Results for "Lair Hill Records"

Darrell Grant: Our Mr. Jackson

by Maurizio Zerbo
April 18, 2024

Pianista di vaglia, Darrell Grant ha il pregio di non deludere chi si aspetta classe, squisita musicalità e buon gusto nella pratica jazzistica. Queste componenti si ritrovano nell'omaggio discografico a Milt Jackson e al Modern Jazz Quartet. Our Mr Jackson è un CD interessante per la musicalità e le sofisticate soluzioni melodiche, anche se ...

Our Mr. Jackson

By Darrell Grant

Label: Lair Hill Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bags’ Groove; Versailles; Autumn in New York; Drop Me Off in Harlem; Cancer (from the Zodiac Suite); Crossing the Bridge: Vanport; A Viennese Affaire; String Quintet in C Major: Adagio; Bach to Brazil; Surrey with the Fringe on Top; Wading Through; Bags’ Groove (reprise).

Darrell Grant's MJ New: Our Mr. Jackson

by Jack Bowers
October 11, 2023

Anyone missing the artistry and elegance of the Modern Jazz Quartet will warm quickly to pianist Darrell Grant's MJ New, which pays homage to the great vibraphonist Milt Jackson and, through him, the legendary MJQ, on Our Mr. Jackson. The instrumentation is the same as the MJQ, with Mike Horsfall sitting in for Jackson on vibraphone ...

The New Black

Label: Lair Hill Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Introduction; The New Black; Tilmon Tones; Foresight; For Heaven's Sake; The New Bop; Einbahnstrasse; Blue in Green; Freedom Dance; Opening Conversation.

Darrell Grant: The New Black

by Paul Rauch
June 12, 2022

Pianist Darrell Grant's debut album Black Art (Criss Cross) was released in 1994, and became acclaimed as one of the definitive statements of New York jazz in the 1990s. It featured bassist Christian McBride, drummer Brian Blade, and the late, great Wallace Roney on trumpet—all of whom would go on to make major statements of their ...

Smokin' Java

By Darrell Grant

Label: Lair Hill Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Little Jimmy Fiddler; If I Should Lose You; You Must Believe In Spring; Spring Skylight; Goodbye; Quiet Times; Slander; Smokin' Java.

Darrell Grant: Smokin' Java

by Dave Nathan
October 1, 2000

There's a lot going on with pianist Darrell Grant's fourth album as a leader. First it's a live performance in Rochester, NY. It was the Eastman School of Music in that city that awarded Grant a music scholarship at the age of 17, making him a prodigy of sorts. Second, the album is a tribute to ...

Darrell Grant: Smokin' Java

by Jim Santella
May 1, 2000

What do you do in a coffeehouse besides sip cappuccino and nibble on some tasty kind of baked dessert product? Darrell Grant knows. He's written a short story to go along with his fourth album. The story, somewhat autobiographical, tells of a musician who's moved away from the hustle and bustle of the big city to ...