Home » Search Center » Results: Richard Davis

Results for "Richard Davis"

Album

Jazz Alchemy

Label: Labor Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 01. Jazz Alchemy: Still Bebop; 02. Three Problems (duo version 2); 03. Jazz Alchemy: The Nod; 04. Three Problems (solo version 1); 05. Jazz Alchemy: Out-Rock; 06. Jazz Alchemy: Self-portrait; 07. Three Problems (solo version 2); 08. Jazz Alchemy: Brooding; 09. Three Problems (duo version 1); 10. Jazz Alchemy: Latin Gretchen; 11. Three Problems (solo version 3).

Article: Profile

Edmar Castaneda: A World Of Music

by Ian Patterson
November 26, 2013

The harp may be the least common instrument in jazz/improvised music--even the humble kazoo gets more of a run out. Dating back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, the harp in its various guises is common to nearly all cultures across the continents. Throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America the harp is an important element of ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Alexi David

by AAJ Staff
August 14, 2013

Meet Alexi David:Cypriot-American composer and bassist Alexi David grew up in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood. His group, Alexi David's Patriot Act, has created the first fusion with jazz and the Greek sounds of rembetika. David is also adept on bouzouki, baglama and piano. He is a scholar on the music of the late Charles ...

News: Award / Grant

2014 NEA Jazz Masters

June 28, 2013

Jamey Aebersold Educator, Saxophonist, Pianist, Bassist, Banjo player Born in and currently resides in New Albany, Indiana Jamey Aebersold is the recipient of the 2014 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy, which is bestowed upon an individual who has contributed significantly to the appreciation, knowledge, and advancement of the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Michael Feinberg: The Elvin Jones Project

by Dave Wayne
June 1, 2013

Electronic boops and beeps are the first thing you hear on bassist Michael Feinberg's The Elvin Jones Project. This could either be a good sign or a bad one. Fortunately it's the former, and it acts as an effective reminder that drummer Elvin Jones was a pioneering and exploratory musician whose legacy extends well beyond his ...

Article: Album Review

Heiner Stadler: Jazz Alchemy

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 16, 2013

Può capitare che un CD impieghi anche tredici anni per arrivare sui nostri tavoli, oltre tutto racchiudendo musica che a sua volta, di anni di distanza dall'incisione, ne ha macinati parecchi di più. È quanto accade con questo Jazz Alchemy (che già il titolo...), lavoro assolutamente particolare - al di là degli accadimenti di cui sopra ...

Article: Album Review

Joe Henderson: In 'N Out

Read "In 'N Out" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
November 6, 2012

Music Matters is extending its reissue run of classic Blue Note records, which has led them to tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson's 1964 session In 'N Out. His third album as a leader for the label, In 'N Out mixes aggressive hard bop with more searching ballads on its way to turning into a musically diverse, first-rate ...

Article: Interview

James Cammack: Where You At?

by Ian Patterson
October 9, 2012

Oftentimes, it's only the passing of time that can offer true perspective. In years to come, bassist James Cammack may look back on 2012 as the year when--after over 30 years in the business--he truly began his musical adventure in earnest. After 29 years playing bass in the ensembles of piano legend Ahmad Jamal, Cammack was, ...

Article: Interview

Rick Drumm: Seizing the Day

by Ian Patterson
May 28, 2012

It's good to have dreams, but it's even better to follow them, to see them take shape before your eyes and to live them. Rick Drumm has lived more than one dream. Three years as drummer with NORAD, the North American Air Defense Band, was followed by two years drumming in the famous Ringling Bros. and ...

Album

Out To Lunch!

By Eric Dolphy

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Hat And Beard; Something Sweet, Something Tender; Gazzelloni; Out To Lunch; Straight Up And Down.