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Chris Smith

Based in New York City, Chris Smith has performed with a diverse group of jazz musicians including the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dick Oatts, Frank Wess, Ryan Kisor, Jay Anderson, Donny McCaslin, and Tony Malaby. His drumming has been featured in venues such as The Village Vanguard, Blue Note, Telluride Jazz Festival, and Smalls. Chris maintains a performance schedule in NYC while also performing throughout the country. Dedicated to jazz research, his latest book The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis is available in hardcover and e-book through the University of North Texas Press

Sean Nelson's New London Big Band: Social Hour

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 17, 2022

"For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to have my own big band--an epic jazz orchestra of 17+ musicians," writes trombonist Sean Nelson in the liner notes to this set named for the 17-piece New London Big Band's home base, The Social Bar + Kitchen in New London, Connecticut. Nelson, also a ...

Freaks in Mayberry & the Boney Oscar Stomp

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 4, 2022

Giuseppe Paradiso & Meridian 71 Parallel Dimensions Ubuntu Music 2022 Parallel Dimensions steers the listener's imagination through a luxurious multicultural tapestry woven in music by drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer Giuseppe Paradiso and his sextet. It explores broad musical horizons that can sound radiantly bright ...

Look Out!

By Andrew Gutauskas

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: 1. Look Out! [5:01] 2. The Kingpin [5:51] 3. For the Throne* [6:24] 4. BHM [4:29] 5. Once Upon A Time [6:08] 6. Whistle Blower [5:08] 7. Willie's Willin' [5:42] 8. See You There! [5:30]

The Kingpin

November 18, 2020

Album: Look Out!
By Andrew Gutauskas
Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Duration: 05:54

New York Japanese Jazz Festival 2019

by Peter Jurew
July 7, 2019

New York Japanese Jazz Festival Smoke Jazz & Supper Club New York, NY June 25-27, 2019 The Japanese people's love for jazz, rock, blues and other forms of music with African-American roots has been well established for decades. Working bands and musicians at all levels of fame regularly make the Land ...

Christmas Roundup 2016: Aguankó, Jeff Collins, & Vinnie Zummo

by Mark Sullivan
November 21, 2016

It's that time of year again. While some people genuinely love holiday records, others are just looking for some alternative to have available for self-defense against the onslaught of traditional holiday pop music. Regardless of what camp you're in, here are two new releases, plus three that are new to me: Latin jazz, mainstream jazz, bossa ...

Ben Haugland Quintet at The Falcon

by David A. Orthmann
August 24, 2015

Ben Haugland Quintet The Falcon Marlboro, NY August 13, 2015 In any given jazz performance, nothing exists in isolation, everything is subject to multiple influences, and each act or gesture has a genuine purpose. The weight of the music's tradition, the rapport and mutual respect of the players, the aura ...

Ben Haugland: A Million Dreams

by David A. Orthmann
May 11, 2015

During the course of A Million Dreams, pianist Ben Haugland's second date as a leader, most of the trappings of a typical mainstream jazz record are present and easy to identify. Not unlike a lot of young leaders who are fusing their own creative aspirations with an allegiance to the tradition, Haugland penned four of the ...

The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis

by Chris Smith
April 9, 2015

The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 13: Opening Night at the Village Vanguard" of The View from the Back of the Band: The Life and Music of Mel Lewis by Chris Smith (University of North Texas Press, 2014). In November of 1965, Thad and Mel quickly put together a list of the ...