Results for "Michael Kanan"

Michael Kanan

Michael Kanan hails from Boston, Massachusetts where he first began to play the piano at age 7. He started improvising at the keyboard early on, and by age 10 he was listening to jazz. His first instructor was pianist Harvey Diamond, a student of jazz innovator Lennie Tristano. During his years at Boston College, Michael had the opportunity to perform with several jazz greats including Tal Farlow, Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, and Alan Dawson. After graduating college and doing some freelance work around Boston, he moved to New York in 1991 to study with another Tristano student, the pianist Sal Mosca. He established himself in New York, playing and recording with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, and Jorge Rossy, among others

everyday i fall in love

By Penni Layne

Label: Upside
Released: 2026
Track listing: fallin' in love coffee time everyday i fall in love no moon at all i wish you love this can’t be love on top of the world (feat. Larry Jackson) if i had you the best things happen when you’re dancing this time almost like being in love

Warm In December

By Penni Layne

Label: Upside
Released: 2024
Track listing: Winter Wonderland Warm In December The Christmas Song Let It Snow At The First Snowfall I’ll Be Home For Christmas I Love The Winter Weather A Christmas Love Song Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Sleigh Ride

Cornerstone

By Nico Moreno

Label: Independent
Released: 2024
Track listing: 01 - The Confessor’s Tongue 02 - La Luz Verdadera 03 - Cornerstone 04 - Eucatastrophe 05 - Back To Kindergarten 06 - Mother Pelican 07 - Sleeping Nephilim 08 - Song For Sonny

Beautiful Moons Ago

By Gabrielle Stravelli

Label: Big Modern Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Did I Remember; June Night; You Say You Care; That Ole Devil Called Love; Messin’ Around; So Far So Good; Day Dream / You Stepped Out Of A Dream; With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair; Let’s Begin/ I’m Beginning To See The Light; Beautiful Moons Ago; They All Laughed; I Walk A Little Faster.

You Say You Care

June 9, 2024

Album: Beautiful Moons Ago
By Gabrielle Stravelli
Label: Big Modern Music
Released: 2024
Duration: 3:32

The Gabrielle Stravelli Trio: Beautiful Moons Ago

by Dan Bilawsky
May 29, 2024

In a world where heavily crafted narratives, thematic tie-ins and pointed productions are increasingly becoming the norm, it's a breath of fresh air to encounter a first-rate recording that's focused on music rather than messaging. Now that's not to say that vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli's longstanding trio with pianist Michael Kanan and bassist Pat O'Leary is without ...

Gabrielle Stravelli Trio Appear At Birdland on May 6th - New Release 'Beautiful Moons Ago' Streets on May 3rd

April 16, 2024

Acclaimed vocalist & songwriter Gabrielle Stravelli blends musical traditions with a modern, genre-bending sensibility. Her fifth release, Beautiful Moons Ago is her first to feature her trio with pianist Michael Kanan and bassist Pat O'Leary. Over twelve years of collaborating, the trio has developed a deep musical connection that allows for great spontaneity in their performances. ...

Take Five with Vocalist Angelina Kolobukhova

by AAJ Staff
June 23, 2023

Meet Angelina Kolobukhova Angelina Kolobukhova was born and raised in Minsk, Belarus. She started playing classical piano when she was five and singing when she was nine. She was introduced to jazz music by her early mentor Veronika Yanovskaya and, under her guidance, she performed jazz and popular music in Minsk and in Europe at competitions, ...

Kurt Rosenwinkel & Bill Charlap: Higher Standards

by Chris May
March 27, 2023

On March 23, 2023, in the run up to Record Store Day, Elemental Records released on vinyl two Criss Cross albums from 1998 which have previously been available only as CDs. Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel's 2-LP Intuit and pianist Bill Charlap's All Through The Night come in sturdy gatefold sleeves and are pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl. ...