Home » Jazz Musicians » Joseph "Jojo" Kuo
Joseph "Jojo" Kuo
Anthony Joseph At The Old Church in London on July 22
Source:
Deirdre
The Old Church is excited to announce that they are welcoming poet Anthony Joseph to perform in their space Thursday 22 July at 8 PM. Anthony is an author, poet and musician, and he will be reading from his most recent novel The Frequency of Magic, accompanied by some of the UK's finest musicians. He will create an enthralling performance of spoken word and improvised jazz. “Trini to the core, with fantastic riffs, nothing quite like it: the characters wondering ...
read more
Saxophonist Joseph Herbst Blends Speech And Song To Highlight The Intersectionality Of Environmental And Social Justice With 'This Is Our Environment'
Source:
Outside in Music
Joseph Herbst is a saxophonist and composer, but more than that, he is an activist who uses his artistry to speak up alongside the people, places, and causes whose voices are often overlooked. This Is Our Environment, Herbst’s debut album, uses this artistry to do exactly that as, via through-composed sextet music rooted in jazz elements and master-crafted spoken word poetry, he weaves a tapestry of musical allegories, stories, and images that champion the causes of environmental and social justice ...
read more
Michael Joseph Harris Releases New Albums Showcasing Contemporary And Traditional Gypsy Jazz
Source:
The Phillips Agency
Inspired by the legendary Django Reinhardt (1910-1953), Baltimore guitarist and bandleader Michael Joseph Harris leads two Gypsy jazz bands. Comprised of the same core members, both are releasing their fourth albums in North America and Europe in 2020 on the Swing Underground label. With the help of numerous guest artists, they are busting the boundaries of the genre. A respected ambassador of traditional Gypsy jazz, Harris founded the popular Hot Club of Baltimore in 2012. Two years later he added ...
read more
Bassist Joseph Patrick Moore releases Nevada Sun on Blue Canoe Records
Source:
Karen Frieske
Joseph Patrick Moore updates the catalog with his 12th solo release, Nevada Sun. Two years in the making, Mr. Moore has teamed up with...well, himself...to produce just right album at exactly the right time. He produced the album and plays every instrument himself while, per his usual modus operandi, spanning genres from smooth jazz to Persian groove...from pop to funk and even a reggae-tinged number. For nearly two decades Joseph Patrick Moore has been touring, recording, and establishing himself as ...
read more
The Nova Philharmonic And Paul Joseph Take Third-stream To The Next Level
Source:
Joseph
Isn’t it amazing how there are so many incredible classical and jazz performances in New York, just a stone’s throw off the beaten path? Last night at Good Shepherd-Faith Church in the Lincoln Center complex was a perfect example, where the Nova Philharmonic teamed up with violinist/composer Gregor Huebner and the Paul Joseph Quartet for a characteristically genre-smashing good time. First on the agenda was Huebner’s own absolutely haunting Ground Zero (from his New York Suite), a tone poem that ...
read more
Joseph Patrick Moore Submerges Into The World Of Electro-Jazz
Source:
Joseph Patrick Moore
Blue Canoe Records have released “XYZ Factor" from bassist, Joseph Patrick Moore. This bold, uber-current effort fuses elements of contemporary jazz, for which Mr. Moore is famous, with electronica and the delivery is a fresh and relevant EP that will appeal to his current fans and fans of electronica alike. In the same vein as artists BT , Owl City and Moby, Mr. Moore hits the listener with a smooth, irrepressible experience that encourages listeners to use the repeat function. ...
read more
Down on the Bayou III Benefit Jojo Hermann, Ivan, Col. Bruce
Source:
JamBase
8 HOURS OF FUNK FOR A GOOD CAUSE Down on the Bayou III, a special benefit for the New Orleans Musician's Clinic, takes place this year on Thursday, May 5th at the Howlin' Wolf in New Orleans. Since 1998, the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic (NOMC) has been dedicated to keeping New Orleans' performers alive in body, mind, and spirit by providing comprehensive health care and mental health/social services. “The success of Down of the Bayou III is more vital to ...
read more
Composer/Pianist Julian Joseph Interviewed at All About Jazz
Source:
John Kelman
Julian Joseph is something of a jazz master of all trades. Pianist, composer, bandleader, arranger, broadcaster and educator, Joseph is constantly busy, always working on new ideas and projects, spreading the word about music, encouraging young performers and generally promoting jazz around the world. With Shadowball Joseph has turned his attention to the relationship between jazz and baseball, bringing the two together in a major jazz opera. In a professional career that started in the mid-'80s Joseph, who is also ...
read more
Joseph Patrick Moore Releases "To Africa with Love"
Source:
Michael Ricci
Composer, producer and performer Joseph Patrick Moore weaves tribal rhythms into funk, pop and jazz melodies on his eighth solo release, To Africa With Love. Mr. Moore connects with some old friends and new ones in this dedication to the Land of the Sahara. The work itself contains 13 songs that range in genre from Contemporary Jazz to Funk to Rock to Contemporary.
Moore and company utilize funky blues man Charlie Wood to spark a contemporary version of the Meters ...
read more
John Bell and Sunny Join Jojo for Nola Jazz Fest Show
Source:
JamBase
John Bell & Domingo 'Sunny' Ortiz Join JoJo's Mardi Gras Band For NOLA Jazz Fest Show
JoJo Hermann Half of Widespread Panic will come together for a Jazz Fest night show on Thursday, April 29 at The Howlin' Wolf. Billed as DOWN ON THE BAYOU II, the night will include JoJo's Mardi Gras Band featuring John Hermann, John Bell, Sunny Ortiz, George Porter Jr., Anders Osborne, Papa Mali and more artists to be announced.
Tickets and further details available at ...
read more
