Results for "Mundell Lowe"

Take Five With Lenny Marcus

by Lenny Marcus
October 26, 2011

Meet Lenny Marcus: Lenny Marcus hails from Washington, DC, but studied, performed and recorded for many years in New Orleans, LA, before relocating to Roanoke, VA. He is leader on 18 albums, and has studied and recorded with many jazz legends, including David “Fathead" Newman, Brian Lynch, Sonny Fortune, Frank Foster, Charlie Byrd, Herb ...

Seven Come Eleven

Featuring the music of Mundell Lowe
Duration: 5:53
April 21, 2011

Mundell Lowe Quartet Live At The Saville Theater

by Robert Bush
July 22, 2010

Mundell Lowe Quartet Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego CA July 13, 2010 Tuesday night's affair was standing-room-only for the rare appearance by Mundell Lowe, an iconic figure in the annals of jazz history. Lowe cut his teeth as an improviser in the Roosevelt administration--that he ...

Sonny Rollins Elected as Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences

by Jack Bowers
May 7, 2010

This month's most welcome news has nothing to do with big bands but everything to do with artistry and excellence: saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, a center for independent policy research (I don't quite understand what that has to do ...

"Maynard!" -- New Book About Maynard Ferguson Now Available

August 28, 2009

MAYNARD! becomes the first new book on bandleader and jazz trumpet phenomenon Maynard Ferguson in nearly a dozen years. It's 240 pages of raw MF as remembered in interviews by 30 musicians and others from his earliest U.S. gigs in the late 40s to the peak of his career on Columbia Records in the 70s. Grammy ...

John di Martino: Piano Man In/On Demand

by Marcia Hillman
March 31, 2009

John di Martino is a New York area based pianist, composer, arranger and Venus recording artist. He is a sought after musical director and is in demand by many singers as an accompanist, having accompanied such singers as Jon Hendricks, Sylvia Sims, Diane Schuur and Billy Eckstine. His talents as a pianist and arranger can be ...

Haunted Heart

By Mundell Lowe

Label: Lilys Dads
Released: 2007
Track listing: Gone With The Wind; Detour Ahead; Haunted Heart; I Don't Worry About A Thing; There's A Small Hotel; Mean To Me; Close Enough For Love; Very Early - Waltz For Debby; My Foolish Heart; Big Star, Little Star; I'll Be Seeing You.

Haunted Heart

By Mundell Lowe

Label: LDM
Released: 2007
Track listing: Gone with the Wind; Detour Ahead; I Don

Mundell Lowe: Haunted Heart

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
October 5, 2007

Guitarist Mundell Lowe has been recording since 1950. Among the colleagues who have prized his rounded, mellow tone and tasteful licks are Prez (Lester Young), Bird (Charlie Parker), Billie (Holiday) and Diz(zy Gillespie). Here he joins forces with bassist/vocalist Jim Ferguson, who's increasingly known for his fine playing and splendid singing. It's a winning combination, and ...

Have You Met Miss Jones?

Featuring the music of Mundell Lowe
Duration: 5:03
September 18, 2007