Results for "Brian Blade"

The Bond

By William Parker

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Bond; The Emergence; The Release.

I Dream of Christmas

By Norah Jones

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2021
Track listing: Christmas Calling (Jolly Jones); Christmas Don't Be Late; Christmas Glow; White Christmas; Christmas Time!; Blue Christmas; It's Only Christmas Once A Year; You're Not Alone; Winter Wonderland; A Holiday With You; Run Run Rudolph; Christmas Time Is Here; What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

As We Are

By Dave Stryker

Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Overture; Lanes; River Man; Hope; Saudade; One Thing At A Time; As We Were; Dreams Are Real; Soul Friend.

Kenny Garrett: The Value of Ancestors

by R.J. DeLuke
December 6, 2021

Saxophonist Kenny Garrett has always respected the music of his predecessors. He knows its importance. He knows the value of the tradition, knowledge and innovation passed on to new generations of musicians. He's recorded, for example, dedications to John Coltrane (Pursuance, Warner Bros., 1996), as well as Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins (Trilogy, Warner ...

Norah Jones: I Dream of Christmas

by Jim Trageser
October 23, 2021

With Tony Bennett's retirement, the mantle of legitimate straight-ahead pop crooners is now firmly in the hands of subsequent generations: Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall and Norah Jones. Not pure jazz singers, of which there are numerous stellar examples, these singers are more in the Bennett-Sinatra-Fitzgerald mold, bringing a jazz sensibility to pop music.

The Legendary Nate Smith: What's the story?

by Leo Sidran
October 4, 2021

Drummer, composer and bandleader Nate Smith is known and celebrated in many circles. In recent years his drumming has become as influential as it has been ubiquitous. Transcription books of his playing have been written, and any drummer trying to play funk or pocket oriented music today will have to confront Nate's playing one way or ...

Take Five with Alex Jenkins

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2021

Meet Alex Jenkins Alex Jenkins has always been a student of the world, especially its music. Well versed in music styles eastern and western, traditional and contemporary, Alex's sound transcends both traditions and boundaries. His expression of rhythm is most heavily influenced by his study of the tabla, a North Indian classical percussion instrument. This has ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Brian Blade

July 25, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating Brian Blade's birthday today! “I remember when I first read the words hanging in a frame on my grandma Rosa's wall. The serenity prayer was something I couldn't understand until almost thirty years later, but now after experiencing some peaks and valleys of life, those words ring in my ears with ...

John Patitucci Trio Featuring Chris Potter and Brian Blade at Anfiteatro romano di Suasa

by Andrea Rotili
July 25, 2021

Dan McCarthy: A Place Where We Once Lived

by Dan Bilawsky
May 20, 2021

By February of 2019, Dan McCarthy had reached the end of his time in New York. “The movers had come and packed everything up, and my wife and son were already in Toronto at my parents' house. I was at our apartment in Crown Heights and I only had a few things, including my vibes," he ...