Results for "Luques Curtis"

Todas las Voces

By Eva Cortés

Label: Blue Fern Record​s
Released: 2020
Track listing: Canción con Todos; Desterado; Hills of Silver; Gracias ala Vida; Letters and Picture Frames; Bird on a String; Out of Words; Sólo le Pido a Dios; Let me Believe; Peace; BONUS TRACK: Exiled.

The Intangible Between

By Orrin Evans

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Proclaim Liberty; This Little Light of Mine; A Time For Love; That Too; Off Minor; Into Dawn; Tough Love; Im So Glad I Got to Know You

Lisa Hilton: More Than Another Day

by Mike Jurkovic
December 16, 2020

It's very comforting to know that, as Annus Horribilis (2020) crashes to its long awaited, cursed demise, pianist/composer Lisa Hilton delivers, as she has faithfully over the past few years, a year-end gift to aficionados everywhere with her soulfully bluesy More Than Another Day. When you consider all our anxious caution for the year ...

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Thomas Marriott

by Paul Rauch
September 30, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 1930's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

TRRC Presents Eva Cortés "Todas Las Voces"—July 17th Debut Release With All-Star Band!

June 8, 2020

TRRC Presents Eva Cortés Todas las Voces July 17th Debut Release with All-Star Band! “My music is nothing but a reflection of what my life has been." Honduran/Spanish singer, songwriter and composer Eva Cortés delivers a revelatory set of flamenco and blues-tinged Latin jazz on her newest record, Todas las Voces. Working ...

Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: The Intangible Between

by Paul Rauch
May 19, 2020

Pianist Orrin Evans has a deep understanding of the unshakeable bond between fellowship, humanity and the creative process. That knowledge has guided him through creating a remarkable catalog of music as both a leader and sideman, along the way, experiencing the fellowship of a collective of musicians he often refers to as “The Village."

Thomas Marriott: Trumpet Ship

by Paul Rauch
March 28, 2020

In a day and age when social and personal narratives pervade the jazz recording medium, it is a welcoming feeling to experience a recording of superb jazz musicians playing music in the moment the way it's supposed to be played—for the people. For his spring 2020 quartet release Trumpet Ship (Origin, 2020), Seattle-based trumpeter ...

Thomas Marriott: Trumpet Ship

by Dan McClenaghan
March 12, 2020

Spontaneity rules. Seattle-based trumpeter Thomas Marriott had a day off from touring with his quartet, so he decided to go into the studio and record an album: Trumpet Ship. His twelfth outing for Origin Records—all of them reaching for the stars, all of them getting there—this quartet album lines up after his stop-you-in-your-tracks gorgeous Romance Language ...

Luques Curtis

Luques Curtis (b. 1983) is an internationally respected bassist, composer, and educator whose work spans the full spectrum of modern jazz and Afro-Caribbean traditions. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Curtis began his musical training on piano and percussion before formally transitioning to the bass. He received foundational instruction at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts, the Artist Collective under Jackie McLean, and Guakia, studying with Dave Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, and Paul Brown. He also undertook specialized studies in Afro-Caribbean performance practice with Andy Gonzalez and Joe Santiago.

Lisa Hilton: Chalkboard Destiny

by Doug Hall
January 3, 2020

Not surprisingly, considering the political and social climate existing on the threshold of 2020, pianist and composer Lisa Hilton finds ripe inspiration for material on Chalkboard Destiny. Addressing the point, she writes: “Our future, our destiny, can be continually reshaped—we are not beholden by history or traditional myths, allowing us a freedom in creation." With a ...