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Jerry Granelli
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The past decades have been good to Jerry Granelli. Jazz Times magazine calls Granelli “one of those uncategorizable veteran percussionists who's done it all.” A Canadian citizen since 1999, Granelli burns with an intensity fuelled by a passion for “the pursuit of the spirit of spontaneity which drives the player.” A veteran of the West Coast jazz scene, Granelli's recent flourish of recordings has documented remarkable collaborations between the generations. Jerry Granelli's story is one that follows the evolution of the West Coast jazz scene. Born in 1940 in San Francisco, the boy recognized his passion in 1948 when he spent a day with Gene Krupa
Jerry Granelli: The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays The Music Of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
by Chris M. Slawecki
Drummer Jerry Granelli, bassist Brad Jones and pianist Jamie Saft team in a trio that Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison to honor two of the most influentially lyrical and bluesy composer-musicians in jazz history. Granelli possesses deep personal insight into both principals. He landed in the drum chair in Vince Guaraldi's trio just ...
Soul Songs, Mose Songs & COVID Aid for Djibouti
by Chris M. Slawecki
Bahama Soul Club Bohemia After Dawn Buyú Records 2020 Soulful original music laced with judicious and striking samples, Bohemia After Dawn serves a textbook example of music that packs an impact larger than the sum of its parts. Written, arranged, produced and performed by Oliver Belz ...
Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
Label: RareNoiseRecords
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cast Your Fate to the Wind; Parchman Farm; Baby Please Don’t Go; Mind Prelude 1; Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy; Star Song; Young Man Blues; Mind Prelude 2; Your Mind Is on Vacation; Christmas Time Is Here.
The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays The Music Of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
Label: RareNoiseRecords
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cast Your Fate to the Wind;
Parchman Farm;
Baby Please Don't Go;
Mind Prelude;
Everybody's Cryin' Mercy;
Star Song;
Young Man Blues;
Mind Prelude 2;
Your Mind Is on Vacation;
Christmas Time Is Here.
James Brandon Lewis, Code Girl, Junk Magic, Tim Berne & Gianni Lenoci
by Maurice Hogue
When you're hot, you're hot, and that's the kind of year saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is having. He's been a part of several fine albums this year, and his recent quartet release, Molecular, for Intakt Records is a further step on his path to the top. He demonstrates his concept of “Molecular Systematic Music." Mary Halvorson ...
Jerry Granelli: The Jerry Granelli Trio Plays The Music Of Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
by Glenn Astarita
Eminent drummer Jerry Granelli leads this covers session where the musicians spin diverse interpretations of largely immortal compositions from yesteryear via telepathic output and a modus operandi framed on an outpouring of fellowship and merriment. As their personalized takes on the late, influential pianists/composers Mose Allison and Vince Guaraldi are executed with assurance and acutely placed ...
Jerry Granelli Trio: Plays Vince Guaraldi & Mose Allison
by Neri Pollastri
Prossimo a celebrare gli ottant'anni (li compirà il 30 dicembre prossimo), il batterista Jerry Granelli riprende in mano il materiale di due autori che hanno avuto grande importanza per la sua formazione: il pianista Vince Guaraldi, con il quale collaborò per tre intensi anni all'inizio della sua carriera, e il pianista-cantante Mose Allison, nel cui trio ...
Jorma Tapio’s Kaski, Robert Burke & Eivind Opsvik
by Maurice Hogue
A little “Finnish" to start? Why not? Some fine bands from Suomi kick off this episode, with the fine saxophonist Jorma Tapio and his trio, Kaski, leading the way from their new release Aliseen. Tapio and mates use the folk music of Finland as the basis for their intriguing improvisations. After that you'll hear two newer ...
Jerry Granelli: Updating Music of Past Heroes
by R.J. DeLuke
"I've earned the privilege of not playing anything I don't want to play," says drummer Jerry Granelli, whose past is replete with the names of many greats in jazz for whom he supplied rhythmic support--sometimes force--over several decades. “That used to be a fear," he adds, “You figured if you turned something down, the ...
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