Results for "John Yao"

John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument: Flip-Flop

by Jack Bowers
June 17, 2015

Music aside, you have to love the name of this band: John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument. Now there's confidence with a capital C! Yao, a New York City-based trombonist who arrived there from his native Chicago more than a decade ago, has more recently turned his hand to composing and arranging. Yao writes with the ...

John Yao: Flip-Flop

by Franz A. Matzner
June 11, 2015

The trombone is one of jazz's secret weapons. Not as ubiquitous as the saxophone or as iconic as the trumpet in the popular imagination, it nonetheless holds a powerful position as one of jazz's defining instruments. It's also the case that the trombone appears to be currently experiencing a renaissance--one which trombonist, composer, and bandleader John ...

In The Now

By John Yao

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing: Divisions; Funky Sunday; For NDJ; In The Now; Now Even Close; Pink Eye; Shorter Days; Snafu.

John Yao: In The Now

by Franz A. Matzner
October 25, 2012

Trombonist John Yao's debut as a leader In the Now successfully fuses contemporary flavors and more traditional jazz idioms to produce a solid, hip collection of tunes bounding with vitality and fun.A protégé of Luis Bonilla, Yao reflects that trombonist's thoughtful compositional style, crafting an album of intelligently constructed pieces that give his powerful ...

John Yao Quintet: In The Now

by Dan Bilawsky
September 27, 2012

Freedom and streamlined focus don't often get along on jazz recordings, but when they do, it can make for an inspired outing. Trombonist John Yao managed to merge these divergent pathways into a single direction on his debut album, creating a flavorful feast for the senses. Yao's music is teeming with danger and uncertainty, yet it ...

Funky Sunday

Featuring the music of John Yao
Duration: 5:01
July 19, 2012

John Yao: In the Now

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2012

In the Now, album di debutto del trombonista/compositore/arrangiatore di origine asiatica John Yao fa tornare in mente le incisioni che nel lustro centrale degli anni sessanta portarono la Blue Note Records ad essere un'etichetta di riferimento per comprendere alcune delle direzioni possibili del jazz a venire. Ossia, grande attenzione alla qualità dell'aspetto compositivo, la ricerca all'interno ...

Divisions

May 29, 2012

Album: In The Now
By John Yao
Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2012
Duration: 7:14

The Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra: Transplants

By Russ Spiegel

Label: RuzzTone Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Count Up The Very Thought of You Kangaroo Number One Chain Reaction Undertow I Let a Song Out of My Heart The Rub I Should Care