Home » Search Center » Results: Stefon Harris
Results for "Stefon Harris"
Turtle Island Quartet: Have You Ever Been....? : The Music of Jimi Hendrix and David Balakrishnan
by Ernest Barteldes
While Jimi Hendrix has been an inspiration to many guitarists, regardless of their musical inclinations, few classical musicians have taken a deep look at his music. This changes on Have You Ever Been....? by Turtle Island Quartet; a group that has taken on the works of John Coltrane on A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John ...
Take Five With Beat Kaestli
by AAJ Staff
Meet Beat Kaestli: Beat Kaestli is a Swiss vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer. When faced with the choice of a promising singing career in his homeland or broadening his musical horizon in the US, he decided to make New York City his new home. While honing his craft alongside noteworthy jazz performers, such as Jane Monheit, ...
Jazz Is For The Birds: An Aviary In Song
by Dan Bilawsky
In jazz--as in all else in life--different words mean different things to different people. The way we associate words or sounds with meaning is unique to the individual, but certain words tend to draw similar thoughts from within the jazz community. “Bird" is one such word. Whether you're an avant-garde aficionado, a “moldy fig," a modernist ...
SFJAZZ Collective at Nighttown
by Matt Marshall
SFJAZZ CollectiveNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioOctober 16, 2010 Since 2004, the SFJAZZ Collective, an octet of world-class musicians in the prime of their careers (no “legends" meat wagon, this), has toured the world, spreading the jazz gospel. Two members remain from the initial group--vibes player Stefon Harris and alto saxophonist ...
SFJAZZ Records Announces The Release Of SFJAZZ Collective "Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour"
ALL-STAR ENSEMBLE'S LATEST LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION FEATURES THE CLASSIC SONGS OF HORACE SILVER, PLUS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FROM COLLECTIVE MEMBERS SFJAZZ Collective Live 2010: 7th Annual Concert Tour Miguel Zenón—Alto Saxophone Mark Turner—Tenor Saxophone Avishai Cohen—Trumpet Robin Eubanks—Trombone Stefon Harris—Vibraphone Edward Simon—Piano Matt Penman—Bass
Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2010: 33rd Edition is Strong
by R.J. DeLuke
2010 Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 26-27, 2010 Watching Kendrick Scott's Oracle band in the warmth and sunshine of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center recently brought into focus everything that's good about the two-day event created by legendary impresario George Wein in 1978 and carried on more than capably by Danny Melnick's ...
Ottawa Jazz Festival 2010: Days 1-3, June 24-26, 2010
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 | Days 10-11 Mikko Innanen & InnkvisitioEtienne Charles and Folklore / Bill Frisell's Beautiful DreamersBill Frisell 858 Quartet TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 24-26, 2010 Back in April 2010, when the TD Ottawa International ...
James Moody: Moody 4B
by Warren Allen
Each year since 1950, James Moody has played a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2010, the annual visit will be a little sweeter as Moody celebrates his 85th birthday, with a slice of cake on Seventh Avenue and a concert of greats. No doubt, the sprightly sax (and flute) master behind such classic ...
Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2010 Jazz Award Winners
The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of the 2010 Jazz Awards at the City Winery in New York City on Monday, June 14, honoring honoring more than 40 musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 14th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, ...
2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners
The winners for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards honoring excellence in music-making and music documentation, nominated by 60 professional Jazz Journalists Association members. = winner 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Muhal Richard Abrams Jimmy Heath James Moody Paul Motian Wayne Shorter Randy Weston 2. Musician of the Year Dave Douglas
