sauce; A Sassy Samba.

Jump Children

By Scott Silbert

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jump Children; Annie Laurie; In a Persian Market; Jumpin’ Punkins; Edna; Tootsie’s Rag; I Want a Roof (Over My Head); Dusk; Lullaby in Rhythm; 11:60 P.M.; Down for Double; Chloe; Shipyard Ramble; She’s Crazy with the Heat; Stompin’ at the Savoy.

Speaking of Jazz (East to West Coast)

Label: MKJ "So Die Kie" Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Generosity; Secret Love; Nothing From Nothing; Katrina Ballerina; I Thought About You;Smile; Happy Swing in "F"; When I Fall in Love; How High the Moon; East of the Sun; Foggy Day.

Plays the Music of Sam Jones

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Unit Seven; Bittersweet; Some More of Dat; Lillie; O.P.; Del Sasser; Tragic Magic.

Composer Tributes: Strayhorn, Shorter, Monk and Sam Jones

by Jerome Wilson
May 22, 2020

There always seem to be albums coming out that pay tribute to accomplished jazz composers. Here are some newer ones, three on very familiar names and one on an often overlooked musician. John Di Martino Passion Flower: The Music of Billy Strayhorn Sunnyside Records 2020 Pianist John ...

The TNEK Jazz Quintet: Plays the Music of Sam Jones

by Jack Bowers
May 9, 2020

The late Sam Jones is mainly remembered as an earnest craftsman whose perceptive bass lines undergirded the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Cedar Walton, Barry Harris, Kenny Dorham, Bobby Timmons, Bill Evans and a host of other jazz masters. Jones, however, had another special albeit lesser-known talent, one that is addressed here, almost forty years ...

Grace Note Productions Presents Amina Claudine Myers In Concert in Manassas, VA on June 3

June 2, 2017

Grace Note Productions is pleased to announce that they are sponsoring jazz pianist and vocalist, Amina Claudine Myers in Concert on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 3 PM at the Wyndham Garden Manassas Hotel in jny: Manassas, VA. Accompanying Amina will be Alto Saxophonist Antonio Parker, Bassist James King, and Drummer Nasar Abadey. Also, to open ...