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Laurence Hobgood: When The Heart Dances

by C. Michael Bailey
Kurt Elling's long-time pianist, Laurence Hobgood, is no stranger to leading a recording session. He has released four previous recordings on Naim Jazz in the last 10 years. He is a durable pianist, a bit of a cross between Red Garland and George Winston, with a smidge of Bill Evans thrown in for seasoning. On When ...
Steve Kuhn: Shimmering Beauty

by Maxwell Chandler
This interview was originally published on All About Jazz on March 2, 2009. Whether it is in his trio, collaborating with vocalists or accompanying an orchestra, pianist Steve Kuhn has always managed to effortlessly defy and combine genres. Whether it is an older recording or one of his newer albums, an inherent ability to ...
Grammy Nominee, Phil Kelly Joins the Artists Recording Collective

Grammy Nominee and noted composer/arranger, Phil Kelly has joined the Artists Recording Collective (ARC). In addition to more than 40 years as a composer/arranger for film, TV, and other media applications, he has written for bands like Bill Watrous' NY Wildlife Refuge, the Old Tonight show band, Doc Severinsen, Si Zentner, as well as functioning as ...
IDST: Seven Dials

by Chris May
As the youthful sextet IDST demonstrates, exciting developments in British jazz are not confined to London, nor do all British jazz musicians succumb to the lure of the capital (or not immediately anyway). IDST was formed in 2007 in the Yorkshire city of Leeds in northern England, where it continues to be based, and its players ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Red Garland

All About Jazz is celebrating Red Garland's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Red GarlandWho was Red Garland? Largely self-taught, Red Garland established a reputation as a solid post-bop mainstream player in the 50s, playing with many of the most famous jazz musicians of the time... more
Bob Albanese: One Way / Detour

by Warren Allen
For his Zoho debut, New York pianist Bob Albanese shows a nice array of colors and sides with some excellent original compositions and a few great standards. His love of classic jazz is evident throughout, but so too is a desire to push some limits. Throughout the album, he shows a touch for angular Latin rhythms ...
Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)

by Samuel Chell
How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...
Red Garland's Piano

By Red Garland
Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Please Send Me Someone to Love; Stompin' At the Savoy; The Very Thought of You; Almost Like Being in Love; If I Were a Bell; I Know Why (And So Do You); I Can't Give You Anything But Love; But Not For Me.
Red Garland: Red Garland's Piano

by Samuel Chell
Bass players owe Red Garland the biggest debt of all whereas piano players may be forgiven for blaming their left-handed awkwardness on the incalculable influence of the former boxer-turned-pianist. Because of Garland, pianists no longer voiced, for example, a C7 chord in root position (C-E-G-Bb) but made a habit of placing the third (E) or flatted ...