Results for "Marcus Miller"

Various Artists: Jazz For Japan

by DJ Marc Antomattei
September 3, 2011

In the wake of the barrage of natural and man-made disasters that struck Japan in early 2011, a large group of fine musicians got together for Jazz For Japan. One of the strongest compilations of the year, all proceeds are being donated to help the victims of this great tragedy. The standards featured ...

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band / Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
August 11, 2011

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat BandThat's How We RollTelarc2010 After more than a decade of making beautiful music at home, on the road and in the studio, Gordon Goodwin's irrepressible Big Phat Band keeps rolling merrily along, burning rubber on its sixth free-wheeling recording (and first for Telarc Records). ...

Quentin Moore: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 2, 2011

Much has been recently written about the “graying" of jazz and the audience who listens to it, young musicians seem to continually discover (and rediscover) its enduring value--and not just the value of jazz as its own standalone genre, but the benefit of incorporating aspects of jazz, such as improvisation and arrangement, into music of every ...

Miles Davis Tribute Band: Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 10, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
July 19, 2011

Miles Davis Tribute BandNorth Sea Jazz FestivalRotterdam, the NetherlandsJuly 10, 2011 As bassist Marcus Miller noted during the Miles David Tribute Band set at the North Sea Jazz festival in Rotterdam, it hardly seems like Davis has been gone for 20 years. Maybe, he surmised, it's because the spirit of Miles ...

Montreal Jazz Festival, Days 4-6, July 2-4, 2011

by John Kelman
July 7, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 25-July 4, 2011 Montréal is a city in transition, and in a move that's absolutely uncharacteristic of other Canadian cities, is planning a downtown renovation driven, in no small part, by the arts. Place des ...

Take Five with Simon Little

by AAJ Staff
July 6, 2011

Meet Simon Little: I'm a session bassist living in London. I was born in London and started learning the double bass at school in Dorset with Barry Glynn. I went on to study at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London (1999-2003) receiving tuition from Kevin Rundell, Jeff Clyne and ...

The 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival starts on July 1

June 17, 2011

The 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, and sponsored for the 14th time by Garanti Bank, will take place between July 1-19. The 18th Istanbul Jazz Festival will again fill the heart of Istanbul with jazz with over 40 concerts and more than 300 local and foreign artists. This ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Marcus Miller

June 14, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Marcus Miller's birthday today! Marcus Miller, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2001, was born in Brooklyn in 1959 and raised in Jamaica, New York. He came from a musical family and was influenced early on by his father, a church organist and choir director, as ...

So What

Featuring the music of Marcus Miller
Duration: 6:33
June 14, 2011

George Duke, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn (DMS) at the Keswick Theatre on June 2nd at 8pm

May 19, 2011

Fans of the crossroad where funk meets jazz should save the date for when George Duke, Marcus Miller and David Sanborn join musical forces for a legendary performance at the Keswick Theatre on June 2 at 8PM. The possibilities of this super Soul-Jazz summit are endless as the realm of their catalogues and capabilities span decades. ...