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Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Jack Bowers
Even though all but unsung outside his customary locale, Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill has drawn into his orbit a small but well-respected circle of jazz artists including bassist Rodney Whitaker, guitarist Randy Napoleon and trombonist Michael Dease, all of whom have recorded albums dedicated to Hill's diverse and sophisticated music. Found in Space is Dease's second ...
Michael Dease: Found in Space: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Paul Rauch
Leaving a legacy in this life is a subject that holds different meanings for people. For some, it involves building a structure of permanence that will stand up to the test of time after one's entrance into eternity. For others, it is more fleeting, something that can be shaped and reshaped, and if desired, completely torn ...
Michael Dease: Found in Space - The Music of Gregg Hill
by Bill Milkowski
The title itself is revealing. A clever play on words of the old '60s sci-fi show Lost in Space, it immediately suggests an irreverent wit and slightly twisted perspective; qualities that also permeate the unique music of prolific Michigan-based composer Gregg Hill. How this fairly obscure presence on the national music scene has managed ...
Showtime
Album: Stanco's Time
By Anthony Stanco
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 05:21
New Vocal Releases From Etienne Charles Featuring Rene Marie, CeCe Gable, Synia Carroll, Madeleine Peyroux, Amber Weekes & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Etienne Charles feat. Rene Marie, CeCe Gable, Synia Carroll, Buffalo Monroe, Amber Weekes plus a second single from Madeleine Peyroux, with birthday shoutouts to Yolande Bavan, Yoko Miwa, Alexa Tarantino, Adison Evans, Randy Napoleon, Valaida Snow, DeeDee Bridgewater, Samantha Boshnack, Theo Bleckmann and Ann Hampton Callaway, among others. Happy listening ...
New Releases from Ernesto Cervini, Remy Le Boeuf, Grace Kelly, Dan Pugach With Birthday Shoutouts to Miriam Makeba, Keely Smith, Carole Bayer Sager & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Women's History Month continues with new releases from Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Grace Kelly, Dan Pugach Big Band and Cecilia Sanchietti, with birthday shoutouts to Miriam Makeba, Eric Comstock, Anat Fort, Marya Lawrence, Rachelle Garniez, Frank Senior, Keely Smith, Carol Sloane, Tomoko Ohno and Carole Bayer Sager, among others. Thanks for ...
New Releases From Lois Deloatch, Randy Napoleon, Kersten Stevens, Mike LeDonne, Hilary Gardner, Womens History Month & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Happy Womens History Month! This broadcast includes new releases from Lois Deloatch, Randy Napoleon, Kersten Stevens, Mike LeDonne and Hilary Gardner plus birthday shoutouts to Sara Caswell, Claire Daly, Dexter Gordon, Roseanna Vitro and Sara Gazarek, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their ...
The Lost Tune
Album: The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill
By Randy Napoleon
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 07:33
Randy Napoleon: The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill
by Paul Rauch
In and around the formidable jazz studies program at Michigan State University is a plethora of jazz talent devoted to instrumental and compositional excellence. Most of this talent is young, benefiting from a wide array of world-class instructors that includes program director Rodney Whitaker and veteran guitarist Randy Napoleon, among other notables. Within this labyrinth of ...
DreamLand
By Libby York
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hit the Road to Dreamland; Estrada Branca (This Happy Madness); Mountain Greenery; Cloudy Morning;
Throw It Away; Rhode Island Is Famous for You; Still on the Road; When October Goes; Moonray; An
Occasional Man; Something Cool; It's Love.
