Results for "Michael League"

Michael League

Michael League is a Grammy Award-winning bassist, guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, label owner, and bandleader based out of Brooklyn, New York. As a military brat, he grew up all over the place. Michael attended the University of North Texas' jazz studies program for 4 years, then moved to nearby Dallas for another 3 years, where he worked with some of the most influential figures in modern gospel, R&B, and soul music, and was mentored by legendary keyboardist Bernard Wright (Miles Davis, Chaka Khan). Michael runs the band with a grass-roots approach to the changing music industry that seems crazy, but has worked

Kinga Glyk: Real Life

by Mike Jurkovic
January 15, 2024

Throughout daredevil bassist Kinga Głyk's Real Life there are several moments which border menacingly on mainstream Euro-pop and wanna-be fusion. Fortunately those (intentional or unintentional?) moments are heavily outweighed and outnumbered by thrillingly incandescent moments which lend themselves to that old catch-all street phrase of the '60s, '70s, and '80s: “Man this is some really high ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2024

If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

History

By Michael League

Label: Real World Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bliss; Adjoni; Pa Domi; Ilimine; Fle A Memwa; Ta Voix; Tande; Mikwob; History.

Where You Wish You Were

By Bill Laurance

Label: The Act Company
Released: 2023
Track listing: La Marinada; Meeting of the Mind; Round House; Sant Esteve; Kin; Tricks; Anthem for a Tiny Nation; Ngoni Baby; Bricks; Where You Wish You Were; Duo.

Marco Bardoscia Quintet al Teatro Ristori di Verona

by Angelo Leonardi
November 21, 2023

Marco Bardoscia Quintet Rassegna Jazz del Teatro Ristori Verona 16.11.2023 Inaugurata il 14 settembre col trio Michael Blicher/Dan Hemmer/Steve Gadd, la nuova stagione jazz del Teatro Ristori ha ospitato il 16 novembre il recente progetto “Legnomadre" di Marco Bardoscia, che vede il clarinettista Gabriele Mirabassi e il percussionista Simone Padovani ...

Drummer Scott Amendola, Red Kite, Drift Lab and Jukka Haavisto

by Len Davis
November 12, 2023

Avant jazz from Scott Amendola from Haunted By Eternity, Norwegain band Red Kite, and London based European band Code. Italian guitarist Rugerro Robin and his Jazz Trio, Drift Lab featuring Matteo Mancusco, and Peter Fernandez from Incline. Finnish bassist Jukka Haavisto, Danish keyboard player Mathias Heise and US band FORQ featuring Michael League. Playlist Scott Amendola “Maciste ...

Harold López-Nussa Interview

by Steven Roby
November 11, 2023

This episode of Backstage Jazz features an interview with jazz pianist Harold López-Nussa. We discussed his new album Timba a la Americana (Blue Note), and his upcoming show at Dazzle on Saturday, November 18. Cuban-born pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa begins an exciting new chapter of his fascinating career with his Blue Note debut ...

Fabrizio De André secondo Luigi Viva

by Libero Farnè
October 9, 2023

Numerose sono state le interviste che ho effettuato negli ultimi decenni: ovviamente a molti jazzisti, dai maestri assoluti ai giovani emergenti, ma anche a danzatori, artisti, attori, compositori di musica contemporanea... Ho ritenuto utile inoltre dedicare una serie di interviste ai direttori artistici di importanti festival jazz, italiani e stranieri. È questa la ...

Snarky Puppy at the Ogden Theater

by Geoff Anderson
October 6, 2023

Snarky Puppy Ogden Theater Denver, Colorado September 30, 2023 Originality seems to be a guiding force for Snarky Puppy. That applies not just to the type of music they play in general, but it goes all the way down to preparation of set lists. Saturday night at the Ogden Theater, band ...