Results for "Danny Jonokuchi"

Article: Album Review

Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra: The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
September 12, 2022

The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra, co-led by pianist/composer Steven Feifke and trumpeter par excellence Bijon Watson, is a seventeen-member ensemble comprising seasoned players paired with young lions who are poised to capture pride of place. Nowhere do the leaders say who is in which group, and it would be impolitic to name them here. Suffice to ...

News: Recording

Vincent Ding Assembles All-Star Big Band & Strings For A Scintillating Debut

June 13, 2022

Vincent Ding is a bright new flame in the world of vocal jazz. Refreshingly steeped in the traditions of icons like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, Ding blends this rich lineage with a depth of autobiographical authenticity from his Taiwanese-American roots to create music that is both thoughtful and powerfully rooted in hard-driving swing. Backed ...

Video

One O'Clock Jump

Featuring the music of Danny Jonokuchi
Duration: 5:06
March 8, 2021

The Revisionists remotely perform the Count Basie classic "One O'Clock Jump", arranged by bandleader Danny Jonokuchi. This riff-based song was originally recorded in 1937 by the legendary Count Basie Orchestra and became their signature piece.

Article: Rising Stars

Meet Trumpeter Danny Jonokuchi

by Sanford Josephson
March 6, 2021

When Danny Jonokuchi was attending Agoura Hills High School in Agoura, CA, trumpeter Terell Stafford visited in 2006 and 2008 to conduct clinics, preparing the high school band for competition in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington festival. (Agoura Hills took second place in 2006). “I was completely blown away by his teaching and ...

Musician

Danny Jonokuchi

Danny Jonokuchi is a multi-talented jazz artist based in New York City and Los Angeles. As a jazz trumpeter, vocalist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator, few artists are as diversely involved in their craft. He has been recognized for his performance on two GRAMMY Award-Winning projects, his signature “world-class arrangements” (Broadway World), and albums he has performed on and produced. He is also a recipient of several awards including the 2024 ISJAC Wayne Shorter Jazz Arranging Prize, the 2020 ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Award, and he was unanimously named the winner of the 2020 Count Basie Great American Swing Contest.