Results for "Taylor Eigsti"

Announcing the Winners of the "Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight" Autographed CD Giveaway

December 28, 2010

Austin Wing Mayer, Jason Steinmetz, Jeffrey Davis, Eric Hall and Shinyoung Kim, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Concord “Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight“ autographed CD giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Concord Music Group for ...

NEW on JazzPianoOnline.com: Artist Voicings: Taylor Eigsti

November 23, 2010

Three voicing techniques from the beautiful solo piano introduction to Taylor Eigsti's tune “Midnight After Noon" from his 2010 Concord Records release, Daylight at Midnight, are examined in this lesson: a dramatic voicing without a third, an ascending major chord line cliche and rich drop 2 voicings. Learn how he uses them, the theory that makes ...

Enter the "Taylor Eigsti - Daylight at Midnight" Autographed CD Giveaway

November 21, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Concord Jazz “Taylor Eigsti—Daylight at Midnight“ autographed CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 21st. Click here to enter the contest (Following Taylor Eigsti at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ...

Eric Harland: Voyager Live by Night

by Mark F. Turner
November 8, 2010

The long wait for Eric Harland's debut release is understandable. One of modern jazz's most dynamic and in-demand drummers, he's been a little preoccupied: early stints with Terence Blanchard and Wynton Marsalis; high profile gigs with Kurt Rosenwinkel, McCoy Tyner, and The Monterey Quartet; and tenures with the SFJAZZ Collective and Charles Lloyd's ensembles, are just ...

Eric Harland: Voyager Live By Night

by John Kelman
November 1, 2010

In the space of a few short years, he's become drummer of choice for icons like saxophonist Charles Lloyd and bassist Dave Holland, established next-generationers including trumpeter Terence Blanchard and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, and young up-and-comers such as pianists Taylor Eigsti and Aaron Parks. Behind all of them--and as a member of the SFJAZZ Collective since ...

Taylor Eigsti: Daylight at Midnight

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
October 17, 2010

It's official: pianist Taylor Eigsti has finally outgrown his “prodigy" label.At 26, with two Concord CDs and numerous sideman recordings behind him, Eigsti has finally made the artistic statement he's intended since his career began at the age of 11. Raised on the American songbook, and indoctrinated early into concerns about the continued viability ...

Pianist Taylor Eigsti to release "Daylight at Midnight" September 21, 2010 on Concord Jazz

September 24, 2010

Eigsti Showcases Innovative Renditions of songs by contemporary composers such as Nick Drake, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Smith, Imogen Heap and Feist Concord Jazz is proud to announce the release of Daylight at Midnight, the newest album from the pianist/composer Taylor Eigsti. This innovative collection includes original Eigsti compositions, as well as other remarkable musical renditions by ...

2010 Stanford Jazz Festival in Final Week

July 27, 2010

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2010

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 26, 2010

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various Venues Copenhagen, Denmark July 2-11, 2010With the current crisis of the major record labels and the folding of venues all over the world, it could be argued that jazz, as an art form, has entered the age of survival where it is simply a basic matter of ...

Ladies of Jazz -- All Female Jazz Singer/Songwriters Concert

July 20, 2010

Four of the San Francisco Bay Area's top Jazz Singer/Songwriters are featured in a concert of jazz standards and originals. Performers include Jennifer Lee, Melissa Dinwiddie, Cathi Walkup, and Leanne Weatherly. Jennifer Lee is a vocalist/pianist/guitarist with a warm, lovely voice, extraordinary musicality, and hip sense of time. Whether on guitar or piano, Jennifer accompanies herself ...