Results for "John Wiitala"

John Wiitala

John Wiitala has worked with some of the greatest names in jazz, including Joe Henderson, Junior Cook, Charlie Rouse, James Moody, Bud Shank, and Cecil Payne. He has toured with Richie Cole, Arturo Sandoval, Shorty Rogers, and Jessica Williams, and has played at jazz festivals around the world, including Monterey, North Sea, Montreux, Detriot, and JVC/Concord. His recording credits include work with Scott Hamilton, Jessica Williams, Mark Levine, as well as Anton Schwartz.

Glimpse

By Jennifer Lee

Label: SBE Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: I Caught a Glimpse of Your Soul; Farewell to Comfort; Dave Don't Mind the Rain; Vivid Technicolor Love; If I Only Had a Brain; Serendipity; Warrior, Drop Your Sword; Hold ON; Superhero; Here You Are; Strange and Beautiful

Pacific Jazz Group

By Dred Scott

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bernie’s Tune; Maid in Mexico; Line for Lyons; Casa de Luz; Festive Minor; Nights at the Turntable; Utter Chaos.

In Your Own Sweet Way

By Gaea Schell

Label: Saphu Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cava dell'Isola; Sweet & Lovely; Forio Rain; El Picacho; It Had To Be You; Summer Sea; In Your Own Sweet Way; Luna Plateada; Danza Nocturna de Flores; Un Sueño da la Noiche; Perplexity.

Gaea Schell: In Your Own Sweet Way

by Pierre Giroux
September 5, 2023

Gaea Schell's In Your Own Sweet Way is a captivating journey through the realm of jazz that delivers a fresh perspective on a variety of compositional forms, including Latin-tinged originals to innovative interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook. Although Schell originally grew up in Alberta, Canada and received her formal education in the piano-jazz ...

The Pacific Jazz Group: Pacific Jazz Group

by Jack Bowers
June 25, 2023

West Coast jazz from the mid-twentieth century makes a comeback on this earnest album by the Pacific Jazz Group, whose music owes its genesis to the Pacific Jazz label, which recorded many of the Coast's best and brightest stars during that historic and bounteous era. The idea was set in motion by pianist Dred Scott, one ...

Hallelujah to Love

By Jennifer Lee

Label: single
Released: 2021
Track listing: Hallelujah to Love

Porter Plays Frishberg: Unsung

By Randy Porter

Label: Heavywood Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Snowbound; Listen Here; I'm Hip; Heart's Desire; I Want to Be a Sideman; You Are There; Dear Departed Past; Wheelers and Dealers; Little Did I Dream; Peel Me a Grape; Do You Miss New York?; Zanzibar

One Note At A Time

By Erik Jekabson

Label: Wide Hive Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Days of Haze; Dusk; Brother Todd; Bell Song; One Note at a Time (I Cry Creativity); Full House; The Growing Place; Shaker Funk; When You Went Away.

Matt Renzi: Arm-Sized Legging

by Jack Bowers
September 5, 2020

Arm-Sized Legging, saxophonist Matt Renzi's sixth album as leader, features his Cello Quartet, basically a piano-less jazz trio with cello added, for what purpose it is hard to ascertain. Cellos aren't normally associated with jazz—as some would argue, for good reason—and this session does little to further their cause. Yes, the cello does add another “voice," ...