Jazz Articles about Hannah Marks

About Hannah Marks

Album Review

Come nel precedente, apprezzato Miniature America (Cygnus Recordings, 2024) il chitarrista e compositore Miles Okazaki è alla guida di una formazione di ben dieci elementi ma con una differenza non da poco, al posto delle tre voci femminili si raddoppiano contrabbasso e trombone e si aggiunge la batteria, riunendo alcuni dei musicisti più in vista della scena newyorkese. Così Boomtown prosegue nel processo creativo iniziato con l'album precedente che prevede l'utilizzo di ensemble di grandi dimensioni per dar forza e ...

Radio & Podcasts

A Few More of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things - Part 4

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2024

For the past few episodes we have been looking back at albums released this year which we've been most fascinated by, and we cherry-picked songs from those albums that struck us the most... To wrap up this retrospective here's the last batch of sonic gems.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Will Vinson, Gilad Hekselman, Nate Wood “Urban Myth" Trio Grande: Urban Myth (Whirlwind) 0:16 Host talks 5:24 Sammy ...

Rising Stars

Meet Bassist Hannah Marks

by Sanford Josephson
February 1, 2022

Growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, Hannah Marks started off playing guitar. “I didn't really take to the instrument," she recalled, “so I picked up the cello in fourth grade. I was shy and wanted to be in the background." She discovered jazz when the middle school jazz band performed at her elementary school. So, she joined the jazz band in middle school, adding electric bass to her cello playing. During her junior year in high school, she put down ...