Results for "Neal Caine"

Neal Caine

Born: January 11, 1973

Neal Caine is a natural, a dyanamic bass player with strong drive and an intuitive feel. Starting with the Suzuki Method on violin at age three, Neal learned music as a native language, and he has the facility and musicality to show for it. By the age of twenty, he was preferred on the New Orleans scene by such notables as Ellis Marsalis, Donald Harrison, and Nicholas Payton, and was asked to join the Elvin Jones group, a position of high honor that he carried with distinction for almost four years. He's been a first pick by vocalists including Diana Krall, Betty Carter, and Harry Connick Jr. He was also a frequent presence on the Smalls scene for many years, performing often with regulars Sherman Irby, Gregory Tardy, Charles Owens, Harry Whitaker, Zaid Nasser, Frank Hewitt, and others

Nasheet Waits, Ethan Iverson, Kenny Burrell & Jay McShann

by Joe Dimino
February 4, 2024

From a modern star in the jazz world, we begin the 840th Episode of Neon Jazz with Nasheet Waits and the tune Snake Hip Waltz from his impressive catalog of music. From there, we hear his father Freddie Waits teamed with Kenny Barron. We also get tasty new music from the likes of David Gibson, Ethan ...

Steve Wilson at the Jazz Room

by Mark Sullivan
June 25, 2019

Steve Wilson The Jazz Room Charlotte, NC June 21, 2019 Saxophonist Steve Wilson has an extensive discography. In addition to his recordings as a leader, he has played with such jazz musicians as pianist Chick Corea, saxophonist Michael Brecker, bassist Dave Holland, big band arranger Gerald Wilson, and saxophonist Joe Henderson. ...

Jeff "Tain" Watts' Elvin Jones Alumni Band at Jazz Standard

by Adrien H. Tillmann
September 13, 2017

Harry Connick, Jr.: Music From The Happy Elf

by Dan Bilawsky
December 18, 2011

"The Happy Elf" is just one of many numbers that Harry Connick, Jr. dished out on Harry For The Holidays (Sony/Columbia, 2003), but this particular song proved to be the seed for cross-marketing manna, which makes it a microcosm of the man himself. Connick has crooned his way into the hearts of millions, proven himself on ...

Celebrate the holidays with Harry Connick, Jr.'s "The Happy Elf" and start a new tradition!

November 30, 2011

CAMBRIDGE, MA: From Grammy award winner Harry Connick, Jr. comes a new instrumental jazz holiday album, Music From The Happy Elf. Offered as a companion disc to The Happy Elf, Connick's first picture book for children available this holiday season from Harper Collins, Music From The Happy Elf is the fourth edition of Marsalis Music's ongoing ...

Ron Westray / Thomas Heflin: Live from Austin

by Josep Pedro
September 29, 2011

A live recording is always a great chance to experience some of the core principles of jazz. Improvisation and spontaneity arise when musicians feel free and comfortable with the tunes and arrangements. A collaborative effort between trombonist Ron Westray and trumpeter Thomas Heflin, Live from Austin was recorded in 2009 at the Elephant Room, one of ...

New Harry Connick Jr. Album

September 22, 2009

Over the past two decades, Harry Connick, Jr. has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career. The multi-talented Connick has called the shots at the numerous phases of his album projects--writing original material or picking songs, choosing the ensemble settings and writing arrangements, singing and playing piano, and with the aid of co-producer and ...

Backstabber's Ball

By Neal Caine

Label: Smalls Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Intro (1:03); 2. DEA (5:53); 3. Good Goooold (7:12); 4. WMD interlude (0:38); 5. WMD (8:30); 6. Late Night Living (3:33); 7. Corporate Jazz (2:58); 8. Conversation for Two (6:33); 9. WMD interlude (0:51); 10. Crescent City Reflections (7:38); 11. Clare Evermore (4:12); 12. WMD interlude (0:59); 13. The Hempire Strikes Back (5:05); 14 Backstabber's Ball (9:49); 15. Outro (1:01).

Neal Caine: Backstabber's Ball

by Jim Santella
September 28, 2005

It's an odd title for a superb album. The compositions are Neal Caine's, and he leads with a powerful rhythmic stroke from behind his big double bass. Two tenors, Ned Goold and Stephen Riley, give him plenty of lyrical matter, playing it soft and whispery as Caine's quartet emphasizes straight-ahead jazz with a comfortable grasp of ...