Results for "John Stowell"

Spanish Samba Single Release

By Jason Keiser

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Spanish Samba

Portuguese Blue

Label: Quinton Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Vitra; Portuguese Blue; Ghost In The Corner; Light as a Feather; It could happen to you; You know When You Got It; Should I Tell You; Tapioca Time; A Long Time Coming.

Scenes: Variable Clouds: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival

by Paul Rauch
December 1, 2022

Scenes'' first album dates back to 2001, but the origins of the band dates back to the early 1990s, when saxophonist Rick Mandyck, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop initiated a trio gig. On occasion guitarist John Stowell would drop in if he was off the road and in Seattle. The band that began as ...

Scenes: Variable Clouds: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival

by Dan McClenaghan
November 23, 2022

The group Scenes has released seven excellent albums over two decades of recording together, beginning with their eponymous debut (Origin Records, 2001). All of those are studio efforts. The group's 2022 outing, Variable Clouds is a first for Scenes--their first album recorded live in front of an audience, in 2021 at the Earshot Jazz Festival.

Tilbury Hill

November 8, 2022

Album: Variable Clouds: Live at the Earshot Jazz Festival
By Rick Mandyck
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 07:44

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 ...