Results for "Blues"

Fingers Slim

Born: September, 1986

Fingers Slim first discovered his love of blues & boogie-woogie piano in his mid teens. Now an accomplished, multi- instrumentalist, he has since recorded and toured with an array of acts throughout Europe spanning blues, jazz, funk & soul. Keen to return to his roots, he has drawn on these many & varied musical experiences to create a fresh, compelling & stripped down set of songs & instrumentals to showcase his abilities on the keys. Combining originals with some reworked classics of the genre and spanning a range of moods from slow blues, shuffle blues & funky blues to scintillating boogie-woogie & stride piano - a splendid & lively show mixing old & new is guaranteed! His debut album 'Just Gadding About' was released in May 2018.

Jennifer Bruce & DejaNu

Born: October 25

International jazz artists of high acclaim are touring with a new classic style and atwist of classic pop. New generations are rediscovering and loving the romance of jazz DejaNu is bringing festivals, theaters, and clubs a new audience. The audiences who love the classics are also hearing the amazing talents of Jennifer Bruce and her jazz quartet as they brilliantly weave the classic songbook with a new spin of songs originally recorded in the pop style but with the right twist. They have given songs written by such acclaimed artists as Paul Simon, Carol King, Stevie Wonder, Burt Bachrach, Hall and Oats and the Everly Brothers new life and have audiences turning their heads and returning each time they have an opportunity to hear the New American Songbook. Jennifer Bruce, the power behind the microphone, is a multi-talented song stylist who has the chops to cover the great tunes of all time and embraces some new tunes and before you know it, the old and the new songs are seen as the New Jazz Book

Bret Tobalske

Born: November 14, 1966

I love music in all its forms, but I am mainly inspired by jazz, blues and rock. My primary instruments are acoustic and electric guitars, but I also play bass guitar, drums including doumbek, tar and ngoni and other percussion instruments. I use a keyboard to drive MIDI samples. I am part of a duo with Jerred Seveyka, "Seveyka and Tobalske," and we have one album "Decompression Stop" and several singles. I am also in a duo with Joe Moll, "Kootenai Creek," and we have released five singles, most recently: "Moon Turned On." I regularly collaborate with Jean-Luc Saintot in the Jura, France and Ken Dial in Montana, USA.

Shanna Waterstown

hanna Waterstown was born in the Deep South. In Florida , USA to be exact. She grew up singing Gospel in a small Baptist church, at a time when the most popular music on the radio and in her household was "Motown Soul", "Country" and "Gospel". Her youth was tailored by many rich and different styles of music, and inspired her first creations and compositions at the age of 11 or 12. Shanna started a local group with some neighbors and experimented with recordings and cassette tapes back then. She has toured in the US. and Europe in such countries as France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Austria, Poland, Latvia etc..

Tom Smerk

Born: July 10, 1951

I have been a professional entertainer since 1965. I have played with recording artists, appeared on TV and radio, and have had articles published in newspapers and magazines. I have taught guitar for the San Diego Community College District (since 1988) as well as several music studios, and I and have a music degree from Mount Aloysius College with concentration on Music Ed and guitar performance. I am available as a music producer. I have a good ear for what sounds good and what sounds bad, and I will work with you or your band to record a dynamic CD that captivates rather than falls short

Vinay Kaushal

Born: December 27, 1989

Musician's Institute (Hollywood) alumni and Fender Artist Vinay Kaushal is all about writing music that resonates with the soul. A musician and composer proficient in various styles of music, Vinay's originals are an "instant earworm" (Rolling Stone Magazine), telling a story brimming with individuality yet immensely relatable to every audience. Music released under Vinay’s name boasts stylistic versatility. Growing up surrounded by Indian classical music and being formally trained in western contemporary music has given Vinay the advantage of either being able to seamlessly blend various genres or compose music in any one genre

Blues

By Vittorio Gennari

Label: Red Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Blues in the Closet; Blue Seven; Ammore; Stolen Moments; Another Blues; Mr. P.C.; Turn Around; Blues for Philly Joe; Birk’s Works; Things Ain’t What The Used to Be; Audrey.

Vittorio Gennari: Blues

by C. Michael Bailey
January 17, 2014

Italian alto saxophonist Vittorio Gennari manages to keep together his band from his 2010 Melodies for another run on Blues, a recording he nominally shares with vibraphonist Daniele Di Gregorio. The two survey the sacred twelve bars much in the same way as Jackie McLean on his 1961 Bluesnik (Blue Note) or Jimmy Smith on Six ...

Blues

By Chris Bergson

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Staring at the Clock; Come and Gone; Little Girl Blue; The Stumble; Cold November.

Chris Bergson: Blues

by Jim Santella
March 20, 2004

Recorded live at New York's Smoke jazz club, this brief session digs deeps into the heart and soul of the blues. Chris Bergson sings ‘em the way he feels ‘em. By answering each of his vocal phrases with pliant guitar licks, the artist is able to interpret each tale of woe with double barrels. ...