Results for "Alvaro Caravaca"

Alvaro Caravaca

Born: February 20, 2005

Introducing Trombonist Dan Harkins

by Sanford Josephson
September 12, 2024

Trombonist Urbie Green, who died in 2018 at the age of 92, was part of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd in the 1950s and won DownBeat's International Critics' Award for “New Star" in 1954. While revered among his colleagues, Green is not exactly a household name among the jazz listening public. But 22-year-old trombonist Dan Harkins lists ...

Introducing Drummer Mecadon McCune

by Sanford Josephson
September 18, 2023

Mecadon McCune has been immersed in music since he was born. His father is veteran jazz pianist Brandon McCune; his mother, Christine Clemmons-McCune, is an opera singer. “My dad made sure that I was learning piano since I was about four years old," he said, “but growing up I really did not like learning the piano. ...