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Article: Live Review

2018 Hope College Jazz Organ Summit

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 23, 2018

2018 Hope College Jazz Organ Summit featuring Tony Monaco, Gerard Gibbs, and Dr. Lonnie Smith Hope College Holland, Michigan March 9-11, 2018 Back in the fall of 2016, a small liberal arts college on the banks of Lake Michigan decided to serve as the epicenter of activity aimed at gaining more ...

Article: Album Review

Telmo Fernandez / Phil Wilkinson / Caspar St Charles: The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 2

Read "The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 2" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 20, 2016

The Telmo Fernández Organ Trio has already been on the soul jazz beat--as the title of The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 2 makes clear. The Soul Jazz Beat Vol. 1 (Free Code Jazz Records, 2015) was delightful, Vol. 2 carries on in the same vein, this time giving each individual musician a name credit.For ...

News: Video / DVD

Richard 'Groove' Holmes: 1980

May 4, 2016

If you were to wander into a club on the Chitlin' Circuit in the 1960s, you'd likely hear music by Richard Groove" Holmes or any number of organists leading a trio or quartet. Here are a series of videos posted recently at YouTube of Holmes on organ in Barcelona, Spain, in 1980 with Willis “Gator" Jackson ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Richard "Groove" Holmes

May 2, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Richard “Groove" Holmes' birthday today! Richard Arnold “Groove" Holmes, Born Richard Arnold Jackson (Camden, New Jersey) was a jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of “Misty," and is considered a precursor of acid jazz. Holmes burst onto ...

Article: Album Review

Bob DeVos: Six String Solos

Read "Six String Solos" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann
February 8, 2016

It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Bob DeVos' work as a leader that, in the absence of a band, the guitarist's virtues remain intact and shine even brighter. One goes to DeVos' gigs--mostly in and around northern New Jersey, usually in trio and quartet formats--with high expectations. Encompassing the simultaneous employment of ...

Album

Complete Quintet Recordings

By Earl Bostic

Label: Phono (4)
Released: 2015
Track listing: Jazz As I Feel It; Don't Do It Please; Ten Out; Telestar Drive; A Taste Of Fresh; Hunt And Peck; Fast Track; Apple Cake; A New Sound; Blues For The Ivy Leagues; Touchstone; Que Jay; Woodchuck; Chicken Little; Nita; Inquiry; Karen; Empathy; Wednesday's Child;

Article: Album Review

Michael Kocour: Spiffy

by Mark Sullivan
October 31, 2015

Keyboardist Michael Kocour revisits his Hammond B3 organ roots in this collection of hard-swinging tunes presented in the tradition of jazz organ legends such as Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, and Don Patterson. McDuff in particular is a stylistic mentor: Kocour met him during his college years while attending the renowned jazz program at the University of ...

News: Education

Music Education Monday: B-3 for beginners

October 19, 2015

The sound of the Hammond B-3 organ is an integral part of many American musical genres, from blues and funk to gospel and soul. It's been part of jazz, too, almost since its invention in 1935, but really came into prominence starting in the 1950s thanks to Jimmy Smith. Smith, a Philadelphia native who started as ...

Article: Live Review

Bob DeVos Quartet at the 12th Annual OSPAC Jazz and Brew Fest

by David A. Orthmann
September 29, 2015

Bob DeVos Quartet Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center 12h Annual Jazz and Brew Fest West Orange, NJ September 19, 2015 A loud, protracted rumble, not unlike the sound of aircraft hovering overhead, briefly marred the second selection of a set by guitarist Bob DeVos' Quartet. It took a minute ...