Results for "Mark Nightingale"

Mark Nightingale

Born: May 31, 1967

Strictly Smokin' & Friends

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Cool Struttin'; Love For Sale; Sweet & Lovely; Pete Kelly's Blues; Devil May Care; Daisy Mae; Airegin; Twitterbug Waltz.

Neoteric Ensemble: Neoteric Ensemble Volume 1

by Neil Duggan
November 12, 2023

Trumpeter Toby Street and tuba player Adrian Miotti formed Neoteric Ensemble to explore modern compositions and find new inspiration for themselves and their audiences. The debut album from this distinctive sextet features an intriguing line-up of woodwind and brass. Street and Miotti are joined by Sarah Field on saxophone and trumpet, trombonist Richard Watkin, trumpeter James ...

Tales from the Jacquard

By Julian Siegel

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Tales from the Jacquard Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Blues; Song; The Missing Link; The Goose; Fantasy In D.

The Stan Kenton Orchestra / Trinity College: Concert Impressions

by Jack Bowers
February 23, 2020

Here's another splendid two-disc anthology from Tantara Productions showcasing music from the capacious Stan Kenton library, performed on Disc 1 by the Kenton Orchestra circa 1972-76 and on Disc 2 by the Trinity College Big Band, Alumni Band and Symphony Orchestra in 2004 and 2007. Tantara has now released more than twenty albums, all devoted to ...

2019: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 2, 2020

The year 2019 was robust in many ways. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to Australia. An important but long-shuttered jazz mecca was revived in a coast-to-coast move. ECM Records celebrated a golden year. The music and its makers figured prominently on the big screen. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four new NEA ...

John Beasley: Master of All Trades

by Jim Worsley
April 4, 2019

In today's busy world, sometimes you just can't do it all. Apparently, John Beasley never received that memo. The pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director, and film and TV composer is in high demand, and has an enormity of projects that would seem to belie the twenty-four hour day reality. It is perhaps the variance in ...

The 2014 British Jazz Awards: The Results

November 21, 2014

The Winners of the 28th British Jazz Awards are announced today across the 12 solo instrument categories, two sections for bands and two trade awards to record companies. Known as the Jazz Oscars, The British Jazz Awards have been presented every year since 1987 and have long been established as the most important jazz awards in ...

Michael J McEvoy: The Long Way Home

by Bruce Lindsay
August 21, 2014

Michael J McEvoy is something of a musical chameleon--a composer, instrumentalist and producer who's played a crucial role in many musical projects without grabbing the limelight. He's composed film soundtracks (including 2008's Me And Orson Welles), and worked as musician or producer with an extensive array of artists including Ian Dury, Sting, Scritti Politti, the Bee ...

Pointing Fingers... And Naming Names

by Jack Bowers
May 4, 2013

As the countdown continues toward the last Big Band Report in June, the time has come to point fingers and name names--in other words, to compile a short list of contemporary jazz musicians who have risen above the norm to help make life more pleasurable for one devoted listener. These are, mind you, personal choices, and ...