Results for "Dave Easley"

Dave Easley

Meet Brian Blade

by Craig Jolley
February 17, 2022

This article was first published at All About Jazz in April 2000. Musical background I started playing when I was thirteen in church. My father was the pastor. My brother, Brady, who was five years older (he still is) was the drummer. He left for college so it became my duty to take over ...

Ivy Hall

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Between the Ranges; Dancing on the Wall; Mr. Pants Pants; A Visit to the Zoo; Acoustic Alchemy; Coming to an Alley Near You; The Fuzz; Raw Eel Sheets; The Crack of Noon; Time Ebbing.

Kolotov Mocktails: Ivy Hall

by Jack Bowers
March 18, 2021

Setting aside the issue of genres (jazz, folk, Americana, funk, R&B, country, whatever), the question becomes: on their debut album, Ivy Hall, does the Tennessee-based and curiously named quartet, Kolotov Mocktails, deliver the goods? And the answer has to be yes, they do. This leads to a second question: is what they are doing jazz? And ...

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2018: Part 1

by John Kelman
July 5, 2018

Part 1 | Part 22018 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Various Venues, Montréal, Canada June 29-July 3, 2018 Every return to Montréal for the city's annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is much-anticipated. Closing off six square blocks in the downtown core is rare enough; but, over ...

Jazz This Week: Dave Easley, Alan Evans Trio, "Webster's Got Talent" Contest Finals, and More

August 31, 2012

With heavy rain from Hurricane Isaac expected to reach well up into the Midwest this Labor Day weekend, organizers of outdoor events like the Big Muddy Blues Festival on Laclede's Landing and the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden are hustling to implement their bad-weather contingency plans and/or inform the public of possible schedule changes. ...