Results for "Joe Syrian"

Massimiliano Cignitti, Marianne Solivan, Tim Berne, Martin Tétreault

by Cheryl K.
January 19, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by bassist Massimiliano Cignitti, spoken word poet Don Paul, vocalist Marianne Solivan, saxophonist Tim Berne, free improvisation musician and visual artist Martin Tétreault, and pianist and composer Steve Sandberg. Playlist John Coltrane “Lush Life" from Lush Life (Impulse!) 13:54 Brent ...

Renee Rosnes, Peter Erskine, Brad Goode & George Cables

by Joe Dimino
January 19, 2025

Kicking off the second episode of 2025, we dive straight into brilliance with the legendary George Cables, showcasing music from his stunning new album, I Hear Echoes. From there, we honor one of his heroes and collaborators, the iconic Art Blakey. The journey continues with fresh sounds from Montreal's electrifying improv duo Simon Angell and Tommy ...

Secret Message

By Joe Syrian

Label: Circle 9
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bye Bye Blackbird; Star Eyes; People Make the World Go Round; Here, There and Everywhere; Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing; This Masquerade; Night and Day; I Should Care.

Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message

by Jack Bowers
December 15, 2024

No fuss, no frills here, simply forty-seven or so minutes of generally bright and engaging straight-ahead jazz, stylishly performed by drummer Joe Syrian's admirable Detroit-based octet. This is music the group plays often, blending standards from the Great American Songbook with more recent themes by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Leon Russell and others. ...

Joe Syrian

Born: April 22, 1952

Joe Syrian is a veteran jazz drummer, bandleader, arranger, and producer best known as the founder and leader of the Motor City Jazz Octet, a Detroit-rooted ensemble devoted to hard bop, soul-jazz, and large-ensemble jazz arranging. Drawing from both classic jazz repertoire and American popular song, Syrian has developed the Octet into a flexible “little big band” featuring musicians from Detroit, New York, and beyond.

The Motor City Jazz Octet’s recent recordings include 2024’s Secret Message and 2026’s A Blue Time. The group’s repertoire blends jazz standards with inventive treatments of material by artists including the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Leon Russell, and Fleetwood Mac. Syrian has described the band’s approach as taking familiar songs and reshaping them through a modern jazz vocabulary while preserving strong melodies and groove.

Sanctuary

By Joe Syrian

Label: Empire Venture Group
Released: 2016
Track listing: Come Together; All or Nothing at All; Embraceable You; When I Fall in Love; Sir Duke; Darn That Dream.

Joe Syrian's Motor City Jazz Octet: Sanctuary

by Jack Bowers
April 22, 2016

The Motor City Jazz Octet numbers in its ranks thirty or more of the Detroit metropolitan area's most accomplished musicians, eight of whom actually perform together at any given moment. Because of that, and some other quirks, the octet's debut album, Sanctuary, is in some respects a study in confusion. A press release accompanying the album, ...