Results for "Steve Gadd"

Dave Meder's New American Hymnal Plus Other New Releases

by Bob Osborne
August 17, 2023

On this show we featured a selection of new and recent releases from Dave Meder, Michael Blicher with Dan Hemmer & Steve Gadd, Ab Baars plus Ig Henneman with Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey, Leo Genovese with Demian Cabaud and Marcos Cavaleiro, Linda May Han Oh, Susan Alcorn with José Lencastre and Hernâni Faustino, Christian Dillingham, ...

Michael Blicher

An extraordinary musical experience during a “voyage of inspiration” to Bulgaria some ten years ago sowed the seeds of what has come to be the essential focal point of saxophone player Michael Blicher’s musical pursuits: universal folkloric blues music. A chance meeting with four women singing traditional Bulgarian folksongs accompanied by an elderly gentleman playing goatskin-bagpipe touched Michael Blicher in his inmost heart and suddenly made him feel a universal relationship between this Bulgarian folkmusic and folkloric music from Mississippi, Mali, New Orleans and Korea which had made a similar impression on him on previous travels and musical experiences

Hot New Summer Releases - Kait Dunton, Christine Jensen, Patricia Julien, Nicole Zuraitis, Queen Esther & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 10, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon, JD Walter, Nicole Zuraitis, Michael Stephenson, Christine Jensen, Patricia Julien and Queen Esther, plus a single from Norah Jones, with birthday shoutouts to Jaimie Branch, Tierney Sutton, Madeline Eastman, writer Joan Whitney (Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Candy), Kurt Reichenbach and Jocelyn Barth, among ...

Celebrating Don Sebesky, Part 1

by Dan McClenaghan
May 17, 2023

The passing of composer/arranger Don Sebesky in April 2023, invites a revisitation of his artistry. A Manhattan School of Music-trained trombonist, Sebesky played in the big bands of Kai Winding, Claude Thornhill, Tommy Dorsey and Maynard Ferguson. But by 1960, he found that his true passion was arranging and conducting. For this, he was nominated for ...

Jazz Honors The Beatles

by AAJ Staff
April 13, 2023

All About Jazz is honoring The Fab Four in the year of the 60th anniversary of the release of their first album (Please Please Me). This collective tribute was originally published in September 2009--as a living document, we'll add more quotes & stories over time (see how-to in comments section). We also compiled a companion playlist ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Gadd

April 9, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Gadd's birthday today! Steve Gadd, b. Rochester, New York, April 9, 1945. Uncle, a drummer in the army, encouraged him. Drum lessons from age seven; sat in with Dizzy Gillespie at 11. Studied music at Eastman College, Rochester, playing in wind ensemble and concert band, and at nights in a ...

Take Five With Guitarist Scott Emmerman

by AAJ Staff
February 27, 2023

Meet Scott Emmerman Scott Emmerman is a jazz-rock guitarist whose playing incorporates elements of r&b, jazz, & rock. Born in Chicago, Scott was steeped in the blues at an early age but became enamored with the music of Jimi Hendrix and later began to explore jazz through the music of John McLaughlin. He performed on guitar ...

Steve Khan: Arrows

by AAJ Staff
January 25, 2023

By Steve Khan With The Blue Man not selling as well as Tightrope, Dr. George Butler requested that I have a co-producer for the next CD. I was lucky to be able to land the engineering / production talents of my old and dear friend, Elliot Scheiner. Elliot and I had recorded together on countless sessions, ...

Drumology Volume 3

By Rob Silverman

Label: Autumn Hill
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Alchemist; Jaco's Dream; Fibonacci's Pie; Falcon Nine; Sevenish; Talk of the Town; Sailing.

Center Stage

By WDR Big Band

Label: Leopard
Released: 2022
Track listing: Signed, Sealed, Delivered; Watching the River Flow; I Can't Turn You Loose; Che Ore So; Them Changes; Way Back Home; Lucky 13; Honky Tonk / I Can't Stop Loving You; My Little Brother.