Results for "Alex Han"

Alex Han

Saxophonist and composer, Alex Han, is widely regarded as the "Young Jazz Lion" of his generation. With performances at well over a dozen internationally recognized Jazz venues, countless musical awards, and a refreshingly original sound, he is fast becoming one of the most influential young players to enter the scene. Han began his musical journey at the tender age of eight, when his parents encouraged him to study the alto saxophone. Soon thereafter, his innate musical ability began to emerge and by age twelve, he was one of two national recipients of the VSA arts, Young Soloists Award. Around the same time, he was invited by Grammy Award Winning saxophonist, Paquito D'Rivera, to "sit-in" with him at a Jazz at Lincoln Center performance for two nights

Axiom

By Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Label: Ropeadope / Stretch Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: I Own the Night; The Last Chieftain; Guinnevere; Songs She Never Heard; Sunrise in Beijing; Huntress; Incarnation; West of the West; Diaspora; Introductions; Guinnevere (alternative take); The Last Chieftain (alternative take).

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Axiom

by Phillip Woolever
December 21, 2020

As evidenced here, those in attendance for Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah's 2020 engagement at New York's Blue Note from March 11-15 witnessed what turned out to be some of the most powerful performances of this restricted musical year, just before everyday life changed for most people on the planet. The record is dedicated to the victims ...

Marcus Miller at Academic Community Hall of Hong Kong Baptist University

by Rob Garratt
September 18, 2019

Marcus Miller Academic Community Hall of Hong Kong Baptist University, Jazz World Live Series Hong Kong September 12, 2019 You gotta feel for Russell Gunn--the trumpet player employed to spend around a half-hour every night being Miles Davis. Of course, as a member of Marcus Miller's band, it's not unreasonable ...

Spirit

By Alex Han

Label: 3 Deuces
Released: 2017
Track listing: Behold; The Spectre; Osasia; Spirit; Covenant; Mowgli; Discipline; Fragile; The Jungle Way Out; Voice of the King

Alex Han: Embracing The Spirit

by Liz Goodwin
October 4, 2017

With a bold, invigorating, and adventurous sound, alto/soprano saxophonist and composer Alex Han is a sonic force on his debut CD, Spirit. The project was produced by none other than the 2009 Berklee College of Music graduate's longtime employer and friend, the incomparable Grammy-Award winning electric bassist/bass clarinetist/producer/composer Marcus Miller for Miller's own label, ...

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2016

by John Kelman
July 19, 2016

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 3-7, 2016 In many ways, the front of one of the festival's new T-Shirt designs said it all: swing blues soul improvisation latin gospel R 'n' B crossroads silence groove world ...

Marcus Miller at Yoshi's Oakland

by Walter Atkins
June 14, 2015

Marcus Miller Yoshi's Oakland Oakland CA June 5, 2015 Multi GRAMMY winner and UNESCO Artist for Peace Marcus Miller played five sold out shows with his band over the weekend at Yoshi's Oakland. The set featured songs from his new album Afrodeezia (Blue Note Records) that paid homage to the African ...

Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet at Ronnie Scott's

by Ian Patterson
December 1, 2014

Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet Ronnie Scott's EFG London Jazz festival November 20, 2014 One of the most pleasing aspects of the EFG London Jazz Festival is its reach into the many jazz clubs dotted around the capital. Whilst the concert halls host the big names and draw the tourists ...

Marcus Miller and Mustapha Baqbou at Essaouira Festival 2014

by Mehdi El Mouden
July 11, 2014

Marcus Miller and Mustapha Baqbou Place Moulay El Hassan Essaouira Festival Essaouira, Morocco June 14, 2014 On Saturday a rebirth was being prepared at Essaouira Festival. The most awaited artist of the festival, bassist/composer Marcus Miller was going to play with accomplished gnaoua vocalist and guembri player, Mustapha Baqbou. At ...