Results for "Chris Madsen"

Guitar Forms 2024

by Jerome Wilson
May 23, 2024

These are a few recent releases where guitars have a featured role. Jeanfrancois Prins Blue Note Mode GAM Records 2024 Guitarist Jeanfrancois Prins is from Belgium but his music comes straight out of the American jazz tradition. He recorded this album at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder studio ...

The Trio Book

By Chris Madsen

Label: JMarq
Released: 2023
Track listing: Eiderdown; Amethyst Secrets; N.R.W.; D Minor Mint; Mirrors; West Coast Blues; Granada

Wayne Shorter, Vince Mendoza, Lonnie McFadden & Kristin Korb

by Joe Dimino
March 26, 2023

We kick off a new 795th Episode of Neon Jazz with a powerful Denmark-based, American-born bassist and singer in Kristin Korb with material created during the COVID era. From there we hear from vocalist Diane Schuur, who was one of the first real experiences Kristin had in live jazz. We also celebrate a handful of esteemed ...

Not Quite Yet

By Paul Marinaro

Label: 122 Myrtle Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Born to Be Blue; Someone To Light Up My Life; Make Me Rainbows; The Angels Have Gone; Remind Me; No One Ever Tells You; Invitation; The Island; Taking a Chance on Love; On A Wonderful Day Like Today; That's All; Searching; I Remember; No Plan.

Lucky to Be Me

By Leah Crane

Label: Paul Langford Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Cry Me a River; Beautiful Love; The Way You Look Tonight; Here's to Life; Chega de Saudade; Lucky to Be Me; Estate; A Kiss to Build a Dream On; Embraceable You; I Wanna Be Around.

Leah Crane: Lucky to Be Me

by Jane Kozhevnikova
August 23, 2022

Hailing from Indianapolis and based in Chicago, versatile singer Leah Crane released Lucky to Be Me in 2022 after working on it since 2019. Joining her on the album is Paul Langford, a Chicago-based singer, arranger, keyboardist, producer and conductor. The album also features Rob Dixon on saxophone, Daniel Duarte on guitar, Shawn Sommer on bass ...

New Standard Jazz Orchestra: Waltz About Nothing

by Jack Bowers
May 3, 2022

Since trumpeter Rob Parton's superlative JazzTech Big Band left the scene more than a decade ago, Chicagoans have been left to wonder when, or even if, another ensemble of that caliber would arrive to fill the void left by its departure. In 2020, their hopes were realized with the formation of the New Standard Jazz Orchestra, ...

Chris Madsen

Jazz saxophonist Christopher Madsen is one of the most in-demand figures in the Chicago jazz world as a performer, composer, and pedagogue.  A former faculty member at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Midwest Young Artists, he currently coordinates the jazz program at Loyola University Chicago. He is a sought-after jazz clinician, adjudicating at jazz festivals and offering workshops to ensembles of all ages and levels from across the globe. He is a Vandoren and Conn-Selmer Performing Artist, member of the Fulbright Specialist Program roster, Jazz Education Network, the National Educator’s Association, and the National Association for Music Education. Madsen serves on the Education Committee for the Jazz Education Network and has been featured in Jazziz Magazine (2005), the Jazz Spotlight for artsamerica.org (2012), and has been interviewed for saxplaying.com (2018) and the Chicago Jazz Magazine (2019). Madsen has also contributed jazz articles to The Instrumentalist magazine and been interviewed on several radio broadcasts about jazz history and his performing career.

Bonfire

By Chris Madsen

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Chris Madsen: saxophone; Stu Mindeman: piano; Clark Sommers: bass; Dana Hall: drums.

Chris Madsen: Bonfire

by Peter J. Hoetjes
November 2, 2019

The winds of change have been blowing over the record business for over two decades, altering the ways in which consumers listen to music. With the rise of internet-based services such as Spotify and YouTube, the prospect of an expensive trip to the recording studio has soured for many jazz musicians. Despite the fact that the ...