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Album

What's Next

Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Uptown Bass Hit; What's Next; SKJ; Change; Bramblin'; Pursue; Mance's Dance; Infant Eyes; In a Sentimental Mood; Voyage.

Article: Album Review

Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

Read "What's Next" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2020

A tentet is a rather strange bird; too large to be labeled a small group, yet too small to be counted as a big band, it resides somewhere near the edges, mapping out its own musical profile. Some may rate that an asset, while others may deem it a mere hybrid, unworthy of their consideration. Wiser ...

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Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

Read "What's Next" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 13, 2020

New York-based trombonist Willie Applewhite birthed the idea of forming a new big band comprised of friends, and in 2016 The Uptown Jazz Tentet was established, co-led by trumpeter Brandon Lee and trombonist James Burton III. After playing to live audiences for several years, What's Next is the group's debut recording, and what an outing it ...

Song of the Day

What's Next

October 2, 2020

Album: What's Next
By Uptown Jazz Tentet
Label: Irabbagast Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 7:33

News: Recording

Uptown Jazz Tentet - What's Next - Release Date: October 1st Featuring Brandon Lee, Adam Birnbaum & More!

August 7, 2020

Uptown Jazz Tentet What's Next Release Date: October 1st Featuring Brandon Lee, Willie Applewhite and James Burton III Ten-Piece Powerhouse! The Uptown Jazz Tentet is a ten-piece ensemble collectively led by trumpeter, Brandon Lee and trombonists Willie Applewhite and James Burton. The other seven members are the most reputable sidemen on the ...

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Musician

Brandon Lee

Born: January 14, 1983

As the youngest faculty member in the jazz studies program at The Juilliard School, Brandon Lee is committed to preserving the integrity of America’s uniquely original art form, jazz. Brandon has toured the world presenting his hard-swinging, soulful and progressive music to captive audiences. As an artist for Wren/Tang Studios, Brandon has recently released his debut album, “From Within” to critical acclaim. With praise ranging from Jazziz Magazine to jazz master Benny Golson, His style has been described as “a rare combination of power and subtlety” and as “playing from the deepest grotto of your heart’s core.” Born in 1983 in Houston, Texas, Brandon is the middle child in a musical family of three siblings

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Eyal Vilner Big Band: Swing Out!

Read "Swing Out!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 26, 2019

Eyal Vilner's fourth album as leader of his impressive New York-based big band is a throwback to the kind of concert dates audiences no doubt derived great pleasure from during the storied Big-Band Era well over half a century ago when groups not far removed from this one in spirit traveled cross-country by bus, car or ...

Article: Live From New York

Caetano Veloso, James Carter, Hamza Akram, Eyal Vilner and David Grollman

by Martin Longley
July 20, 2019

Caetano Veloso Brooklyn Academy Of Music April 12, 2019 Always essential for the local Brazilian community, but also far beyond, into the general music enthusiast zone, singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso made one of his occasional visits to NYC, presenting the Ofertório show. Essentially, this involved his three musical sons, ...

Album

Bridges

By Shirley Crabbe

Label: MaiSong Music & Entertainment
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Isn’t This a Lovely Day (5:02); 2. Taking a Chance on Love (3:41); 3. Bridges (5:46); 4. The Bridge (4:09); 5. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (5:09); 6. Promise Me (4:46); 7. The Windmills of Your Mind (4:43); 8. And So It Goes (5:10); 9. Thief in the Night (5:32); 10. Blessed Assurance (4:58).

News: Recording

Exquisite Vocalist Shirley Crabbe Sings Of Personal Connection On "Bridges," Available April 30, 2018

April 28, 2018

Some vocalists excel at lyric interpretation. They know how to tell the story of a song with subtlety and nuance. Other singers have such beautiful voices that they’d be a pleasure to listen to if they sang the periodic table set to a Brahms lullaby. It’s not easy to say which is Shirley Crabbe's strength, since ...