Results for "Devin Daniels"

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Devin Daniels, Francesco Bearzatti, Federico Casagrande, Das Kapital & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 17, 2024

A playlist characterized by remarkable guitar-centric duos, leading into the existential dephts of Das Kapital and a live tour-de-force by Devin DanielsHappy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Lionel Loueke, Dave Holland “Celebration" United (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 5:47 Enzo Pietropaoli, Adriano Viterbini “Gondwana" Gorgo ...

Song of the Day

LesGo!

September 15, 2024

Album: LesGo!
By Devin Daniels
Label: Sam First Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:18

Article: Album Review

Devin Daniels Quintet: LesGo!

by Joshua Weiner
August 17, 2024

Devin Daniels is an up-and-coming Los Angeles-based alto saxophonist whose debut album, Trio Exposition, dropped in 2022 on The Village label. Having toured with Herbie Hancock and played at an all-star tribute to Wayne Shorter at the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 2023, it would seem that his star is rapidly rising. This new album, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

America in Miniatures And More

by Bob Osborne
July 25, 2024

The featured album on this edition is from guitarist Miles Okazaki who gathers an extraordinary cast of ten musicians to create Miniature America, a collection of 22 vignettes exploring the wonder of chance encounters and “found" compositions. I am featuring four of these pieces. The rest of the show includes brand new releases of both studio ...

Article: Album Review

Adam Hersh: Tornado Watch

by Nicholas F. Mondello
July 1, 2024

Tornado Watch is a uniquely attractive album from pianist Adam Hersh and his terrific sidemen. It offers ten tracks of intelligent, intensely-performed music. All the songs here are Hersh originals (save one) and each was recorded live in Los Angeles at the “Sam First" jazz club. “Woe V Shade," obviously a politically directed ...

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Devin Daniels Quintet at Sam First in Los Angeles

Featuring the music of Devin Daniels
Duration: 5:19
June 20, 2024

With credits that span from Herbie Hancock to Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, saxophonist Devin Daniels is one of the most unique and exciting voices to spawn from LA's thriving creative music scene. Daniels performed two unforgettable nights full of mesmerizing new compositions and arrangements with his quintet of equally-gifted young phenoms, all of which was captured using Sam First’s state-of-the-art recording analog to Pro Tools setup.

Song of the Day

Reckon

June 20, 2024

Album: LesGo!
By Devin Daniels
Label: Sam First Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:26

Album

Trio Exposition

By Devin Daniels

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Agitation; Lift Every Voice and Sing; Gazelle; Don't You Know I Care; Eerie; The Core.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Red Microphone, Nicolas Politzer, Trevor Dunn & Surya Botofasina

by Maurice Hogue
October 24, 2022

This episode of One Man's Jazz has bookends of much contrast, from the opening set of music featuring trumpeter Jaimie Branch to the closing pair of tunes locked in the transcendental mode of Alice Coltrane from one of her disciples, Surya Botofasina. In between, there's some great stuff highlighted by new releases from the poetry and ...

Musician

Devin Daniels

A recent graduate of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Studies, Inglewood-native Devin Daniels is one of the most unique and exciting voices in LA's thriving the modern jazz scene. African American Alto Saxophonist Devin Daniels has performed in many different configurations of bands in the jazz idiom since 2010. Hailing from Inglewood, California, Daniels started playing saxophone in the Just Lovin’ Music Studios program, led by pianist Michelle Love. This program is a free program designed to give students of color a chance to rent out and learn a new instrument