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Teodross Avery & The Kei Akagi Trio Commemorate The Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennials at Winifred Smith Hall
by Hobart Taylor
Kei Akagi Trio with Teodross Avery Winifred Smith HallIrvine, CA Centennial Concert Celebrating Miles Davis and John Coltrane February 12, 2026 How do you cut to the chase when contemplating the work of these determinative demigods of jazz? How do you do it in just four tunes? In a brief intense performance, pianist Kei Akagi and his trio, bassist Darek Oles and drummer Jason Harnell, joined by Teodross Avery on tenor and ...
Continue ReadingBen Rosenblum, Teodross Avery, John Taylor and Others
by Jerome Wilson
This show is a mixture of older and newer jazz, featuring current artists like Teodross Avery and Ben Rosenblum and names from the past such as John Taylor and Booker Little. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project “Lilian" from A Thousand Pebbles (One Trick Dog) 00:58 Paul Desmond “Alone Together" from Take Ten (RCA) 8:36 ...
Continue ReadingMark de Clive-Lowe & Friends: Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders
by Chris May
Albums by artists who are best known for their work outside jazz are best approached with caution. Keyboard player Mark de Clive-Lowe's Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders is one such. Before moving to Los Angeles, Clive-Lowe lived in London, where he was prominent in the late 1990s/early 2000s broken beat movement, which, without getting too complicated about it, fused electronic dance music with a little jazz and funk. Clive-Lowe, however, is no wannabe jazz musician. ...
Continue ReadingPopular Tracks: 2019
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2019. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! After the Rain Teodross Avery After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane Tompkins Square Featured: September 23, 2019 Shifted Sal La Rocca Shifted Igloo ...
Continue ReadingTeodross Avery: After the Rain: A Night for Coltrane
by Jakob Baekgaard
All modern saxophonists worth their salt relate to John Coltrane in one way or another. Coltrane pushed boundaries and showed new paths in music and never stopped searching. Fortunately, new generations have been ready to take over and pick up on the lessons Coltrane taught. One of them is saxophonist Dr. Teodross Avery. Spurred by his father, Avery started out playing classical guitar, but hearing Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1959) helped him realize that the saxophone was ...
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