Results for "Chris Washburne"

Chris Washburne: Instrumental Activist

by Jason Crane
November 22, 2006

Chris Washburne: Instrumental Activist

by Jason Crane
October 23, 2006

Trombonist, composer and educator Chris Washburne has added another title--activist. Washburne and his longtime partners, The SYOTOS Band, are making a bold political statement on their new album, Land of Nod (Jazzheads, 2006). Like all bold political statements, this one is... danceable? You read that right. Washburne manages to pack the same punch on the dance ...

Paradise in Trouble

By Chris Washburne

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2003
Track listing: Money is the Future Tense, She's Dirty as a Boy, Anondyne of Muddledom, Nuyorican Son, Whatever You Want From Me, Paradise in Trouble, Your Inside Out, On Whatever Day of the Week Saturday Happens, Jazzy, Dr. Syo, Money is the Future Tense (remix)

Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: Paradise in Trouble

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
August 25, 2003

Chris Washburne and his Syotos Band are very special. This would be just an opinion -- however accurate -- if it weren't for the fact that they've maintained long-term weekly gigs at a top jazz club (Smoke) and a top Latin club (Nuyorican Poets Cafe), the latter for eight years. Recently, they added Tuesdays at a ...

The Other Side (El Otro Lado)

By Chris Washburne

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2001
Track listing: "Titorama," "Mamborama," "Deep Song," "Methane Mambo," "The Other Side," "New Beginning," "Now What?," "Caonao," "Hong Kong Mambo."

The Other Side

By Chris Washburne

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2001

Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: The Other Side (El Otro Lado)

by Jim Santella
September 1, 2001

Dedicated to Tito Puente, Chris Washburne's second recording with his stellar SYOTOS band brings fresh air to a staid genre. The Latin jazz umbrella covers a lot of territory. Washburne's focus is on salsa dance music for its starting point. You can dance to it. Just try to keep still. However, to the salsa formula, the ...

Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS Band: The Other Side (El Otro Lado)

by Bob Powers
August 1, 2001

The young lions of today are smart enough to have studied their elders. Chris Washburne, a young Ohioan who leads a seven-piece band, has paid close attention to some of jazz history's best.Washburne, who plays exciting trombone with agility and knowledge of his elders, intended to have his new album pay tribute to Latin ...

Nuyorican Nights

By Chris Washburne

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2000
Track listing: Nuyorican Nights; The Witch's Unveiling; Akran/Siretsi Yares Daran; Huracon; Spurier's Dream; Moosha; The Man without a Face; Shades of Grey; For So; 9408.

The Sun Spits Cherries

By Chris Jonas

Label: Hopscotch Records
Released: 2000