Results for "Maceo Parker"

Pass The Peas

Featuring the music of Maceo Parker
Duration: 5:47
February 14, 2011

John Legend to Headline Saint Lucia Jazz Festival

February 3, 2011

In celebration of the 20th anniversary, six time Grammy winner and multi-Platinum artist John Legend will headline this year's Saint Lucia Jazz Festival. Singer, songwriter and pianist, Legend has sold more than five million albums worldwide, garnered multiple hit singles ("Ordinary People," “Used to Love U," “So High," “Save Room," “Heaven," “Another Again") and has received ...

Darius Jones: From Johnny Hodges To Noise Jazz

by AAJ Staff
January 11, 2011

Alto saxophonist Darius Jones--who won most critics' nomination for the best jazz newcomer album of 2009 for Man'ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009)--is a great fan of Johnny Hodges. He says that the lyrical Duke Ellington altoist is his hero, and this is pleasantly noticeable at the beginning of Man'ish Boy. It ...

Soul And The Abstract Proof: Searching For Soul And Its Meaning In Jazz

by Dan Bilawsky
November 29, 2010

What, exactly, is “soul?" This word is used so often in discussions and writings about music, but I wonder if anybody can actually define its very essence and place in the musical universe? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists no less than eight different definitions for soul and, while some of them have a decent grasp on what ...

David Sanborn en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

by Enrique Turpin
November 28, 2010

David Sanborn Trio42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música23 de noviembre, 2010Para qué negar que David Sanborn ha sido una de las bandas sonoras más persistentes en nuestras vidas juveniles. Cuando más de uno desechaba los discos de Billie Holiday porque apreciaba en ellos el peso insufrible ...

Jay Phelps: Swing Is The New Avant-Garde

by Bruce Lindsay
November 16, 2010

At the age of 28, trumpeter Jay Phelps already has a broad range of musical experiences under his belt, including co-founding the award-winning jazz group Empirical. Releasing his debut album as a leader, Jay Walkin' (Specific Records, 2010), seems like a natural next step. But Phelps is clearly not a man to be rushed. The album ...

Take Five With Boris Kozlov

by AAJ Staff
November 4, 2010

Meet Boris Kozlov: Currently serving as a bassist, arranger and Musical Director for the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and The Orchestra, as well as leading his own projects, he has also been a first-call bassist for such important jazz acts as Michael Brecker, John Blake, Ray Barretto's New World Spirit, Lew Tabackin, David Kikoski, Alex ...

KSDS Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music and Arts Festival

by Robert Bush
September 25, 2010

Jazz 88 Ocean Beach Music & Art FestivalWinston's, Hodad's Stage, The Harp Ocean Beach, CA September 11, 2010 Perfect day for a party: the sun shone bright in a cloudless sky, it's heat mitigated by a cool ocean breeze. After a one year hiatus due to the terrible economy of ...

Pete Robbins: Balance Dream

by Gordon Marshall
August 24, 2010

Pete Robbins is all about balance, in temperament and as an artist. He produces a polished sound on his alto saxophone, with a light tone betraying corners of darkness and complexity. Already an accomplished leader at 31, he grafts his sound onto ensembles of varying sizes with aplomb and equanimity. His style as a leader is ...

Grand Pianoramax: New Album and Tour

August 17, 2010

After two years on the road including a 10-city tour in the US opening for Maceo Parker and concerts from Istanbul to Mumbai, Grand Pianoramax again teams up with underground hiphop heroes Mike Ladd, Black Cracker and for the first time electronic/tabla player Karsh Kale for a brand new album due out this fall on ObliqSound. ...