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Brian Lynch

Born: September 12, 1956

MULTIPLE GRAMMY© AWARD WINNER; 6 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS; JJA (Jazz Journalists Association) TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR & RECORD OF THE YEAR

“This is a new millennium, and a lot of music has gone down,” Brian Lynch said a number of years back. “I think that to be a jazz musician now means drawing on a wider variety of things than 30 or 40 years ago. Not just to play a little bit of this or a little bit of that, but to blend everything together into something that has integrity and sounds good. Not to sound like a pastiche or abruptly shifting styles; but like someone with a lot of range and understanding.”

The Omni-American Book Club / My Journey Through Literature in Music

By Brian Lynch

Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2019
Track listing: CD1: Crucible for Crisis; The Struggle Is in Your Name; Affective Affinities; The Trouble with Elysium; Inevitability and Eternity; Tribute to Blue (Mitchell). CD2: Opening Up; Africa My Land; Woody Shaw; The Struggle Is in Your Name (extended version); Woody Shaw (extended version).

Russ Spiegel Organ Group - Wait A Minute!

By Russ Spiegel

Label: RuzzTone Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Wait A Minute Rainy Blues Miami Girl Up the Creek The Serpentine Count Up Unruly Julie A Quick One

Brian Lynch Big Band: The Omni-American Book Club / My Journey Through Literature in Music

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2019

Aside from being a multi-award-winning trumpeter and composer, Brian Lynch appears to be an avid reader and social arbiter as well. His twenty-third album as leader, a two-CD set whose protracted and austere name, The Omni-American Book Club / My Journey Through Literature in Music, belies its bold and free-hearted nature, is dedicated to a number ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Brian Lynch

September 12, 2019

All About Jazz is celebrating Brian Lynch's birthday today! Brian Lynch GRAMMY AWARD WINNER; 4 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS; 2017 TRUMPETER OF THE YEAR, RECORD OF THE YEAR (Jazz Journalists Association) “This is a new millennium, and a lot of music has gone down,” Brian Lynch said several years ago. “I think that to be a jazz musician ...

The Curtis Brothers: Algorithm

by Troy Dostert
September 6, 2019

It says something about Art Blakey's decades-long mentorship of younger musicians that many of them continue to pay it forward, bringing into maturity a new generation of hard-boppers who are maintaining Blakey's indomitable spirit. Enter the Curtis Brothers—pianist Zaccai and bassist Luques—who have benefited enormously from the Blakey disciples they're partnered with on their latest release, ...

Nice Jazz Festival 2019

by Martin McFie
July 24, 2019

Nice Jazz Festival Théâtre de Verdure Nice, France July 16-20, 2019 Sebastien Vidal, the artistic director of the Nice Jazz Festival, expressed his goals for 2019 as diversity and inclusivity. The Festival takes place in the center of the city, near a tram line station. They welcomed forty ...

Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy At The Blue LLama

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 7, 2019

Ralph Peterson & The Messsenger Legacy The Blue LLama Ann Arbor, Michigan May 25, 2019 Driving distance from both Detroit and Lansing, Ann Arbor has always had a healthy music scene which is further bolstered by the presence of the University of Michigan. Live jazz was on the downtown menu for ...

Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy: Legacy Alive, Volume 6 at the Side Door

by Mike Jurkovic
May 27, 2019

Recorded loud and live at the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT, Ralph Peterson—the last drummer to play side-by-side with the incomparable Art Blakey—delivers an unstoppable two-disc hyperdrive swing-fest celebration of his mentor with Legacy Alive, Volume 6 at the Side Door. It's no deep state secret that Blakey, with his effortless ...

Live in Miami @ the WDNA Jazz Gallery

By Roberto Magris

Label: JMood Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: African Mood; What Blues?; Song for an African Child; April Morning; Chachanada; Il Bello Del Jazz;; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Standard Life; Blues for My Sleeping Baby.