Results for "Art Tatum"

Kenny Barron, Richard X Bennett, Barry Harris & Louis Hayes

by Joe Dimino
December 8, 2024

Step into the 883rd episode of Neon Jazz, where the echoes of legends and the pulse of the future intersect. We open with the incomparable Kenny Barron, a living jazz icon still blazing trails, featuring music from his 2024 masterpiece, Beyond This Place. From there, we journey back to the roots with James Moody, the legend ...

Remembering Dan Morgenstern

by Sanford Josephson
October 1, 2024

This article previously appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. In 1938 when Dan Morgenstern was eight years old, he and his mother fled Nazi-controlled Austria for Copenhagen. Nine years later, they arrived in New York, and Morgenstern was not interested in seeing the Statute of Liberty or the Empire State Building. He just wanted to ...

Emmet Cohen: Vibe Provider

by Mike Jurkovic
August 19, 2024

All round shaman, musical advocate, and positive vibe provider, Nigerian-born Michael Olufunmilola (Funmi) Ononaiye (1968-2023) was known and beloved by everyone in the artistic and social circles of Manhattan's music scene. He was an A&R rep at Atlantic Records. He was a DJ, percussionist, and chief programmer at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He had a deep ...

How Ahmad Jamal Got His Groove Back

by Chuck Lenatti
July 26, 2024

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Though he was well-versed in the musical vernacular of blues, big bands, bebop and hard bop, piano trios and singers, as well as European classical music, pianist Ahmad Jamal seemed out of step as jazz fused with rock and R&B in the 1970s. ...

Iiro Rantala: Goldberg Variation III

by Scott Lichtman
July 18, 2024

Finnish pianist and composer Iiro Rantala (pronounced “Ee'-ro Rahn'-tah-lah") is a grand master of jazz, classical music, and film scores; he even serves as a UN goodwill ambassador. Give him a Django Reinhardt-like gipsy swing piece, or an Art Tatum stride, or a Keith Jarrett solo improv, and he'll respond with even greater flow, tighter precision, ...

John Escreet, David Murray and Stan Tracey

by Jerome Wilson
July 17, 2024

This show features newer work by John Escreet, David Murray, and Stephan Crump as well as older music from Stan Tracey, Ed Palermo, and the Webber/Morris Big Band. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaiz) 00:00 Brad ...

Five Views From The Piano Bench

by C. Michael Bailey
July 16, 2024

The piano is a versatile instrument that provides different trajectories for those who play it. The view from the piano bench can vary as dramatically as the artist playing it. Yuja Wang The Vienna Recital Deutsche Grammophon 2024 From the biggest of stages... In 2009, ...

Jahari Stampley: Winner of The 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute Competition

by Hrayr Attarian
July 3, 2024

Chicago-based pianist Jahari Stampley is a prodigious talent who has won, among other accolades, the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition. Born into a musical family (his mother D'Erania is an innovative multi-instrumentalist and educator), Stampley took up music at age 10. His self-released 2023 debut Still Listening features several up-and-coming young talents ...

Andrew Hill, Luke Stewart, Ivo Perelman, and more

by David Brown
June 11, 2024

This week, pianoless trios from U.S.E. Trio, Julieta Eugenio and Sonny Rollins; Andrew Hill works from Chad Taylor, Alex Harding and Lucian Ban; a piano battle: Johnny Costa vs. Art Tatum; albums recorded on this day in history: Davis's On the Corner and Coltrane's Crescent; A fine set of works featuring bassist Luke Stewart; and toping ...

Jahari Stampley

Born: July 19

Jahari Stampley is a Chicago-born pianist who began playing the piano at the age of 14. Within two years of exploring the instrument, he began winning various competitions including Best High School Jazz Soloist Award and the National YoungArts Competition. By the age of 18 years old, he was recognized and followed by many world-renowned musicians including Yebba Smith, Jill Scott, Robert Glasper, Cory Henry, Jacob Collier, Stanley Clarke, and Derrick Hodge, among others. Jahari has toured with Stanley Clarke and is featured on Derrick Hodge’s "Color of Noise" album.

Jahari has performed in venues such as Radio City Music Hall in NYC, The Met Philadelphia, Byline Bank Aragon in Chicago, Carnegie Hall in NY, San Francisco Jazz Center, and MANY others. He’s also headlined & performed solo piano tours in Berlin, Koethen & Magdeburg, Germany, Geneva, Switzerland, and Los Angeles, California. He’s conducted music workshops in Santa Ana, Costa Rica, and taught masterclasses in Spokane, Washington. Jahari is also the band leader & featured pianist playing the part of Bill Wither’s keyboardist in the feature film “Spinning Gold". Many of Jahari’s performances have garnered praise in various media outlets, articles & magazines throughout the world.