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Ron Brendle

Ron Brendle, a freelance bassist in the Charlotte area since 1981, was recently recognized by Charlotte Magazine as "Best Bassist." His innovative compositions and improvisational style have also earned five awards as "Jazz Artist of the Year" by Creative Loafing Magazine. Ron was the recipient of two North Carolina Arts Council Jazz Composer Fellowship Grants, which helped to produce his CDs Hypermobility and Photograph. Ron's composition Not Forgetting was used in the motion picture The Architect and his compositions Hypermobility and Freeway were featured on two JazzSouth Sampler CDs. As a first-call bassist in the area, Ron has performed and recorded with many notable jazz artists of international stature, including Nneena Freelon, Clark Terry, Andrew Hill, Charlie Byrd, Charlie Rouse, and Mose Allison

Scott Sawyer: Night Visions

By TROY DOSTERT

As a North Carolinian, guitarist Scott Sawyer may not enjoy the visibility of his counterparts in better-known jazz meccas, but fans of contemporary jazz guitar shouldn't pass him up. With some smart songwriting instincts and a knack for finding talented bandmates, not to mention possessing terrific guitar chops, Sawyer delivers on the promise of a career ...

Frank Kimbrough: From Now to Forever - A Remembrance

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

On December 30, 2020, pianist Frank Kimbrough passed away at the age of 64. True to form, 2020 wreaked havoc until the end. The cause of death was not Covid-19, but the shock at the untimely loss of a revered artist was not any less powerful. Frank Kimbrough had the rare gift of touching ...

Frank Kimbrough - The Friends' Mixtape Part 2

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

To celebrate the late Frank Kimbrough, whose untimely passing on December 30, 2020 added another unnecessary layer of grief on a challenging year, we have reached out to some of his long time friends and collaborators asking them to share a track that in their hearts immediately conjured up memories of Frank. It could be one ...

Night Visions

By SCOTT SAWYER

Label: Self-produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: John A.; Crawl; Biz; Passage; Tripper; Safe; Via; Blue Lounge; To Be Determined.

A Tribute to the Bassists of Jazz

By RON BRENDLE

Label: LoNote
Released: 2019
Track listing: Seven Minds; Gravy Waltz; Pocket Full of Cherry; Gloria's Step; Jumpin' In; Reincarnation of a Lovebird; Ode to Tomten; Ladies in Mercedes.

Chris Brubeck at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

By MARK SULLIVAN

Chris Brubeck Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Jazz at the Bechtler Charlotte, NC October 4, 2019 The “Jazz at the Bechtler" series celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and next year is composer/pianist Dave Brubeck's centenary. So it is appropriate that Dave's son Chris was the special guest for a ...

The Ben Paterson Trio At The Jazz Corner

By MARTIN MCFIE

Ben Paterson Trio The Jazz Corner Hilton Head Island, SC May 10-11, 2019 The Ben Paterson Trio set off with the lilting Ray Brown tune “FSR" (For Sonny Rollins). By the time they had finished the very first piece the audience was fully engaged in the performance. Paterson ...

Ron Brendle Quartet: A Tribute to the Bassists of Jazz

By MARTIN MCFIE

Ron Brendle pays his own tribute to the music of the greatest bass players, bringing the heartbeat bass line of jazz out onto the front line in his new album A Tribute to the Bassists of Jazz. Brendle continues his mission to reveal and revere the great jazz compositions by bass players by bringing them together, ...

If Love Were All

By WAYNE POWERS

Label: Kabockie Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Never Let Me Go, You've Changed, All of Me, Body and Soul, When Your Lover Has Gone, Willow Weep for Me, You Don't Know What Love Is, If Love Were All, Just In Time, East of the Sun (West of the Moon), I Only Have Eyes for You, Time After Time, Smile