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Jeff Grubbs
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Jeff Grubbs, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is a jazz bassist who is also a veteran member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He received his musical training at Youngstown State University, The Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Southern California. In 1986, Jeff won one of Downbeat Magazine’s “Dee Bee” awards for Best Collegiate Bass Soloist, and has since performed in the local jazz scenes of Cleveland, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami and Pittsburgh with a number of internationally recognized jazz artists including Nat Adderly, Mose Allison, Terrence Blanchard, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, Kurt Elling, Roger Humphries, Ramsey Lewis, Joe Lovano, Ellis Marsalis, Chris Potter, Diane Schur, Lonnie Smith, Ira Sullivan, Billy Taylor and Joe Williams
Tania Grubbs: The Sound of Love
by John Chacona
Meet a person from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and you are likely to get a Chamber of Commerce-worthy commendation of their city's greatness. When it comes to jazz, the civic pride is more than warranted; the Steel City was home to immortals such as Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey and Kenny Clarke. Vocalist Tania Grubbs grew ...
The Sound of Love
By Tania Grubbs
Label: TRAVLIN' Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: But Not For Me; Slow Hot Wind; (A Rhyme) This Time; Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love; Strange Meadowlark; The Sculptor’s Hands; Something To Live For; Blackbird; Sunshine on My Shoulders; I Can Tell You Are Always There; Four; Dreamsville; If You Could See Me Now; Two For The Road.
Finally Friday
By Jason Kush
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hasty J; Finally Friday; Slipping Through the Cracks; With Thoughts of Agnes; Asked and
Answered; Easy Going; Soledad del Otono; Razor Burn.
Jason Kush: Finally Friday
by Jack Bowers
Simply narrating the resume of saxophonist/educator/writer/composer Jason Kush would require more space than is usually devoted to an entire review. For someone his age--or even someone older--Kush, currently an associate professor at Slippery Rock (PA) University, has had an exceptionally wide and productive career as a performer, teacher and author in a multitude of genres in ...
Your Move
By Reid Hoyson
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: When Lights Are Low; Stablemates; Speak Low; Three Views of a Secret; Out of Nowhere;
Estate; Domingo; Nobody Else But Me; The Eternal Triangle; I Thought About You.
Richie Cole: Have Yourself An Alto Madness Christmas
by Rob Rosenblum
Christmas music is a sort of sub genre of American pop, mostly maudlin and uninspiring in its lyrics, harmony and melody. Yet, it is a perennial magnet for jazz artists. On the other end of the spectrum is Richie Cole, a brash altoist and sort of a merry prankster bebop artist. Fans and critics ...
Richie Cole: Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas
by Jack Bowers
Yes, there are jazz musicians who earn more bread than Richie Cole, and others who rank higher in the popularity contests that double as polls. There aren't many, however, who have more fun making music than the well-traveled alto saxophonist who, late in life, has found a place to call home in Pittsburgh, PA.
Richie Cole: Pittsburgh
by Jack Bowers
After a lifetime of movin' on that has taken him from Trenton, NJ, to cities, towns and hamlets across the country and around the world, it seems that alto saxophonist Richie Cole, now fifty-eight, is at last ready to settle down and plant some roots. As he declares in his latest album's opening number, “I Have ...
