Results for "Ray Brinker"

Lauren White: Ever Since The World Ended

by C. Michael Bailey
April 7, 2021

There is a cadre of West Coast jazz musicians who tacitly orbit one Mark Winkler. This embarrassing wealth of talent includes: Cheryl Bentyne, Dolores Scozzesi, Judy Wexler, Robyn Spangler, Gary Brumburgh, Jeffery Gimble, Ada Bird Wolfe, and our present subject, Lauren White. White, an original East Coast product, expatriated to Westward to act and sing...and record. ...

Vocalist Lauren White Releases 'Ever Since The World Ended' On Cafe Pacific Records, Coming March 26th

March 22, 2021

Ever Since the World Ended, the newest album by vocalist Lauren White, is a family affair. It is not White’s consanguineous family but her extended music family to whom she turned for succor as the country deals with the Covid-19 pandemic. The loneliness and isolation caused by the quarantine are exacerbated by the disruption of our ...

Ever Since The World Ended

March 14, 2021

Album: Ever Since The World Ended
By Lauren White
Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 4:16

Ray Brinker

Ray Brinker is a professional drummer based in Los Angeles, CA. Ray received a Bachelor Of Music in Jazz Studies from North Texas State University, and performed as a member of NTSU’s Grammy-nominated 1 O’Clock Lab Band. Upon graduation from NTSU, Ray toured worldwide with jazz high-note trumpet player Maynard Ferguson before moving to the West Coast, where he has become a staple in the Los Angeles studio and performance scene.

Tish Oney: The Best Part

by C. Michael Bailey
September 21, 2019

Dr. Tish Oney is a woman for all seasons: vocalist, arranger, composer, professor, producer. She has many irons in many fires and all of them are hot. Her fifth recording, The Best Part continues her fruitful association with guitarist John Chiodini, whose trio this time around comprised bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Ray Brinker (no mean ...

Vocalist Tish Oney with the John Chiodini Trio release 'The Best Part' on Blujazz

August 29, 2019

The Best Part is jazz vocalist, arranger, composer, and producer Tish Oney’s fifth CD project. The music is a compilation of new original songs by contemporary jazz composers, including three never-before-heard songs with lyrics by jazz diva Peggy Lee. Oney's 2015 recording of original vocal/guitar duets titled Songs From the Heart, was honored by the Recording ...

Tierney Sutton: Movie Music Re-visited

by Josef Woodard
May 8, 2019

Ace jazz singer Tierney Sutton has built up a large discography and international “gigography" with her tautly integrated and long-standing band— pianist Christian Jacob, bassists Kevin Axt and Trey Henry and drummer Ray Brinker— scooping up accolades and trophies, of the GRAMMY and poll-winning sort and more. Enter a new-ish relationship: screen life.Sutton and ...

All In

By Sal Lozano

Label: Poundcake Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Maybe By August 7:34 All In 5:06 Schematic 8:36 Magical Mitch 8:16 Almost 6:23 Barely There 5:37 Coming Back Home 4:34 Triad Days 6:16 Falling Sand 5:23 N.O. Rising 4:44 Power In Numbers 6:34

Brent Fischer

Born: July

Grammy®-winning producer, composer, arranger and BMI artist, Brent Fischer carries on the legacy of his legendary father, Dr. Clare Fischer, creating a rich harmonic and orchestral palette that has become the Fischer brand.

A multi-instrumentalist (bass, vibes, keys, drums), Brent moves easily between genres - Jazz, Pop, Symphonic and more. His credits appear on over 30 million albums for artists including Usher, Michael Jackson, Elvis Costello & The Roots, Toni Braxton, Al Jarreau, Raphael Saadiq, George Duke, Natalie Cole, Vanessa Williams and D'Angelo (won Grammys® for Best R&B Album and Song for "Really Love" from his album  "Black Messiah"  -- where Brent Fischer is credited as arranger and producer). 

Simon Pilbrow with the Brent Fischer Orchestra: Colours of Sound

by Jack Bowers
May 23, 2018

Given the unusual circumstances behind its inception, the album Colours of Sound probably never should have made it to a recording studio. The fact that it did is a happenstance for which every big-band lover and jazz enthusiast should be thankful. The odyssey began in 2011 when Australian composer / pianist Simon Pilbrow wrote a letter ...