Results for "Brian Blade"

Publisher's Top Picks for 2008

by Michael Ricci
January 19, 2009

It was another productive year for “Team AAJ" as we delivered some new features and upgraded several others across the website. We also beefed up our editorial staff to better manage the increasing number of contributors. The programming staff (Mike Lorenz and myself) continued to build on our foundation that has firmly established AAJ as the ...

2008 Contributor Picks

by AAJ Staff
January 16, 2009

We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 1,000 nominations, the following 2008 releases garnered the most votes. New Releases Charles Lloyd Rabe de Nube (ECM Records) Reviews ...

Beezwax Records to Release "Balance" from Guitarist/Composer Will Sellenraad

January 9, 2009

Available Now at Beezwaxrecords.com and to be officially released on March 31, 2009 Balance features Sellenraad with Abraham Burton (saxophones), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) + Victor Lewis (drums) “...you will definitely be hearing more from Will Sellenraad” – Kenny Barron Hailed as a “hidden gem,” guitarist/composer Will Sellenraad has earned a fast growing reputation of being at ...

Jesse Lewis: Atticus

by John Dworkin
January 7, 2009

The cover art of Jesse Lewis' Atticus is a simple yet striking image: a leaf with its veins replaced by digital circuitry cupped in a pair of hands. The leaf as precious motherboard. The interpretations of the image on its own could vary, but how it relates to Lewis's recording is relatively clear. How nature fits ...

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Season Of Changes

By Brian Blade

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing:

Announcing the Winner of the Brian Blade Fellowship 3-CD Discography Giveaway

October 28, 2008

Enter the Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band 3-CD Discography Giveaway Contest

September 27, 2008

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band 3-CD Discography giveaway contest starting today. We'll select one lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on October 27th. Click here to enter the contest All contestants will join the Brian Blade @ AAJ fan network and one winner will ...

State of the Art: Newport's Jazz ID Check

August 13, 2008

You could find just about any kind of jazz you wanted on the three stages at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport last weekend: jazz as heavy metal (Marco Benevento Trio), jazz as twee prog (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey), jazz as history lesson (George Wein's Newport All-Stars), jazz as avant-trad import (Empirical), jazz as pop funk ...

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band: Season Of Changes

by John Kelman
April 29, 2008

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band Season Of Changes Verve Music Group 2008 It's been eight years since drummer Brian Blade released the outstanding Perceptual (Blue Note, 2000), his last release with his Fellowship band. While much has changed, from the first notes of Season Of Changes' opener, the potent, mid-tempo ...

Wish List

By Mike Holober

Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2006
Track listing: Wish List; Conumdrum; Bumphs; Tulainyo; Boo; Blackbird; Opening Day; Nancy; Cross That Bridge.