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Clarence Penn

Born: March 2, 1968

Clarence Penn is one of the busiest jazz drummers in the world, a leader of multiple bands, a composer, a prolific producer, and an educator. Since 1991, when he arrived in New York City, Penn has placed his unique blend of mega-chops, keen intellect, and heady musicianship at the service of a staggering array of A-list artists—a chronological short-list includes Ellis and Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead, Makoto Ozone, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider, Luciana Souza, Richard Galliano, and Fourplay. Penn’s impressive discography includes several hundred studio albums (including the Grammy-winning recordings 34th and Lex by Randy Brecker and Concert in the Garden and Sky Blue by Maria Schneider) representing a 360-spectrum of jazz expression, and he’s toured extensively throughout the United States, the Americas, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia

Christian Sands: Can't Find My Way Home

by Michael Ricci
February 22, 2023

Ah-Bop

By Gene Ess

Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Ah-Bop; Waltz; Yuki; Array; Dark Blues; Crossing; Trance; Ending Credits

Take Five with Gene Ess

by AAJ Staff
December 22, 2022

Meet Gene Ess Award-winning guitarist, Gene Ess, draws upon a diverse background to form his unique style. Studying classical piano, Gene's early years were filled with the sounds of Beethoven and Chopin. Originally from Tokyo, Japan and growing up on a U.S. Air Force Base on Okinawa, Gene was simultaneously receiving a mix of influences: he ...

Ah-Bop

October 15, 2022

Album: Ah-Bop
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 4:45

Denis Gäbel: A Deeper Meaning

by Matty Bannond
June 30, 2022

This year, the hr-Bigband welcomes star guests including Nils Landgren, Camille Thurman and John Beasley. It also welcomes a new lead tenor saxophonist: Denis Gäbel. In an interview with All About Jazz, he shares his thoughts about playing with this historic and highly-regarded German big band. Denis Gäbel grew up in a showbiz family. ...

Momenta

By Massimo Biolcati

Label: Sounderscore
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Dario Immaginario (M. Biolcati) 6:08 2. Adaptation (M. Biolcati) 7:17 3. Emma's Dilemma (M. Biolcati) 6:41 4. Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) 5:00 5. Along Came Betty (Benny Golson) 7:26 6. Estate (Bruno Martino) 5:14 7. Momenta (M. Biolcati) 5:34 8. Gumbo Blues (M. Biolcati) 5:41 9. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (David Mann) 4:13

What to Wear in the Dark

By Keith Ganz

Label: Resilience Music Alliance
Released: 2021
Track listing: Dancing In The Dark; Barrytown; Both Sides Now; God Moves on the City; 59th St Bridge Song (w/intro from Hal Galper's A Touring Musician); Desperado; Anthem; On The Road to Find Out; Here Comes The Sun; It Happens All The Time In Heaven.

Kate McGarry + Keith Ganz Ensemble: What to Wear in the Dark

by Dan McClenaghan
October 19, 2021

Let us start with a nod to Steely Dan, the rock/jazz group headed up by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a pair of tunesmiths who hit a career zenith in the early 1970s with albums like Can't Buy A Thrill (1972), Countdown To Ecstasy (1973), Pretzel Logic (1974) and Aja (1974), all on ABC Records. The ...

2021 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by John Chacona
September 21, 2021

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cain Park September 11-12, 2021 Witnessing the moment-by-moment interaction between musicians is one of the sublime pleasures of attending a jazz concert. There were plenty of opportunities to do just that during the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, but for me the sweetest such encounter didn't occur onstage. It happened between ...