Home » Search Center » Results: Mike Smith
Results for "Mike Smith"
Results for pages tagged "Mike Smith"...
Relentless
Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2024
Track listing: Consciousness of Reality; Ornette; Vidalita; Panorama; La Vida Sigue; Relentless; Deluge;
Modernities; Blues Sureno; The Illusion of Hope; Groove Odds.
Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra: Things Will Pass
by Jack Bowers
There are a handful of things you should know about Hyeseon Hong (pronounced hay-sun hong), as each of them impacts the scope and purpose of the music on Things Will Pass. First, she is well-versed in the shaping and subtleties of contemporary big-band jazz; second, she was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea; third, she ...
Rob Parton's Ensemble 9+: Relentless
by Jack Bowers
Rob Parton, who once led the Chicago area's marvelous JazzTech big band, has since moved on to other pursuits, namely mentoring the next generation of jazz trumpeters at the stellar University of North Texas Jazz Lab in Denton. Having released eleven widely acclaimed albums with the JazzTech band, Parton has pared the lineup to nine (plus) ...
Canons
Label: Lumo Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: 3 Trumpet Canon; Bobby's Canon; Shadows (by BLOOP); Butterscones; Wilds (by BLOOP); Twinkle Tones; Moons (by
BLOOP); Canon of Sorts; Ponds (by BLOOP).
Lina Allemano: Canons
by Troy Dostert
Capping twenty years of running Lumo Records--a record label dedicated to her multifarious projects--with Canons, trumpeter Lina Allemano has assembled several innovative ensembles to give voice to her distinctive chamber-jazz aesthetic. While it might not be as obviously adventurous as some of her previous releases, it retains Allemano's signature emphasis on finding the ideal pivot point ...
Mike Jones: Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You're Doing?
by Jack Bowers
Some years ago, after Penn Jillette heard Mike Jones playing in a small club in Las Vegas, he approached the pianist, introduced himself, and said he would like to hire Jones to open his popular magic show, Penn & Teller--on one condition. And what might that condition be, Jones asked, to which Jillette replied, “I'm your ...
Lina Allemano Four: Vegetables
by Troy Dostert
Trumpeter Lina Allemano is one of those artists whose boundless creativity requires numerous outlets for its adequate expression. Her Ohrenschmaus trio is a hard-driving unit that possesses a tenacious energy but somehow leaves room for adventitious excursions. The group's Rats and Mice (Lumo Records) was one of 2020's most intriguing releases. She's also an intrepid innovator ...
You Must Believe In Spring
By Josie Falbo
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: You Must Believe In Spring; A Night in Tunisia; Joy Spring; A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; A
Sleepin' Bee; Manhattan; Heaven; Just You, Just Me; Midnight at the Starlight Haunted
Ballroom; Estate; Devil May Care; Tis Autumn; Tristeza.
A Night in Tunisia
Album: You Must Believe In Spring
By Josie Falbo
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 03:58
