Results for "Kendrick Scott"

Gretchen Parlato: Pursuing Her Passion

by R.J. DeLuke
January 3, 2022

"I haven't gotten dressed up like that for a few years," says singer Gretchen Parlato with an infectious chuckle. “It'll be nice." The unassuming and down-to earth Parlato was breezily referring to the 2021 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. Her latest album Flor (Edition Records), inspired by the music of Brazil, ...

Quartet+

By Helen Sung

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Feed the Fire; Mary's Waltz; Coquette; Elegy for the City; Time Loops; A Grand Night for Swinging (Intermission); Long Yellow Road; Wrong Key Donkey; Melancholy Mood; Kaleidoscope; Lament for Kalief Browder; Sungbird; A Grand Night for Swinging (Reprise).

Momenta

By Massimo Biolcati

Label: Sounderscore
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Dario Immaginario (M. Biolcati) 6:08 2. Adaptation (M. Biolcati) 7:17 3. Emma's Dilemma (M. Biolcati) 6:41 4. Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Sade Adu, Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman) 5:00 5. Along Came Betty (Benny Golson) 7:26 6. Estate (Bruno Martino) 5:14 7. Momenta (M. Biolcati) 5:34 8. Gumbo Blues (M. Biolcati) 5:41 9. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (David Mann) 4:13

Charles Lloyd at Padova Jazz Festival

by Roberto Cifarelli
November 28, 2021

SFJAZZ Collective at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
November 13, 2021

SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA October 31, 2021 Established by SFJAZZ, the San Francisco music-presentation nonprofit which hosts most events at its own San Francisco edifice, the SFJAZZ Collective, a group of established jazz musicians, has been making annual tours including material from one modern jazz great (such ...

The 2021 Detroit Jazz Festival: The Future is Female, Day 4

by Paul Rauch
September 17, 2021

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 This is the fourth of four pieces covering the 2021 Detroit International Jazz Festival. Two weeks before the festival, a decision was made to go to a virtual format due to the surge provided by the Delta variant of Covid-19. Three outdoor stages ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Kendrick Scott

July 8, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating Kendrick Scott's birthday today! Drummer and composer Kendrick Scott kicked off his Blue Note contract four years ago with We Are the Drum. Expertly produced by Derrick Hodge, Scott’s creative confidant and musical brother, and featuring a stunning guest performance by vocalist Lizz Wright, it earned rave reviews and reiterated how ...

Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival 2021

by R.J. DeLuke
July 7, 2021

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY June 26-27, 2021 The possibility of Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival returning this year was shaky in the spring months of 2021. COVID was showing signs of remission, but troubles still lingered. Both Danny Melnick, president of Absolutely Live ...

Adrienne Arsht Center Jazz Roots 2021-2022 Season Schedule

June 30, 2021

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announces the return of the annual Jazz Roots series to the Center's Knight Concert Hall for the 2021-2022 season offering another incredible cast of jazz All-Stars beginning on November 5th, 2021 with “The Creation"-world premiere performance by legendary pianist Chucho Valdes and the Yoruban Orchestra ...

A Different Drummer, Part 4: The Zildjian Legacy

by Karl Ackermann
June 24, 2021

They are the oldest family-owned business in the world, recognized globally by musicians from every genre. The Avedis Zildjian Company—known simply as Zildjian —traces its history to the ancient cymbals of the Middle East and Asia. Almost four hundred years ago, Avedis, an Armenian metalsmith and alchemist in seventeenth-century Istanbul, discovered an alloy of tin, copper, ...