Results for "Jeff "Tain" Watts"
Take Five With Bassist / Composer Jakob Dreyer
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jakob Dreyer Jakob Dreyer is a New York City based jazz musician, bassist, and composer. Born and raised in Germany he moved to New York in 2014. He appears on over 30 albums as a sideman, and as a leader he has released two albums on Fresh Sound New Talent: Songs, Hymns & Ballads Vol. ...
Charnett Moffett: The Bridge
by Howard Mandel
Solo bass records are rare, and might seem to appeal mostly to bassists and bass aficionados. But on The Bridge Charnett Moffett, the charismatic bass virtuoso with an impressive past and equally brilliant future, has proven here without benefit of a band--that his music can touch anyone who loves music, regardless of instrumentation or genre. ...
More Jazz From 2022
by Jerome Wilson
The year 2022 produced a bumper crop of worthwhile jazz recordings, so many it was impossible to give all of them their due in a timely fashion. Here are belated appreciations of six titles that deserve praise. Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense Halcyonic Records 2022 ...
Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 (with Greg Osby): The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism
by Troy Dostert
Even for a musician who thrives on unsettling expectations, Tyshawn Sorey's Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music, 2022) caught a lot of listeners by surprise. The inimitable drummer's recordings have long occupied that amorphous space between avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical music, and “accessibility" has rarely been the term of choice for his creative output. But utilizing a trio ...
Pat Martino: A Celebration of His Life and Legacy @ Jazz at the Point Festival
by Victor L. Schermer
A Celebration of the Life and the Legacy of Pat Martino 35+ Musicians Jazz@thePoint Festival Gateway Playhouse Somers Point, NJ November 3-5, 2022 NOTE: A complete listing of the Celebration events and musicians provided by the South Jersey Jazz Society can be found here. ...
Noah Garabedian: The Power of Patience
by John Chacona
Patience might be not the first word that you'd expect to find on the job description for a professional jazz musician, but it has been crucial to the career of bassist Noah Garabedian's career. Growing up in jny: Berkeley, a hothouse of young jazz talent, Garabedian never intended to become a working musician. “I ...
South Jersey Jazz Society Announces Lineup for the Pat Martino Celebration of Life Experience Set for November 3-6 in Somers Point, NJ
South Jersey Jazz Society presents a Celebration of Life and Legacy of the great jazz guitarist Pat Martino at this year’s Jazz @ the Point Festival, which runs from November 3 through 6 at Gateway Playhouse and Gregory's Restaurant in Somers Point, New Jersey. Artists performing at the festival include influential musicians and jazz icons who ...
Sing To The World
Label: Rainy Days Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sounds of Freedom; Views of the Blues; Father; Offering; Visionary; Smile; Sing to the World; 412; Flatbush Avenue; Colors.
Vessels Of Wood And Earth
By Dan Wilson
Label: Brother Mister / Mack Avenue
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Rhythm Section; Bird Of Beauty; The Reconstruction; Vessels Of Wood And Earth; Who Shot John; After The Rain; Inner City Blues; Juneteenth; Cry Me A River; James; Born To Lose.
Cool Water
By Greg Murphy
Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2021
Track listing: (1) Chim Chim Cher-ee
(2) Green Earrings
(3) My Life
(4) Theme For Ronnie
(5) Friendship
(6) Free Fur Nina
(7) Enkare Nairobi
(8) Body And Soul
(9) Coolin’ Me Out
(10) Lost
(11) Cuttin’ Trane’s Corners
(12) You Decide
