Results for "John Stowell"

John Stowell

John Stowell began his successful career in the early 1970’s with private study with guitarist Linc Chamberland and pianist John Mehegan. Both men were valuable mentors to John, allowing him to play with them as he progressed in his development. Several years later he met bassist David Friesen in New York City, and they formed a duo that recorded and toured prolifically for seven years, with performances in the United States,Canada, Europe and Australia. The duo continues to perform thirty years after their first meeting. In 1983, John and David joined flutist Paul Horn and Paul’s son Robin Horn (on drums) for a historic tour of the Soviet Union

The Axe Axis

By Jason Keiser

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Africa; Picadilly Lilly; Uncertainty; All the Things You Are; A Fox Trot; Wheeler's Waltz; Peace; Swindlers Sweep; Stella by Starlight; Parrot On My Shoulder; Solar; Gentle Piece.

Violin Memory

By John Stowell

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Social Betterfly Intro; Social Butterfly; Remembering Laurie Frink Intro; Remembering Laurie Frink; Ghost In The Corner Intro; Ghost In the Corner; I Wish Intro; I Wish; Stay Right There; Nanti Glow; Collage; Lonely Blue Angel; Mottball; Fun With Fruit Intro; Fun With Fruit; Violin Memory Intro; Violin Memory; When Jsper Grows Up Intro; When Jasper Grows Up; Foundation's Edge Intro; Foundation's Edge.

Trios, Duos and Solos

by Jerome Wilson
July 15, 2022

This show focuses mainly on the smallest units of jazz interaction, trios and duos, with a couple of solo performances thrown in along the way. Artists heard on the program include Matthew Shipp, the collective trio Air, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Adam Larson and Bill Frisell. There is also a special mention of bassist Charnett Moffett, who passed ...

Wheeler's Waltz

May 14, 2022

Album: The Axe Axis
By Jason Keiser
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Duration: 6:27

Lonely Blue Angel

March 22, 2022

Album: Violin Memory
By John Stowell
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 04:47

Samuel Mösching: Ethereal Kinks

by Kyle Simpler
March 10, 2022

Two words that frequently get overused when talking about jazz are “fusion" and “eclectic." In many cases, if something is difficult to categorize, one of these terms will probably apply. Unfortunately, in many cases, these terms also fail to truly capture the essence of the music. However, for Samuel Mösching's Ethereal Kinks, both eclectic and fusion ...

John Stowell / Dave Glenn & The Hawcaptak Quartet: Violin Memory

by Dan McClenaghan
March 2, 2022

Guitarist John Stowell does not hesitate when it comes to taking on unconventional projects. 2021 saw him teaming with vocalist Dan Dean on Rain Painting (Origin Records)--an album of featuring an overdubbed layering of voices (Dean's) making for lush and enriching choir-like harmonics, accompanied by Stowell's various guitars. The Seattle-based guitarist's follow-up finds him ...

Rain Painting

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Welcome to Nice; Nanti Glo; Rain Painting; Pretty Boy Floyd; Alora Andiamo!; Springfield Sonata; Tapioca Time; Always Sometimes; Schiffletting; The Mandy Walk.

Dan Dean: Fanfare For The Common Man

by Dan McClenaghan
May 1, 2021

Songs Without Words (Origin Classical, 2017) opened the door to Dan Dean's giant step into “going vocal"— an innovative approach to his choir-like voice-layering presentations of classical music. Rain Painting (Origin Records, 2021), teaming Dean with guitarist John Stowell, proved a perfect digression into Stowell's distinctive compositions, employing Dean's vocal harmonies, bass playing and drum programming ...