Jazz Articles about Human Feel

Human Feel: Speak To It

by Mark Werlin
August 4, 2022

What is chamber jazz? The emergence of chamber jazz as a genre can be traced to the innovative sextet sides recorded in the mid-1930s by bandleader John Kirby, and to the trio and small-ensemble post-war recordings of Benny Goodman. By the late 1940s, the term 'chamber jazz' was widely used in industry publications such as Billboard magazine, academic journals, and newspaper and magazine reviews of performances by small groups. A distinction was drawn between chamber jazz and big-band ...

Human Feel: Gold

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2019

The band's appellation might be Human Feel, but after over 30 years of recording and performing together, maybe the quartet of saxophonists Andrew D'Angelo and Chris Speed, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and drummer Jim Black should change their name to 'Super Hero Feel.' Just like a comic book franchise, when this quartet reconvenes, there is going to be some turbulence before triumph. The quartet's coming together this time is after 12 years without releasing a full-length album. The wait was certainly ...

Human Feel alla Sala Vanni di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
December 6, 2017

Human Feel Musicus Concentus -A Jazz Supreme Sala Vanni Firenze 24.11.2017 Si chiude con il botto la prima stagione di A Jazz Supreme, presso la Sala Vanni di Firenze, a cura del Musicus Concentus: sul palco Human Feel, formazione nata esattamente trent'anni fa per iniziativa di quattro giovanissimi musicisti di belle speranze, poi diventati tra i maggiori esponenti del jazz internazionale. Che il gruppo sia di gran classe lo si capisce subito ...

Human Feel: Galore

by Troy Collins
March 8, 2007

Reunion records, now de rigueur in the rock and pop world, are rarer in the jazz realm. That fact makes Galore, the first album in a decade from the formerly defunct Human Feel, all the more important.

Human Feel was founded in Boston in 1987 by drummer Jim Black and saxophonists Andrew D'Angelo and Chris Speed. Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel joined in 1990 before the group headed to New York. By 1996, the band was absorbed into the Downtown ...