Results for "Fred Wesley"

Agogo Records Announces Mop Mop "Isle Of Magic"

February 28, 2013

Anyone familiar with Mop Mop will already know that their refined style has already lend them a unique place somewhere between the worlds of jazz, funk, Latin and the Italian Postmodern style allowed the band to enter the international film business as part of Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love movie soundtrack. But with this latest ...

The Paul Dunlea Group: bi-polAr

by Dan Bilawsky
January 16, 2013

Bipolar disorder is, at its core, about extreme changes in personality and mood. When somebody is diagnosed with said ailment, it's a serious problem, but it can be a positive attribute when an album carries this affliction. Trombonist Paul Dunlea's two polar opposites deal with grooving funk versus staid scenarios, but nobody need worry about these ...

Bruce Cox Core-Tet: Status Cymbals

by Dan Bilawsky
December 26, 2012

Drummer Bruce Cox may not be a household name in the jazz world, but he's studied, played and/or recorded with plenty of people who are. The Philadelphia-born stick-wielder gleaned plenty of wisdom through his lessons with drumming icons Philly Joe Jones and Alan Dawson, and he's put that knowledge to good use by backing the greats ...

Take Five With Will Goble

by Will Goble
August 20, 2012

Meet Will Goble: Without fanfare, Will Goble is steadily carving out a unique space for himself as a bassist and bandleader. Driven by a genuine love for group interaction and a positive exchange with audiences, he leads his own bands and supports other musicians with equal energy and enthusiasm. His first album as a ...

Big Sam’s Funky Nation: A Lesson at the School of Funk

by Michael Hood
August 19, 2012

Big Sam's Funky NationMain StagePennsylvania Blues FestivalBlue Mountain Ski Area, PAJuly 28, 2012Among other things, Big Sam's Funky Nation is a walking, talking, funking class in the history and myriad styles of funk.Classic funk--that most grooving and gritty stepchild of blues, soul and classic R & B--was ...

4 Sided Triangle: 4 Sided Triangle

by Bruce Lindsay
July 11, 2012

4 Sided Triangle offer up a set of tunes that mix jazz, rock, blues and funk on their eponymous debut album. It's an often-quirky set of tunes from an impressive quartet of British musicians led by Bristol-based saxophonist and composer Kevin Figes.Figes also leads the Kevin Figes Quartet, which has released two albums, but ...

Chameleon

Featuring the music of Fred Wesley
Duration: 9:22
July 4, 2012

BMW Jazz Festival 2012

by Ross Eustis
June 26, 2012

BMW Jazz FestivalVia FunchalSão Paulo, BrazilJune 8-10, 2012 To borrow a word commonly associated with BMW cars, this is a luxury festival. The BMW Jazz Festival debuted one year ago, in 2011, in São Paulo, Brazil. With handsome funding from BMW Financial Services-Bank Group in Brazil, the young festival experienced wild ...

Christian McBride: Knocking on the Door

by Bob Kenselaar
June 25, 2012

Christian McBride was talking about the Grammy he received in October, 2011 for his big band album, The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue, 2011)--his first Grammy as a leader and third overall. While the bassist certainly appreciated getting the nod from his peers and from the Recording Academy, he said he gets just as much of a ...

David Krakauer releases Pruflas: The Book of Angels Vol. 18 Music by John Zorn on Tzadik Records

June 4, 2012

Clarinetist David Krakauer, praised internationally for his astounding ability to play in a myriad of music genres with “prodigious chops” (The New Yorker) and “soulfulness and electrifying showiness” (The New York Times), has recorded for the Tzadik label a collection of tunes selected especially for him to play by John Zorn from his milestone work, The ...