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Jim Knapp

Johnaye Kendrick: In The Deepest Way Possible

By PAUL RAUCH

Since arriving in Seattle, Johnaye Kendrick has enriched the Seattle jazz community with her performances, recordings, and as Associate Professor of Jazz Voice at the prestigious Cornish College of the Arts, as a mentor to her many students. Her vocal style is centered in the jazz and blues tradition, but embellished by her own interpretation based ...

Tyrant Lizard: Tyrant Lizard

By PAUL RAUCH

Tyrant Lizard is a trio that evolved from the Improvised Music Project at the University of Washington in Seattle, a program that exists as both an artistic movement and registered student organization led by eclectic modernist trumpeter and composer, Cuong Vu. Each of the three musicians are truly original voices of their respective craft, featuring trumpeter ...

Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Dallas Original Jazz Orchestra / University of North Texas Two O'Clock Lab Band

By JACK BOWERS

Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue Records 2009 Composer / arranger / ageless wonder Gerald Wilson, most of whose recent albums (Monterey Moods; New York, New Sound; Theme for Monterey; State Street Sweet) have been built around sectional themes, returns “home" on Detroit to paint an earnest musical ...

The Jim Knapp Orchestra at the L.A.B. Performance Space in Seattle

By BILL BENNETT

Jim Knapp Orchestra L.A.B. Performance Space Seattle, WA January 9th, 2006 The Jim Knapp Orchestra inaugurated a first Monday of the month series at the Seattle Drum School's intimate and acoustically friendly L.A.B. Performance Space with a superb concert of Knapp originals and arrangements on January 9th, 2006. The sound ...

Secular Breathing

By JIM KNAPP

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Kennewick, Man; Combos in Indiana; Noon and Sand; G, Baby; Nanna?s Lied; Secular Breathing; Home; Buddha Bang; Kreuzberg Siloloquy; Laura Mae?s Getaway (70:55).

The Jim Knapp Orchestra: Secular Breathing

By JACK BOWERS

The cleverly titled Secular Breathing is the third recording by composer/arranger Jim Knapp's Seattle-area orchestra and arguably the best to date, thanks to Knapp's handsome and provocative charts, the presence of guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and the return of former JKO drummer Jon Wikan, who now lives in New York City. Knapp's richly textured arrangements lend ...