Results for "Kenny Werner"

Phil DeGreg: Cincinnati Jazz Heavyweight

by Michael Shults
February 16, 2011

Cincinnati-based pianist Phil DeGreg has made his mark in the jazz world over the past three decades as a recording artist, composer, and pedagogue. An alumnus of the Woody Herman band, DeGreg boasts ten recordings as a leader, and has appeared alongside J.J. Johnson on the legendary trombonist's video Live in Concert (City Hall, 2007). Since ...

John Williams' Jazz

by Dan Bilawsky
January 3, 2011

The idea for this edition of Old, New, Borrowed and Blue isn't new. The seeds were actually sown with an experience I had a few years back. About four years ago, I was writing for a different jazz publication and I received a package of recordings in the mail. This parcel contained the usual mixture of ...

No Beginning No End

By Kenny Werner

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: No Beginning, No End: Death Is Not The End, Loved Ones, The God Of Time, Astral Journey, We Three; Visitation: Waves Of Unborn; Cry Out; Coda.

New York - Love Songs

By Kenny Werner

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2010

Announcing the Winners of the "Kenny Werner - No Beginning No End" Giveaway

December 20, 2010

Samuel Wappler, Karrie Millheim, Georgianna Krieger, Kenneth Braxton and Melissa Vo, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Half Note Records “Kenny Werner—No Beginning No End“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Half Note Records for more releases. ...

Take Five With Scott Lee

by AAJ Staff
December 19, 2010

Meet Scott Lee:Scott Lee switched from a career in tennis at UNC-CH to jazz, after hearing the Bill Evans Trio. Arriving in NY in the '70s, he worked with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, Red Rodney, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Andy Statman, Chris Conner, Morgana King, Helen Merrill, Betty Buckley, and ...

The Little Blue Man

Featuring the music of Kenny Werner
Duration: 9:52
December 19, 2010

Toots Thielemans: The Live Takes, Vol. 1

by Dan Bilawsky
November 21, 2010

While studio recordings can capture a musician's sound, live performances capture the essence of their being and the soul within the sound. When an iconic artist like harmonica giant Toots Thielemans isn't in the studio or creating a prearranged live recording, he's still traveling the globe and bringing his music into the clubs and concert halls ...

Enter the "Kenny Werner - No Beginning No End" Giveaway Contest

November 16, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Half Note “Kenny Werner—No Beginning No End“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 16th.Click here to enter the contest (Following Kenny Werner at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Half Note ...

Big Bands: Wayne Horvitz, Satoko Fujii, Steve Lehman, Kenny Werner & Andrew D'Angelo

by Martin Longley
November 9, 2010

The New York Composers OrchestraUniversity Of The StreetsOctober 23, 2010 Even for local residents, an appearance by the New York Composers Orchestra has become a rarity. Its guiding forces, the pianists Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb, have long been living in Seattle (they moved in 1989), so get-togethers have ...