Results for "Carmen Rothwell"

Samba de Beach

January 20, 2021

Album: Lose My Number
By Allegra Levy
Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 4:13

Lose My Number

By Allegra Levy

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Samba De Beach; Livin' Small; Tiffany; Strictly Ballroom; C. J.; Dover Beach; Ukulele Tune; Zephyr; Lose My Number.

Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie At Zero Gravity

By Dave Douglas

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Mondrian; Con Almazan, Cadillac; See Me Now; Manteca; Pickin' the Cabbage; Pacific; Subterfuge; We Pray.

Allegra Levy: Lose My Number

by Jerome Wilson
December 7, 2020

Allegra Levy is a young singer who has made a reputation for herself through her witty songwriting and performing. She has sung a lot of her own songs on previous releases but on this one, she changes things slightly by writing her own lyrics to the music of trumpet player John McNeil. McNeil was ...

Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie At Zero Gravity

by Giuseppe Segala
May 11, 2020

Chi si aspetta da questo disco un omaggio fedele all'approccio umoristico e pirotecnico di Dizzy Gillespie, non conosce Dave Douglas. Il trombettista, che ha compiuto lo scorso marzo cinquantasette anni, ha mostrato nelle frequenti dediche ai protagonisti della storia del jazz la propria propensione del tutto personale a tale pratica: lo ha fatto tra l'altro con ...

Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie At Zero Gravity

by Dan McClenaghan
April 20, 2020

The distinctive trumpet of Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), with the idiosyncratic upward angle of its bell, is transformed into a starship on the cover of Dave Douglas' Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie in Zero Gravity, seemingly soaring above the stratosphere, in Earth orbit. Douglas has a history of nodding to past greats: pianist Mary Lou Williams on Soul ...

Carmen Quill

Carmen Quill (formerly Carmen Q. Rothwell) is a double bassist, composer, singer and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is recognized for her sound and versatility on the double bass, her captivating performances as a solo artist, and her intuitive sensitivity as an improviser. Her debut solo recording, Don’t Get Comfy / Nowhere (2021), “thrives on the meeting of reservation and vulnerability, and its songs feel as emotional and virtuosic as a power ballad yet are sparse and withholding as a Rembrandt” (Pitchfork). In addition to producing and performing her solo music she performs and releases music as part of the bands tilt, Scree, and a host of other projects and collaborations. Carmen is a 2025 Next Jazz Legacy Awardee (New Music USA).

10 Most Read Articles: 2017

by Michael Ricci
December 31, 2017

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published in 2017. Interview John McLaughlin's American Farewell Tour with Jimmy Herring by Alan Bryson Published: September 5, 2017 Building a Jazz Library Forget Old Europe: 15 ...

Gregg Belisle-Chi: I Sang To You And The Moon

by Angelo Leonardi
November 8, 2017

Vengono da Seattle e hanno meno di trent'anni i componenti di questo quartetto dalla fisionomia singolare: una cantante accompagnata da chitarra, tromba e contrabbasso. Come si può intuire dall'organico, il clima è cameristico e l'intimismo folk delle musiche di Gregg Belisle-Chi impregna tutto l'album. Anche se è scritto in caratteri microscopici sul retrocopertina, il chitarrista ha ...

Carmen Rothwell: The Art of Intuition

by Paul Rauch
August 25, 2017

Seattle, a city synonymous with alternative rock, has long sustained a provincial jazz culture, without a signature sound, but with an openness to innovative, progressive invention. To outside jazz partisans, the city is known for phenomenal high school talent that usually flies the coop, heading east for conservatory training and to pursue professional ambitions.