Results for "Chris Smith"

Chris Smith: At The Intersection Of Scholarship, Performance and Pedagogy

by David A. Orthmann
April 7, 2015

In the introduction to his book Jazz Matters (University Of California Press, 2010), David Ake writes about bringing “together the practical side of making jazz, the pedagogical side of teaching it, and the academic side of writing about it." (p. 12) “Nothing but good," Ake adds, “can come if we increase the numbers of scholars who ...

The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis

by David A. Orthmann
February 18, 2015

The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis Chris Smith 399 pages ISBN: #978-1-57441-574-2 University Of North Texas Press 2014 “Good drummers were a rarity and that's all there was to it. There's no ego problem involved, it's just there weren't ...

The Right Riot

By Chris Smith

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014

Surf Spray (by Divergent)

Label: E.L. Mahon/Independent Label
Released: 2014
Track listing: Take On Me; Our Love is Here to Stay; Surf Spray; Two The Five; Beatrice; But Not For Me; Bremond's Blues; Wonder Child; Movie' (Eat Your Cake); Beautiful Love

Jazzedelics - A Mashup Of New And Old

November 6, 2014

Jazzedelics is the brainchild of singer/percussionist Tony Jones and guitarist Doug Perkins based on a simple premise: What if the seminal rock giants of the 60’s had written their songs in a jazz framework? With music from Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and others, Jazzedelics is a mash-up band that ...

Colin Stranahan: Life Condition

by Bruce Lindsay
October 27, 2010

Drummer Colin Stranahan was something of a prodigy, gigging around his home town of Denver, Colorado, aged 11 years and releasing his first album, Dreams Untold (Capri Records, 2004) at the age of 17. Life Condition is his third album--inspired by a trip to India with Herbie Hancock and the Monk Institute Band. It's a mix ...

Gabriel Riesco Project: Sculptures in Time

by Edward Blanco
January 8, 2010

Spanish guitarist Gabriel Riesco leads his GRProject quintet on their second album, Sculptures in Time, presenting a challenging selection of original modern and fusion-like jazz diced with elements of Latin and a splattering of smooth jazz. Billed as a jazz/samba and fusion guitarist, Riesco's guitar style compares quite nicely to Pat Metheny, though their approaches are ...