Results for "Philip Dizack"

Philip Dizack: If Our Perspective Is Right Then We’re Always in Complete Humility

by Leo Sidran
September 21, 2020

Trumpeter Philip Dizack (named by Downbeat Magazine as “[one of twenty-five] Trumpet Players for the Future") on how he thinks about playing, teaching ("preparing for teaching is the most helpful thing that I've ever done for myself"), practicing ("the more specific your questions are, the more specific your answers will become"), potential ("I hear so far ...

Philip Dizack

Philip Dizack, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, started trying to play music at the age of 10. After two failed attempts at the alto saxophone and trombone, Dizack knew the trumpet was for him. Raised by his mother and father, neither of which were musicians; Dizacks teachings were from recordings. Falling in love with Miles Davis' 'Just Squeeze Me', Dizack was introduced to the World of Jazz. Through the next few years, Dizack was inspired by the playing of Miles Davis, Nicholas Payton, Lee Morgan and Louis Armstrong. By the time he hit high school, his path in life was clear. Trumpet. Philip Dizack graduated from the renowned Milwaukee High School of the Arts in 2003

Noam Wiesenberg: Roads Diverge

by Neri Pollastri
January 28, 2020

Il giovane contrabbassista israeliano Noam Wiesenber, ormai da dieci anni residente negli States, giunge qui al suo esordio da leader e lo fa con un album di composizioni originali (con la sola eccezione del brano di chiusura), alla testa di un classico quintetto al centro del quale spicca il pianista Shai Maestro, un connazionale che ha ...

Assembly of Shadows

By Remy Le Boeuf

Label: Soundspore Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Strata; Honeymooners; Assembly of Shadows Suite: I. Introduction; II. Assembly of Shadows; III. Shapeless Dancer; IV. Transfiguration; V. Light Through the Leaves.

Michael Leonhart: Surfing on an Orchestral Wave

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 16, 2018

If one were to find an answer to the age-old “nature or nurture" debate, s/he would have to look no further than The Painted Lady Suite [Sunnyside Records]. Listening to the stunning debut album by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra makes it clear that major achievements are only possible when nature and nurture are well integrated and ...

Noam Wiesenberg: Roads Diverge

by Geno Thackara
July 11, 2018

A title such as Roads Diverge probably isn't surprising from someone as well-traveled as Noam Wiesenberg. The sound largely sticks to one category--mostly-acoustic contemporary jazz with a high dose of rollicking cheer--and yet still reflects how much the young bassist has learned from his travels through life so far. The confident smoothness, eclectic writing-style and casting ...

Chris Potter Quartet and Melissa Aldana Group at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
July 6, 2017

Chris Potter Quartet/ Melissa Aldana Group SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 13, 2017 It is rare that two saxophonists share a bill with their quartets. It's even less common when one of the two is female. The two were Chris Potter and Melissa Aldana, and they shared the stage at SFJAZZ ...

Criss Cross Jazz Roundup

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 24, 2014

In the past several years there has been a marked change in the jazz landscape that has somehow managed to further spread the demarcation lines between those musicians who practice mainstream leanings and those with a hyper vigilance towards the new avant-garde. Oddly enough, leave it to Criss Cross Jazz, a label that has historically been ...

Michael Janisch With Special Concert Dates In US Midwest Set For January 2014

January 7, 2014

Whirlwind Recordings label boss and internationally-acclaimed bassist and producer Michael Janisch will be performing a series of special concerts in Midwest America in late January this year with a stellar cast of musicians from NYC in Patrick Cornelius, Philip Dizack, Matthew Stevens and Clarence Penn. On the 23rd, a Whirlwind Recordings Showcase Event for Janisch’s performance ...

Philip Dizack: Single Soul

By Philip Dizack

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2013
Track listing: Single Soul (Intro); Jacob and the Angel; Benny's Tune; Take Me With You; Single Soul; Twins Of A Gazelle; Book Of Stones; Joy and Sorrow; It's Not Just In Some Of Us; Sasha Anne; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good