Jazz Articles about Chris Walker

About Chris Walker

Album Review

The Scott Silbert Big Band: Jump Children

Read "Jump Children" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 31, 2022

The best music, in jazz or any other genre, is and should be timeless. To prove the point, the Scott Silbert Big Band celebrates the songs of a bygone era on its debut album, Jump Children, refreshing a number of memorable themes from the '30s, '40s and '50s and underscoring their relevance in an ultra-modern twenty-first century environment. His goal, Silbert writes, was “to represent the fantastic musicianship of the artists [who] originally performed these works," venerated masters such as ...

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Album Review

Chris Walker: I Know It's Love

Read "I Know It's Love" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
November 5, 2005

With music typically defined by category, artists are sometimes restricted to a certain genre. However, Chris Walker defies that practice. I Know It's Love, the inaugural release on Canvas Records, is a mixture of styles and presentations. Throughout the album, Walker glides smoothly from country to R&B to pop--often presenting a mix of the three. Employing a variable lineup of session musicians and background vocalists, Walker was deeply involved in the production, which may explain the music's ...