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Billy Childs, Autumn In Moving Pictures: Jazz Chamber Music, Vol. 2 (artistShare). There is a long history in jazz of strings in small-group chamber music. In a 1935 concert, Artie Shaw played a piece that he composed for clarinet and string quartet. It brought him attention that helped lead to his first big band. Ralph Burns ...
Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
If we think about it for a little while, it's possible to believe that there is something almost mystic and undeniably powerful about jazz. The way it developed through the years and its constant ignition-like energy; the creativity of those who lead the way and those who continue the journey today; the improvisation that takes over ...
Gerald Clayton: Two-Shade
by Ken Dryden
Gerald Clayton isn't like the average young jazz musician. He was immersed in music studies for a long time (his teachers include Kenny Barron, Billy Childs and Shelly Berg), while gaining experience playing duo piano concerts with Barron, Benny Green and Mulgrew Miller and also performing as a sideman with the legendary Clark Terry. If that's ...
2009 Angel City Jazz Festival Set for Labor Day Weekend
Dave Douglas, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Nels Cline, Larry Goldings, Wayne Horvitz, etc.Jazz Concerts - The Angel City Jazz FestivalLabor Day Weekend, Sept. 6-7 2009. 4PM-11PMThe John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood CATickets: adults $35 ($30 before Aug 31) children under 12 and under & students with ...
New Live Concert Video for Billy Childs
Artistshare is excited to announce that Billy Childs has a new video posted on his project page, which features his fantastic band, along with the masterful work of the Ying quartet. In order to see this video footage of the band, live in concert, you must become a participant on his project page. Visit Billy Childs' ...
Grammy Winning Composer Billy Childs Launches "Jazz Chamber Music Vol. 2" Project!
Get an inside look into Grammy award winning composer Billy Childs creative process as it unfolds during the creation of his latest recording - Jazz Chamber Music Vol. 2. Participants will have the unique opportunity to experience the artistic world of Billy Childs through the work and words of the musician himself as it happens. Highlights: ...
Kenny Burrell: Mr. Good Notes
by Russ Musto
“I'm just trying to play the good notes," says Kenny Burrell, lighthearted laughter accompanying his response to the question of how he would characterize his style of guitar playing. The reply betrayed the genial humility that has long distinguished him as one of the music's truly gracious gentlemen. Burrell has been playing the “good notes" for ...
Concert: Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble - Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, CA - 5/10/08
Pianist and composer Billy Childs, an eight-time Grammy nominee and two-time winner, works his musical magic with his Jazz-Chamber Ensemble in the Art Deco splendor of San Pedro's Warner Grand Theatre on Saturday, May 10, at 4:00 pm. The Da Camera Society's San Pedro Mini-Festival offers a pre- and post-concert self guided tour of the town's ...
Lyric: Jazz-Chamber Music Vol. 1
By Billy Childs
Label: Lunacy Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: In Carson's Eyes; Goodbye; Friend; Into the Light; Prelude in Bb Major; The Old Man Tells
His Story; Hope in the Face of Despair; Scarborough Faire; Quiescence; American
Landscape.
