Results for "Lionelle Hamanaka"

Lionelle Hamanaka

Ralph Lalama: A Disciple, Not a Clone

by Lionelle Hamanaka
September 8, 2023

Ralph Lalama has absorbed the great legacy of the masters while carving his own name on the jazz tree. His distinguished career has seen him play with many jazz greats. The Pennsylvania-born, New York-based tenor saxophonist has found his own sound with an incisive style that reflects the spirit of our times. The son of a ...

A Jazz Bouquet

By Lionelle Hamanaka

Label: Lionelle Hamanaka
Released: 2002

Lionelle Hamanaka: A Jazz Bouquet

by Jim Santella
June 1, 2002

Scat singing comes naturally to Lionelle Hamanaka. Like most of us, she learned it through her parents' love of good music. Growing up in Harlem and the Lower East Side, Hamanaka was exposed to the recordings and live jazz performances that would later form her natural grasp of vocalese, songwriting, and lyric interpretation. The acoustic sounds ...