Results for "Matt Jorgensen"

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2010

by Dan McClenaghan
December 18, 2010

These are the CDs that never roamed away from the current listening shelf. Jessica Williams Touch Origin Records Masterpiece isn't a word to be tossed around lightly. Jessica Williams, with the eighty-eight piano keys and a lifetime of musical immersion, has created one with this recording.

News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Origin Records - 2-CD" Giveaway

December 14, 2010

Ethan Meyer, Mark Oddino, Claude Paiva, Scott Hobson and Joshua Johnson, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Origin Records “2-CD" giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Origin Records for more releases. Enjoy the music! Your Friends at ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #217: Matt Jorgensen

November 16, 2010

Matt Jorgensen pays tribute to his father-in-law, artist Dale Chisman, on his new CD Tattooed By Passion (Origin Records, 2010). In this interview, Jorgensen talks about Chisman's art and the genesis of this album; how Chisman's approach to painting mirrors Jorgensen's approach to composing; and how Jorgensen and Thomas Marriott worked together to write several of ...

News: Contest

Huge CD Giveaway from Jazz Now! Seattle in Celebration of Reaching 1000 Downloads

November 16, 2010

Jazz Now! Seattle, a new podcast spotlighting all the incredible jazz music coming out of Seattle, WA, has passed the 1000 download mark less than two weeks after their debut. To celebrate, they are giving away tons of CD's from Seattle jazz bands. There are four packages:Origin Records Package: Featuring new CD's from Thomas Marriott, Chad ...

News: Contest

Enter the Origin Records Matt Jorgensen/Chad McCullough 2-CD Giveaway

November 7, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Origin “2-CD" giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners to receive the CD's below at the conclusion of the contest on December 6th.Click here to enter the contest (Following Matt Jorgensen at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ...

Article: Live Review

Earshot Jazz Festival 2010, Part 1

by Nathan Bluford
November 6, 2010

Earshot Jazz FestivalSeattle, WAOctober 15-November 7, 2010 Part 1 | Part 2 Now in its 22nd year, the 2010 edition of Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival presented audiences with a healthy mix of local musicians from Seattle and the greater Pacific Northwest in addition to the performers that made the ...

Video

The Making of "Tattooed by Passion"

Featuring the music of Matt Jorgensen
Duration: 9:20
October 22, 2010

Interview and studio footage documenting the recording of Matt Jorgensen's Tattooed by Passion: Music inspired by the paintings of Dale Chisman (Origin Records). Features Thomas Marriott (trumpet), Mark Taylor (sax), Corey Christiansen (guitar), Dave Captein (bass) and Matt Jorgensen (drums). Interviews with Matt Jorgensen and Michael Paglia (Denver Art Critic).

News: Video / DVD

Video: The Making of Matt Jorgensen's "Tattooed by Passion"

October 21, 2010

Musicians Matt Jorgensen and Thomas Marriott and Denver art critic Michael Paglia talk about the making of Tattooed by Passion: music inspired by the paintings of Dale Chisman. Matt Jorgensen's group will perform at The Triple Door next Tuesday, October 26 at 7:30pm as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival. The group features Thomas Marriott (trumpet), ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Jorgensen: Tattooed by Passion: Music Inspired by the Paintings of Dale Chisman

by Dan McClenaghan
September 7, 2010

Drummer Matt Jorgensen pushes a bit out of the relative comfort zone of his longstanding Matt Jorgensen + 451 ensemble, to pay homage to his late father-in-law, abstract expressionist painter Dale Chisman, with Tattooed by Passion. With his + 451 group, Jorgensen crafted a distinctive modern-leaning sound on CDs Hope (Origin Records, 2004) and Another Morning ...

Article: Album Review

Corey Christiansen Quartet: Outlaw Tractor

by John Barron
June 5, 2010

Guitarist extraordinaire Corey Christiansen displays a crisp attack with scorching solos on Outlaw Tractor, a disc full of no-nonsense, organ-based, groovy jazz. Christiansen, who is also a well-known educator and author of guitar-related instructional material, recruits the talents of organist Pat Bianchi to create a rollicking vibe reminiscent of the classic pairing of Wes Montgomery and ...