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Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door
Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR Monday March 16, 2009 Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals. The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most intimate settings for serious jazz in Manhattan...[and]...is a perfect ...
Firehouse 12's 2009 Spring Jazz Series to Begin March 20th
New Haven's Firehouse 12 is proud to announce the schedule for its fourth annual Spring Jazz Series, a 13-week program of performances by some of the most active, innovative and respected musicians in creative improvised music today. The series, which begins on Friday, March 20th with two performances by the Julian Lage Group, will feature 8:30 ...
Jimmy Greene: The Overcomer's Suite
by John Barron
Since turning heads at the 1996 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, saxophonist/composer Jimmy Greene has been making a name for himself as a prominent voice in the jazz world. Recorded live at the Firehouse 12, in Greene's hometown of Hartford, Connecticut, the music consists of the four-part title track ("Nelba's Victory," “Song for Isaiah," “Gethsemane" and “David ...
Jimmy Greene: The Overcomer's Suite
by David Adler
If you compose a suite kindled by a big idea, it's best to front a band with a big sound. That's what tenor/soprano saxophonist Jimmy Greene does on The Overcomer's Suite, his sixth title as a leader and his first for the digital-only Nu Jazz label. Recorded live at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, the session ...
David Weiss: Writin', Arrangin' and Playin'
by R.J. DeLuke
David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of Jaki Byard, Frank Foster, Craig Handy, Christian McBride, Jimmy Heath and ...
NARAS Voting Members Can Stream the 2009 First Round Grammy Entry: Jimmy Greene – the Overcomer’S Suite Online!
New York, NY -- Nu Jazz Entertainment --a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz—is announcing the launch of a Grammy Listening Area on their website for 2009 NARAS voting members to hear the first round nominee Jimmy Greene : The Overcomer’s Suite --a new album ...
Jimmy Greene - "The Overcomer's Suite" - Now Available on Digital Music Card & Digital Download
New York, NY - Nu Jazz Entertainment--a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz--announced the June 2008 release of Jimmy Greene: The Overcomer's Suite--a new album from award-winning saxophonist, Jimmy Greene, on their Nu Jazz Records label. About “The Overcomer's Suite" Bold.... Daring.... Inventive... All of these words ...
Gifts and Givers
By Jimmy Greene
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mr. McLean; Greene Blues; Forever; Magnolia Triangle; 26-2; Blue Bossa/Boudreaux; Eternal Triangle.
Jimmy Greene: Gifts and Givers
by Joel Roberts
It's probably time to cast aside labels like “up-and-coming" and “rising star" when describing Jimmy Greene. As Gifts and Givers makes clear, the Connecticut-born tenor saxophonist has definitely arrived. An inventive, technically-advanced mainstreamer, Greene made his mark in the bands of Horace Silver, Tom Harrell and Harry Connick Jr., as well as with ...
True Life Stories
By Jimmy Greene
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Re-Affirmation; Song For Isaiah; My Ideal; Evidence/True Life Stories; How Great Thou Art; Unconditional; A Closer Walk; Take Advantage
