Results for "Jeff Barone"

Jeff Barone

Born: April 2, 1970

An impressive young guitarist, Jeff Barone has developed a strong reputation with his recordings (Crazy Talk and Open Up), live performances, and record producing. His playing invigorates the modern mainstream of jazz, swinging hard while looking forward. He was born in Syracuse, New York and remembers, “Early on I heard a Joe Pass recording, Virtuoso. I had a cousin who owned a music store and, when I was eight, my parents gave me a guitar for Christmas. That is how it all started.” Exposed to jazz by an uncle who was a bassist and a cousin who played jazz piano, he developed quickly

Jack Wilkins, famed guitarist, home again after second visit to hospital in a year

December 31, 2022

Four years ago, legendary jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins, 78, found out he had stage four kidney disease and has been quietly dealing with that since. Despite surviving Covid-19 without catching it, in late 2021 he took a pain pill for recent dental work, stood up too suddenly, and found himself on the floor of his kitchen. ...

Love Notes

Label: Club44
Released: 2021
Track listing: I've Got My Eyes On You; Not A Care In The World/Shall We Dance; I Wish I were In Love Again; I Can't Tell You Why/I Walk A Little Faster; Chega de Saudade (No More Blues); Stars Would Fall; Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me); Black Cow; Ace In The Hole/Rap Tap on Wood; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing/I Got Rhythm); You Must Believe In Spring; How High The Moon

New York Attitude feat Jeff Barone

By Grace Garland

Label: JazzMatchmaker
Released: 2020
Track listing: NEW YORK ATTITUDE (feat Jeff Barone)

NEW YORK ATTITUDE

Label: JazzMatchmaker
Released: 2020
Track listing: New York Attitude

Work

By Ray Blue

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2020
Track listing: Work; Lift Every Voice and Sing; My Friend and I Took a Walk; Sweet Emma; That's All; Mellow Mood; Amsterdam After Dark; Teach Me Tonight; Don't know Why; Our Day Will Come; Everything Happens to Me; Attitude; That's All (Duo).

Jazz Musicians Up Against A Virus

by Rob Rosenblum
June 17, 2020

In the last year or so Good Times became the first jazz club in years to operate in Savannah, Forte Jazz Lounge sprouted up in Charleston and Middle C arrived in Charlotte. The Charleston Jazz Orchestra became a hub renamed to Charleston Jazz, providing both big band and small group concerts with unprecedented success. And, of ...

Ray Blue: Work

by Edward Blanco
April 8, 2020

New York-based and bred, tenor saxophonist Ray Blue is no novice but a veteran player who has not received the accolades he so deserves. Perhaps after laying down and documenting an incredible volume of music on Work, the spotlight will shine a little brighter on this unheralded player. A composer and educator, as well as one ...

Jack Wilkins: Playing What He's Preaching

by Rob Rosenblum
December 29, 2016

Some time in 1975 a box of records from the Mainstream label was dropped by my front door. I picked it up and began to open it with a mix of excitement and dread of having to face writing more record reviews. I saw an LP titled Windows with an unfamiliar cast of characters and put ...

Open Up

By Jeff Barone

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2008
Track listing: Duban's Groove; New Samba; If You Go Away; Open Up; Jenna's Song; Falling in Love with Love; Here's That Rainy Day; I Hear Music; My Funny Valentine; Toys; Quiet Now; Falling in Love with Love (Alternate Take).