Results for "Russell Ferrante"
Russell Ferrante

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Well known as the keyboardist for the group Yellowjackets, RussellFerrante was born in San Jose, California in 1952,and began studying piano at the age of 9 years old. His early musical experiences revolved around the church where his father was the choir master. His interest in jazz and improvisation was kindled in high school and shortly thereafter he began performing with various R&B and jazz groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bay area was an exciting place to be in the early 70’s with musicians freely combining musical styles. This exposure to seemingly every kind of music helped prepare Russell for his professional career which began in 1973
Powerless

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Bliss; Feel The Light; Better Days Ahead; It’s A New Day; Feeling Nice; Close To You; Let’s Chill; Midnight Mood; Drive
Time; Holding Back; Powerless; Thinking Back; Top Secret
Drive Time

Album: Powerless
By Charles Langford
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:42
Spoons

Album: Inflexion
By Russell Ferrante
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2020
Duration: 06:13
Oz Noy, Richard Hallebeek, Russell Ferrante, and much more

by Len Davis
Focus on guitar with Jeremy Green, Oz Noy, Richard Hallebeek. Playlist Jeremy Green Big shoes" from Standing 8 (Self Produced) 00:00 Jeremy Green The Land Of Oz" from Standing 8 (Self Produced) 06:33 Oz Noy Bemsha Swing" from Snapdragon (Abstract Logix) 12:41 Richard Hallebeek Moonphases" from Bumerang (Self Produced) 19:07 Terje Rypdal What Was ...
Tom Kennedy: Stories From Behind and Beyond The Bass

by Jim Worsley
Tom Kennedy has never considered himself a prospector, but surely has tapped into a goldmine. As if releasing a hotshot new record wasn't enough, the world class jazz and fusion bassist is in compositional bliss with a bevy of new material yet to be recorded. Kennedy and I talk at length about his new writing technique ...
Russell Ferrante Trio: Inflexion

by Jim Worsley
Pianist, composer and arranger Russell Ferrante has been on the jazz scene for decades. He has worked with everyone from Lee Ritenour to Joni Mitchell to Al Jarreau to Bobby McFerrin to Eric Marienthal and many more. However, he is best known as a founding member of The Yellowjackets back in 1977, along with Robben Ford ...
Inflexion

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Stick-to-it-iveness; Network Mutuality; Inflexion D; Rhythm-a-ning; Ishahan; Inflexion A; Spoons;; I Do; 57 Chevy; How Deep is the Ocean;
We Shall Overcome.
Jimmy Haslip: Red Heat

by Jim Worsley
Music is our universal language. A message can be conveyed spiritually to a multitude of cultures and processed at innumerable human levels. Red Heat (originally released in 2000) is a rare and priceless gem that engages the masses with purely relatable emotions and feelings. It targets and strikes your core with purposeful marksmanship. This ...
Bailey’s Bundle – Seven Women (Plus Three) 2018 – Part IX

by C. Michael Bailey
Yilian Cañizares and Omar Sosa Aguas Ota Records 2018 Pianist/composer Omar Sosa has established himself as a pioneer at the edge of Cubano-Caribbean music. Sosa teams with violinist/vocalist Yilian Cañizares for a breezy and sensual stroll through 11 original, for lack of a better term, world music compositions that are as ...