Jazz Articles about Luke Sellick

About Luke Sellick

Album Review

Guitarist Edwin Corne 's Spruce And Maple features the American Songbook peppered with eastern harmonies, befitting an Australian-Chinese musician raised in Shanghai and based in New York City. Corne's jazz guitar trio recording continues an ensemble tradition that began with Jim Hall and continued through Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny. It is alive and well in Spruce And Maple. Corne is joined by fellow Juilliard graduates Luke Sellick (bass) and Charles Goold (drums) who achieve a rich, woody sound throughout. Corne ...

Album Review

Johnny O'Neal: Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal

Read "Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
June 4, 2025

In the pantheon of jazz pianists and entertainers, Johnny O'Neal occupies a special niche--equal parts master technician, soulful interpreter, and irrepressible entertainer. Everybody Loves Johnny O'Neal, recorded live at Pyatt Hall, Vancouver, BC, captures the pianist and vocalist at his most relaxed and radiant. The date finds O'Neal in the company of two exceptional rhythm players -bassist Luke Sellick and drummer Itay Morchi, who anticipate his every move, no matter how sudden the detour. The set ...

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Derrick Gardner & The Big dig! Band: Still I Rise

Read "Still I Rise" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 23, 2020

Trumpeter Derrick Gardner, a Chicagoan who has performed around the world with a who's who of jazz luminaries from Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Foster to Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett and Harry Connick Jr., to name only a few, traveled to Winnipeg, Canada, to assemble and record his Big Dig! Band, several sizes removed from Gardner's sextet, The Jazz Prophets, a working group since it was formed in New York City in 1991. Gardner not only shines as trumpet ...

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Luke Sellick: Alchemist

Read "Alchemist" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
February 1, 2017

Raised in Winnipeg, but currently a resident of New York City, Luke Sellick's debut album represents an auspicious beginning to this Juilliard School educated bassist. He gained a scholarship in 2012 to join the prestigious Juilliard, for which he gained a scholarship and was mentored for his Masters degree by the legendary virtuoso Ron Carter. He now works regularly with the likes of Johnny O'Neal, Jimmy Greene, Orrin Evans, and Russell Malone. Tenorist Greene plays on three tracks on the ...