Results for "band/orchestra"

Drivetime

Drivetime has been carving a niche for themselves in the very tight smooth jazz market for over eight years and are no strangers to the ups and downs of having to survive with a six-piece Urban Organic Jazz. Drivetime has became internationally known by using the tools available to get their music out to listeners around the globe releasing four CD’s on iTunes, CD-Baby and Amazon.com and being in rotation on internet and terrestrial radio since Drivetime’s brake out single Getin’ Witit 2009 featuring Bob Baldwin. Using Facebook and Twitter Drivetime has increased their popularity with listeners/fans and has gained a #1 ranking on sites like N1M and Reverbnation

The JT Project

Active since: September 1

JAZZED R&B WITH A WHOLE LOT OF SOUL GOIN’ ON “The JT Project” has been called a link between the young hip-hop generation and the classic genre we call jazz. In reality, “The JT Project” is a collaboration between 20 year old Jacob Webb and 21 year old Todd Schefflin. The duo met at a local university and began working together two years ago picking up gigs wherever possible. It mushroomed in 2009, when Jacob and Todd headed into the studio with dreams of their collaboration creating 21st century Jazz/R&B/Hip Hop unique mix. That “mix” can be heard throughout Love Passion Correspondence. The band members of “The JT Project” have over 30 years of musical experience combined

The Stolen Sweets

The Stolen Sweets formed in 2004 with the intention of reviving the songs of 1930s sister act, The Boswell Sisters. Comprised of vocalists Jen Bernard, Lara Michell and Erin Sutherland, guitarists Pete Krebs and David Langenes (both of whom sing) and double bass player Keith Brush, The Sweets' repertoire has expanded to include material from the 1920s -1940s. Their arrangements are still inspired by the Boswells' tight 3-part harmonies, frequent tempo changes and "knowing shrugs and raised eyebrows," as noted by the Oregonian's A&E. Unlike the original Boswell arrangements that featured piano, clarinet, and horns, the Sweets incorporate gypsy jazz accompani- ment, reminiscent of Django Reinhardt. The Boswell Sisters were popular harmony singers in the late 20s and early 30s, keeping company with the likes of the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berigan, Eddie Lang, and Benny Goodman -- partnerships that provided the jazz world with some of its most influential recordings. The nature of the music was auspicious and good-humored, providing a ray of hope to listeners during a truly dispiriting economic depression. The Sweets recently returned from their second jaunt to New Orleans where they shared the stage with their dear friends, The Pfister Sisters

Portico Quartet

The Portico Quartet are a bunch of guys in their early twenties who play instrumental music. Formed four years ago from two sets of schoolfriends, they share a house in East London, make recordings, and play festivals and clubs. Yet what distinguishes them from dozens of other Hackney hopefuls is the way they sound - a fresh, unclichéd resynthesis and reinvention of music that's both pleasingly familiar and thrillingly new, like World Music from the future. With largely acoustic resources - percussion, bass and wind instruments - they have conjured and refined a group signature that's immediately recognizable

Basic Food Group

Active since: 1986

Basic Food Group employs rock trio instrumentation to investigate new combinations of musical genres. Compositions are scored in detail with sections allowed for improvisation. Over time the work is "pureed," that is , reworked and rearranged by the entire band, with elements of the music scrambled and shuffled, and new influences added. We approach it as if we were playing electric chamber music, yet each piece might include combinations of latin, reggae, rock, punk, funk, avante-garde or classical forms. The music has three equal parts, with each instrument playing a different, often non-traditional role

Kombu Combo

Take a fiery, intense drummer, mix with uncompromising sax, guitar, bass and vibes musicians, infuse with world music from Brazil, Latin America, Afro-Cuba and India, and allow free-flowing original composition--that’s the core essence of Kombu Combo. The band leader, drummer John DiGiovanni, plays pop, rock, blues, bebop and classical percussion, but throughout his career, jazz has been his home. Most music-lovers from other genres shy away from jazz; John’s concept for his new band Kombu Combo is to enable people from all genres to better enjoy and understand jazz. To accomplish this goal, the band composes melodies that take influence from jazz greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Vic Feldman, mixed with music icons like Frank Zappa and Robert Palmer, and classical composers like Erik Satie

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|˟˟| (pronounce 'gate') is a Tokyo-based Dutch-Japanese noise/jazz project.
The project was started by Lajos in june 2009 as an experiment in solo improvisation on multiple instruments simultaneously, some of which were built (or adapted) especially for this project. In November 2009, Taka joined the project.
|˟˟|'s music is somewhere in between free jazz (or free music) and noise, with important influences from industrial, drone, and Japanese and other traditional music. All music is the product of free improvisation without scores, plans, predetermined ideas, or second takes. All sessions are recorded as single track (usually mono) MP3 files, and except for some fade-in and/or fade-out, no changes are made in post production.

Lajos Ishibashi-Brons: 7-string bass, guitar, sousen, zarazara, crank-in-a-box, various other effects and noise makers, and vocals.
Takahito Hayashi: soprano sax, soprano and sopranino recorders, ryuuteki (dragon flute), flute, didgeridoo, various other wind instruments, percussion, and vocals.

All releases can be listened to at Bandcamp: http://gate.bandcamp.com/

Glazz Ensemble

GLAZZ is an energetic Latin jazz inspired group from Chicago which fuses music traditions from Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Panama. Mix in a healthy dose of afro-beat, rock, funk, soul, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese sounds and you'll hear what gives GLAZZ a truly unique patois in the jazz idiom. Though a relative newcomer to the Chicago jazz scene, their shows have created a buzz due to the musicianship and highly entertaining performances which showcase strong interplay and dynamics featuring rich harmonic and rhythmic elements. When attending a GLAZZ show, be sure to listen to the improvisational interaction between the musicians

Jazz on the Square

Jazz on the Square is a not-for-profit organization based in Woodstock, Illinois. Our mission is to provide the best live jazz performance and education in northern Illinois. Woodstock, Illinois has become the hottest destination for live music in McHenry County. Concerts at Off Square Music, the Woodstock Folk Festival, the Mozart Festival, Stage Left Café and the Opera House, among many other venues, showcase the great musical talent in the region. Jazz on the Square continues this tradition by sponsoring the best jazz in McHenry County at 1776, Herban Fare, La Petite Creperie, Liquid Blues, Mixteca Tequila Bar, Odd Fellows, O'Leary's Pub and Stage Left Café. The Jazz on the Square jazz jams hosted by Billy Denk are a popular event for Chicago area musicians. The Woodstock Jazz Festival is hosted each August by Jazz on the Square.

DaylightSaving

Formed in November 2008 and based in Kent in the UK, DaylightSaving is a songwriting duo with a sound that combines elements of jazz, pop, folk and Latin and features soft acoustic guitar, folksy vocals, flute, penny whistle and melodica. Having been told they weren't 'pure jazz enough' by a UK radio station that shall remain nameless, Richard and Kate delight in describing themselves as 'mongrel dogs of jazz-pop fusion and proud of it'. That half of their songs sound more like contemporary folk than either pop or jazz is neither here nor there. We met while Kate was studying music at Canterbury Christ Church University as a mature student (Kate studied songwriting with Jack Hues of Wang Chung), looking for a way to 'do' music, rather than study it, and Richard was looking for a singer