Results for "Michael Kocour"

Michael Kocour

Born: May 29, 1963

Michael Kocour is a jazz pianist, organist and composer. He also serves as Director of Jazz Studies in the School of Music at Arizona State University. An active performer for more than three decades, Kocour has appeared at venues around the world and has been a guest on Marian McPartland's internationally syndicated NPR program "Piano Jazz." Among the many artists and ensembles with whom he has appeared with are Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Lovano, Eddie Harris, James Moody, Eddie Daniels, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Ira Sullivan, Carl Fontana, Dewey Redman, Lew Tabackin, and the Chicago Symphony. His recorded work as a studio musician includes soundtracks to two major motion pictures, and numerous television commercials

Shadows

By Steve Griggs

Label: Hip City Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. Pharoah's Dance 05:56 2. 3 for D 04:44 3. Reunion Dues 07:35 4. For Those Who Pray 05:37 5. Song for the Sun 07:29 6. Anxiety Mounting 05:11 7. Forgive and Forget 04:47 8. Shadows 05:38

East Of The Sun

By Michael Kocour

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: East Of The Sun; I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues; She's Funny That Way; Sweet Lorraine; Who Cares?; Just One Of Those Things; Come Rain Or Come Shine; I'm Coming Virginia; Stardust; I Can't Stop Loving You.

789 Miles

By Matt Olson

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Gyrate; The Wishing Well; The Space Between; Alberta Clipper; 789 Miles; Dance of the Dragonflies; Kything; Highway 538; Stompin' at the Savoy.

Michael Kocour: East Of The Sun

by Jack Bowers
February 26, 2019

Here's another well-planned and immaculately recorded solo album by pianist Michael Kocour, his second such enterprise for OA2 Records (the first, Wherever You Go, There You Are, was released in 2015). As its title suggests, East of the Sun consists almost entirely of gems from the Great American Songbook with one zircon (guitarist Don Gibson's “I ...

Michael Kocour: East Of The Sun

by Mark Sullivan
January 29, 2019

Pianist Michael Kocour--a longtime member of the Chicago jazz community, now on the faculty of Arizona State University--presents his third solo piano album. His previous solo album Wherever You Go, There You Are (OA2 Records, 2015) was a mix of originals, jazz and popular standards, even including a few electric piano tracks. This one (which Kocour ...

Michael Kocour: East Of The Sun

by David A. Orthmann
January 18, 2019

Michael Kocour's solo piano recital is comprised of great American songs, most of which were popular in the early-to-mid twentieth century. There's nothing dated or anachronistic about the ways in which he handles the material. Throughout the record's ten tracks, Kocour establishes a state of equilibrium between a fealty to traditional song forms and jazz practices; ...

Poor Butterfly

Featuring the music of Michael Kocour
Duration: 3:00
January 7, 2019

Michael Kocour: East Of The Sun

by Dan Bilawsky
January 2, 2019

The ease of expression with which pianist Michael Kocour unspools standards tends to belie the greatness of his playing. With extreme comfort and control he lays out one beautiful performance after another, all the while presenting a fine balance between technical accomplishment and creative bent. East Of The Sun--the sixth leader (or co-leader) ...

Unhinged Sextet: Don't Blink

by David A. Orthmann
October 5, 2017

Unhinged Sextet is a strong candidate for the best band you'll never hear in a live performance. The members of this cooperative ensemble are spread out across the country, earning their daily bread by training the next generation of musicians, with an emphasis on jazz studies, at various universities. They join forces for brief periods in ...