Results for "Byron Stripling"

Newport Beach (CA) Summer Jazz Series Begins July 6

June 14, 2011

Sunset Jazz at Newport, featuring straight ahead jazz from top jazz performers, begins July 6 and will continue for 11 summer Wednesday nights at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel in Southern California. The concerts take place at the outside Rose Garden, with patrons sitting comfortably at tables. There will be two sets, 6 and 7:30. Both ...

Sonny Brings the Presents to His Own 80th Birthday

by Dan Morgenstern
October 13, 2010

Sonny Brings the Presents To His Own 80th Birthday Sonny Rollins threw himself an 80th birthday party at New York's restored Beacon Theater on September 10 --he was born on the 7th-- and it was he who brought the gifts. And what a cornucopia! This was one of those rare times when you ...

Stripling Remains True to Armstrong's Roots

February 21, 2010

"This music changed my life," said Byron Stripling, who paid homage to Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings from the Roaring '20s in an extraordinary concert last night in the Lincoln Theatre. Stripling, artistic director of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, led seven other musicians in 17 mostly great renditions of Satchmo's signature tunes from ...

My Best Jazz Experiences Through the Decades

by Larry Taylor
February 12, 2010

I've been a jazz fan since I was a teenager in the late forties, growing up in Southern California. From grammar school on, I listened to pop tunes of the day--the hit parade songs and big band music that were in the air on the radio. As I entered junior high, I became ...

Stripling Now!

By Byron Stripling

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2002

Byron, Get One Free

By Byron Stripling

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2001
Track listing: Indiana; Con Alma; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You; Frank's Magic; Lover Man; Sometimes I'm Happy; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; Byron, Get One Free; I'm Old Fashioned; Woody 'N You (Total Time: 60.21).

Byron, Get One Free...

By Byron Stripling

Label:
Released: 2001
Track listing: Indiana; Con Alma; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You*; Frank's Magic; Lover Man; Sometimes I'm Happy; I Can't Give You Anything But Love*; Byron, Get One Free; I'm Old Fashioned*; Woody `N' You

Byron Stripling: Byron, Get One Free

by C. Michael Bailey
November 1, 2001

Byron Stripling accepts the mantle of Louis Armstrong. Everything about Byron Stripling is good-natured. His trumpet playing is clearly understandable, fluent, and deeply influenced by Louis Armstrong. His singing is engaging and original while tipping its hat to Pops also. His two previous recordings, the 2000 Series initiating Striplingnow! (Nagel Heyer 2002) and his fully-assembled Satchmo ...

Byron Stripling: Byron, Get One Free...

by Dave Nathan
November 1, 2001

This is the 3rd album for former Lionel Hampton Big Band lead trumpet Bryon Stripling for the Nagel Heyer label. Joined by jazz stalwarts Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Charlap and the ageless, Frank Wess, Stripling focuses more on ballad standards than on his previous releases revealing a soft side to his playing. The blues inflected arrangement of ...

If I Could Be With You: Byron Stripling and Friends Play Louis Armstrong

By Byron Stripling

Label:
Released: 2000
Track listing:

On The Sunny Side Of The Street; Struttin' With Some Barbecue; Thanks A Million/Rockin Chair/ Do You Know What It Means; I Souble Dare You; I'm Confessin' That I Love You; St. Louis Blues; If I Could Be With You; Mack The Knife/The Faithful Hussar; West End Blues; Big Butter And Egg Man; Tiger Rag; When It's Sleepy Time Down South. (Total Time: 69:03)