Results for "Bebop"

Adam Beaudoin

Born: October 26, 1988

One of the brightest new voices on the New York scene, Adam is a sophisticated interpreter of the jazz repertoire, drawing from the vocal traditions of Chet Baker and Billie Holiday. His wide-ranging performances move seamlessly between songbook standards, post-bop classics, and lesser-known masterpieces of Brazilian music. He is a prodigious improvisor who blends the roles of singer and horn player, always in service of a deeper engagement with the music. 

After classical training at Oberlin Conservatory, Adam moved to New York, where he studied with acclaimed jazz vocalists Sara Serpa and Theo Bleckmann

Gavin Halloran

Méva's Journal

Active since: 2023

Méva’s Journal is a fresh hard bop outfit in the Brisbane Jazz scene, modeled off of the late 50's/60's ‘hard bop’ ensembles. 

The band is led by Evan J. Evans, a Brisbane drummer currently studying a Bachelor in Jazz performance at the Jazz Music Institute, who has written all the music for the band. 

The music is based heavily in the early era of hard bop, taking heavy influence from more angular bebop composers like Thelonious Monk. The band features Tyger Middleton on Tenor Saxophone, Chris James on Alto Saxophone, Jordan Stitt on Piano and Alex Askew on Double Bass.

John Alvey

Nashville born drummer John Alvey has been a regular of the Nashville jazz scene for almost two decades. He can be found playing in different musical incarnations in Nashville or on the road. John has worked with Joel Frahm, Rahsaan Barber, Roland Barber, Rod McGaha, Don Aliquo, and he has performed alongside Gregory Tardy, Brian Lynch Jeff Coffin, Bob McChesney, and Jason Marshall.

Outside of jazz, in Nashville’s rich country and roots music scene, John has recorded and/or performed with Taj Mahal, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, Sierra Hull, Shannon Labrie, and Vince Gill, having worked in musical fields as diverse as recording drums with string quartets, to playing shows in both historic and modern rooms: The Ryman Auditorium, The Grand Ole Opry, The Bluebird Cafe, The Station Inn, Rudy's Jazz Room, and The Nashville Jazz Workshop

Kim Peralta

Kim Peralta is founder of the Jazzwomen, a collective of women jazz artists in the NY Metro area. She studied in Cuba with drummer Alejandro Aguiar Rodriguez at Havana Music School from 2018 - 2021. 

In 2021 she joined SUNY Jazz Ensemble under music director/pianist/composer Chris Parker. She left the ensemble in 2024 to nurture her own projects - the Jazzwomen and Blue Hearts Jazz Group. 

Geoffrey Dean

Dr. Geoffrey Dean is a jazz pianist, composer, author and educator currently performing in the Washington DC area. His music spans the entire genre of jazz – from blues and hard bop influences to classical music, R&B and modern jazz.

Geoffrey Dean currently performs and teaches in the Northern Virginia/DC region. His newest jazz quartet album "Foundations" featuring Harish Raghavan on Bass, Dr. Eric Binder on Drums, and Justin Copeland on Trumpet can be found streaming everywhere as well as on CD and vinyl. Dr. Dean has recently authored an educational book on how to play modern jazz piano titled “Kenny Kirkland’s Harmonic and Rhythmic Language: A Model For The Modern Jazz Pianist”. It can be purchased at kennykirkland.com as well as the Jamey Aebersold website at jazzbooks.com

Caleb Dillon-Murray

Born: October 26, 1988

Caleb Dillon-Murray is a saxophonist and composer presiding in the San Francisco Bay Area. While in school, he primarily studied both jazz and classical saxophone, though he has played with all sorts of different ensembles, including blues bands, gospel, Latin, Reggae, hip-hop groups, and Arabic music. Caleb has a Bachelor's Degree from Hope College under direction of Brian Coyle and has a Master's Degree in Jazz Composition from the University of South Florida under direction of Charles Owen.

After working on cruise lines for a while after school, he came back to the Bay Area and released his first album, "Jammin' Through December" with a band he formed called Blue Horizon. He also joined a variety of bands, including the California-Reggae band, "Coast Tribe",  where he recorded 2 albums, and the Blue Band "The Delta Wires", where he recorded 1 album.

Jamie Taylor

Born: November 9, 1977

Between 2007 and 2009 Jamie was Course Leader for Jazz at Leeds Conservatoire (then Leeds College of Music), where he remains a Principal Lecturer on the jazz faculty. He has worked with leading jazz musicians like Baptiste Herbin, Sheryl Bailey, John Stowell, Judy Carmichael, Roni Ben-Hur, John Goldsby, Wayne Escoffery, Alan Barnes, Jim Mullen, Sebastiaan DeKrom, Andrea DiBiase, Steve Watts, Matt Fishwick, Steve Fishwick, Richard Iles, Steve Brown, Pete Whittaker, Gary Potter, Tom Harrison, David Lyttle, Laura Jurd, and Tori Freestone. In the field of popular music he has contributed to projects involving Mercury Music Prize nominee Richard Hawley, CANDID recording artist Sarah Mitchell, and Leeds-based indie band "The Pigeon Detectives". Jamie's current project is "Trio JDM" - a contemporary organ trio led by drummer Dave Walsh. Jamie toured the UK in September 2017 with six-piece jazz/rock project "Perpetual Motion Machine". Scroll down to the "Videos" section to see this exciting band in action! Jamie's previous group "Outside Line" was formed in 2013, and the following year released its debut album on GLP Records "Introducing Outside Line" to considerable critical acclaim.

Daryl Gott

Born: March 31, 1987

Born and raised in Denver, CO, he began playing the saxophone in fifth grade and developed quickly. Gott studied at Denver School of the Arts, the City College of New York (earning a degree in jazz performance) and later earned a Master’s degree in jazz pedagogy and performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. A fixture on the Denver music scene during the past decade, Gott can be found playing most nights in the clubs and bars around Denver.  He also teaches at the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts and privatley.  He has worked with Eric Gunnison, Danny Gottlieb, Ethan Iverson, Jon Gordon, Dick Oatts, Greg Gisbert and Sean Jones plus the top local musicians.

Daniel Duke

Daniel LaCour Duke is a critically acclaimed bassist and composer who has performed with some high profile musicians throughout his career, including Vincent Herring, Louis Hayes, and Mulgrew MIller. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Duke’s parents were both classical piano teachers. His father also worked as a solo jazz pianist. When offered a job at a well regarded music school, the family moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where Daniel began learning the violin as a child. Throughout his childhood, he was exposed to jazz, second line and Cajun music on frequent visits to his mother’s family in New Orleans. As a teenager he started playing bass, and by the time he turned 18, he was working regularly as a professional bassist with jazz, rock, and salsa bands in Minneapolis.