Results for "Ari Roland"

Ari Roland

Ari Roland (bass) was born and raised in New York City. He began playing bass at the age of 12 and was working professionally by age 16. He studied at The Juilliard School and has played in the bands of jazz legends such as Lou Donaldson, Barry Harris and Betty Carter. Sketches From a Bassist's Album, his recent CD on Smalls Records, has received widespread critical acclaim.

Blues For The End Of Time

By Felix Lemerle

Label: Tzim Tzum Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blues For The End Of Time; Dahlka; New World Expectations; Detachment; Rise 'n' Shine (Vincent Youmans); Fixation; Dismissed (Samuel Lerner); Attachment; Pacha Chéri; The Grind

I Wish I Knew

By Leonid Alekseyevich Morozov

Label: Floating World Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. I Wish I Knew 2. Sunday 3. Old Folks 4. Quasimodo 5. I'll String Along With You 6. Robbin's Nest 7. I'm Old Fashioned 8. Jahbero 9. I'll String Along With You (Take 2)

Alexander Brott: The Aesthetic Attitude

by Jack Bowers
March 7, 2022

For guitarist Alexander Brott, the coronavirus pandemic that arrived in 2020 and led to the closing of most indoor venues, jazz and otherwise, was not all bad. With gigs almost non-existent, it gave the Swedish-born, Canadian-based and former New York City mainstay a chance to kick back, relax and start writing. He did so from his ...

Samara Joy: Samara Joy

by Angelo Leonardi
February 7, 2022

Samara Joy. Segnatevi il nome perché la giovanissima cantante di New York è destinata a un brillante futuro. Questo disco d'esordio—registrato nell'ottobre 2020 a 22 anni—conferma le doti per cui ha vinto il Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition del 2019. Samara Joy è un naturale talento dal timbro luminoso, che rinnova con ...

Samara Joy

By Samara Joy

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Stardust; Everything Happens to Me; If You Never Fall in Love with Me; Lets Dream in the Moonlight; It Only Happens Once; Jim; The Trouble with Me Is You; If You’d Stay the Way I Dream; Lover Man; Only a Moment Ago; Moonglow; But Beautiful; Sophisticated Lady.

The Aesthetic Attitude

By Alexander Brott

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Mosaic, Hopeless, D.S., Shake, Milano's, The Aesthetic Attitude, Just A Moon, Sisyphus, Day Off

Samara Joy: Ascension Into Jazz

by R.J. DeLuke
May 7, 2021

When Samara Joy performs, she takes her place, stands confidently and sings. Immediately the strength and richness of her voice—which is natural—grabs the attention of the listener. There are no gyrations. It's refreshing that a young artist doesn't see the need for unnecessary vocal gymnastics. Too often, those can miss the mark. Her style ...

New York Nights At Birdland Theater And Mezzrow

by Martin McFie
November 4, 2018

On West 44th street in midtown Manhattan, Johnny Valenti recently inaugurated the new Birdland Theater, which has been built downstairs, below his Birdland club. The seating is arranged with two chairs at each round table, the rearmost of which are high tops, ensuring a clear view of the well lit stage from every table in the ...

Salvo Losappio: Long Story Short

by Jack Bowers
May 26, 2018

Although Long Story Short is an entirely appropriate title for Italian-born tenor saxophonist Salvo Losappio's debut CD as leader, as its playing time is a lean LP-like thirty-eight minutes, Rush Job might have been an even better one. Losappio's name and face adorn the front cover of the album, which names his four sidemen but does ...