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Jerry Z
Jerry Z is a Hammond B3 organist and composer known for soulful grooves, fiery improvisation, and an approach that draws freely from jazz, blues, and funk. Based between New York and Austin, he has long been a presence on the New York jazz scene, bringing the distinctive sound and expressive possibilities of the Hammond B3 to a wide range of musical settings.
Best known for his work with The Headhunters and guitarist Oz Noy, Jerry has built a career as both a bandleader and sought-after collaborator. He has toured internationally with his own trio and recorded and performed with an impressive cross-section of jazz, funk, soul, and blues artists, including Mike Clark, Melvin Sparks, The Headhunters, Delbert McClinton, Hiram Bullock, Mark Whitfield, Bernard Purdie, and NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison.
Break Allegro
By Jerry Z
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Break Allegro; Rego Park; Strange Brew; Zoya; Road Dog; Angelie; Bebop; In the
Garden.
New Music From Phil Haynes, Kevin Sun, Lisa Hilton And More
by Bob Osborne
Double releases from Phil Haynes and Kevin Sun top and tail a playlist packed with new music from a cross-section of the best in contemporary jazzPlaylist Phil Haynes 2Horns & What “Blu Dop" from JazZ nOW (Corner Store Jazz) 00:00 Kevin Sun “Between Night and Day" from Kevin Sun 1 (Endectomorph Music) 06:03 Lisa ...
Jerry Z: Break Allegro
by Jack Bowers
Jerry Z, a worthy successor to such organ maestros as Joey DeFrancesco, Mel Rhyne, Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Jimmy McGriff and others too numerous to single out, shows on Break Allegro, only the second recording as leader of his own group, that he clearly deserves to be mentioned in such esteemed company. In musical ...
Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Joey DeFrancesco and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Kay Kostopoulos, Johannes Enders, Jon De Lucia, The Flying Horse Big Band, Janis Siegel, Joey DeFrancesco, Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto, Adonis Rose, Bob McChesney, Aaron Johnson and Gregory Chen, Aymee Nuviola, Donald Vega, Monty Alexander, Mike Catalano, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves, Jerry ...
Six new jazz releases from Joey DeFrancesco, Jerry Z, Bill Carter, Flying Horse Big Band, Clarence Hines Jazz Orch, Springfield Jazz Orchestra
by George Graham
George Graham spotlights six new jazz releases in this extended show including Joey DeFrancesco, Jerry Z, Bill Carter, UCF Flying Horse Big Band, Clarence Hines Jazz Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra. Playlist Joey DeFrancesco “Awake and Blessed" from Live at the Keystone Korner (Mack Avenue) 07:27 Joey DeFrancesco “Roll with It" from ...
Kris Davis Trio, Trumpeter Giveton Gelin, Steve Swallow's latest + Poet Anne Waldman, Thurston Moore and James Ilgenfritz set Willam S. Burroughs' Cut Ups to Music
by Hobart Taylor
New music from the Kris Davis Trio, pianist Marta Warelis, poet Saul Williams, and rising trumpet star Gaveton Gelin. Host Speaks 00:00 Agneya Chitke “ Naima" from Agneya (Self-Produced) 00:13 Kris Davis Trio “Congestion Pricing" from Lost In Geneva (4166 Records) 05:41 Host Speaks 13:54 Saul Williams “Baobab Constellations (feat. Carlos Niño)" from ...
Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2024
by Geoff Anderson
Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2024 Aspen, Colorado June 20-22, 2024 The Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience returned this year with 20 acts performing over the course of three nights in various venues around downtown Aspen. JAS has been sponsoring two festivals (or “Experiences") each of the last several years. The June ...
The Headhunters: Speakers In The House
by Doug Collette
Herbie Hancock's Headhunters (Columbia, 1973) remains one of the seminal works of the jazz fusion era. The group's heavy emphasis on rhythm not only separated it from its guitar-oriented peers of the era, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and the middle-period Return to Forever, but also from Weather Report: grooves became increasingly more prominent as that band evolved, ...
Carnival Of Soul
By Mike Clark
Label: Owl Studios
Released: 2010
Track listing: T's Boogaloo; Monk's Dream; Cry Me a River; Water On the Moon; Turok Son of Stone; Angel Eyes; Bookin'; Run
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