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Devin Daniels Quintet at Sam First in Los Angeles

Featuring the music of Devin Daniels
Duration: 5:19
June 20, 2024

With credits that span from Herbie Hancock to Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, saxophonist Devin Daniels is one of the most unique and exciting voices to spawn from LA's thriving creative music scene. Daniels performed two unforgettable nights full of mesmerizing new compositions and arrangements with his quintet of equally-gifted young phenoms, all of which was captured using Sam First’s state-of-the-art recording analog to Pro Tools setup.

Musician

Chris Powe

Born: June, 2001

Los Angeles native, Chris Powe, is an exciting new voice on the alto saxophone. His passion for music began at an early age. He honed his skills in high school, took private lessons under the tutelage of esteemed multi-instrumentalist Scott Mayo, and attended the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center (FPCAC), which is in the heart of Los Angeles’ Black creative community, Leimert Park.

Powe earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Business/Management from Berklee College of Music. He studied under esteemed professors such as Tia Fuller and Gregory Groover. While in college, he played multiple shows in Boston, New York City, and the greater New England region.

Musician

Alex Siegers

Born: June 11, 1992

Alex has amassed considerable experience as an educator and performer across jazz, sacred, classical and pop genres with leading musicians throughout Australia.

In 2017 she graduated from a Bachelor of Music and Arts, majoring in Jazz Performance, Asian Studies and Linguistics at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She completed an appended Honours in 2023. Alex is currently a full time chorister with the Choir of St. James King Street, and the lead role in Da Vinci’s Apprentice for Musica Viva in Schools.

She also performs with The Song Company, The Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney Chamber Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Cantillation, Vocal Australia Singers, The Australian Voices and The Choir Lab.

News: Recording

Wolfgang Schalk Announces New Album 'Dear Earth' Showcasing A Tribute Track To Arnold Schoenberg

May 10, 2024

Wolfgang Schalk, the acclaimed LA-based Austrian guitarist/composer, announces his latest album, Dear Earth, a heartfelt dedication to our planet and a testament to the power of artistic expression. Featuring nine original compositions, Dear Earth marks Schalk's ninth album as a leader and follows his critically acclaimed release, ObSession (Frame Up Music, 2019). With a stellar band ...

Musician

Joshua Castro

Born: March 19

Joshua Castro is a fiction author, poet, lyricist, and musical entertainer from Los Angeles, CA.

He has released five Vaudeville inspired ragtime/jazz albums: “SAVAGES of 2020,” “RAVAGES of ’21”, “CARNAGES of ’22: A Halloween Album,” “ERAS of ’23: A Musical Revue,” and "FROLICS of '24". 

A graduate of Alhambra High School and a former East LA College student, Castro lives in Los Angeles, CA with his loving and supportive husband John. ❤

News: Event

Hollywood Jazz Orchestra Play The Grape—Ventura's Only Jazz Club on May 23, 2024

April 14, 2024

The Hollywood Jazz Orchestra is coming to The Grape, Ventura's only Jazz Club, Thursday May 23rd @ 7.30 p.m. The 16 piece Hollywood Jazz Orchestra is led by Conductor, Composer, Arranger Charley Harrison, who has also been the Director of UCLA Jazz Orchestra since 2004. Over the years, Harrison has had compositions and arrangements performed by ...

Article: Interview

Albert "Tootie" Heath: Class Personified

by R.J. DeLuke
April 13, 2024

This article was first published on All About Jazz on March 9, 2015. Albert “Tootie" Heath is among the drummers who lived--and thrived--during what many call the golden age of jazz, the '40s, '50, early '60s. He's enjoyed the fruits of a varied and historic career, but never stayed put. Just kept working. He ...

Musician

Eve Minor

Born: November 13

Eve Minor is a multi-talented artist known for her versatility as a musician, filmmaker, and writer. Born and raised in New York City, Eve's creative journey began at a young age when she showed a natural inclination towards the arts. Growing up in a culturally rich environment, she was exposed to various forms of expression, which greatly influenced her eclectic style.

Eve's passion for music ignited during her adolescence, inspired by a diverse range of genres including hip-hop, punk, and electronic music. Drawing from her own life experiences and observations of the world around her, she began crafting lyrics that reflected her introspective and socially conscious mindset.

Musician

Amy Aileen Wood

Amy Aileen Wood is a Grammy Award winning drummer and producer based in Los Angeles. In addition to her work behind the drum kit, Wood is a composer, engineer and mulit-intrumentalist. 

Her percussive sounds can be heard on Fiona Apple’s 2020 record Fetch the Bolt Cutters, which Amy co-produced. Most recently, she composed the score for the Netflix documentary White Hot and released her debut album The Heartening on Colorfield Records.

Over the past decade, Amy has performed live or recorded with a variety of artists including
Fiona Apple, David Garza, Tired Pony, Shirley Manson, Blake Mills, Lucy Woodward, Ultan Conlon, The Donnies The Amys.

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Late-Period Art Pepper Box Sets

by C. Michael Bailey
March 15, 2024

In his essay, “Endgame," which opens the liner notes to Art Pepper: The Complete Galaxy Recordings (Galaxy, 1989), music critic Gary Giddens said of Art Pepper's professional comeback: “Pepper's sudden reappearance in 1975 was something of a second coming in musical circles. For the next seven years, his frequent recordings and tours, and ...