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David Gibson: A Little Somethin'
by Woodrow Wilkins
To read or listen to some of the commentary about jazz and hear that this genre of music is dying; to read with cynicism that artists are either playing music that is 50 years old or they are playing something so “catchy" and “mainstream," that it is a “stretch of the imagination" to even call it ...
Mike DiRubbo: Repercussion
by C. Michael Bailey
The immediate appeal of alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's Repercussion is the replacement of the piano by the vibraphone as the rhythm section's harmony instrument. Guitar-based and piano-less rhythm sections have made their way into the mainstream, leaving the vibraphone-based rhythm section still a novelty. DiRubbo is certainly not the first to employ such a format. Trombonist ...
Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships
Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships Location: Kent School, Kent, CT Contact: 860-567-4162 Email: [email protected] Website: litchfieldjazzfest.com Kent. CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp, the 13-year-old teaching arm of the renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival, has made if first big move this summer-- to Kent School in Kent, CT, for a month-long ...
Posi-Tone Records
by Donald Elfman
Posi-Tone Records is an extraordinary anomaly in these times, an independent, thriving jazz label that continues to find new and established musicians and works continually to improve each aspect of production to release a final product of superior quality. As the market has changed the company has sought and accepted new ways to do business that ...
Tom Harrell: Prana Dance
by David Adler
Following up his 2007 effort Light On (HighNote), trumpeter Tom Harrell continues to document his original compositional voice and uncommonly tight working band with Prana Dance. Again there's the youthful, hungry lineup of tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, pianist Danny Grissett and drummer Johnathan Blake, with long-serving Harrell stalwart Ugonna Okegwo digging in on bass. The material ...
Wayne Escoffery & Veneration Live at Dizzy's - June 3rd thru 7th, 2009
Saxophonist/Composer Wayne Escoffery & Veneration with special guest Nicholas Payton will be performing at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola in NYC- June 3rd thru June 7th, 2009 - 7:30 & 9:30 PM with a third Set -11:30PM show on Friday & Saturday. Wayne Escoffery & Veneration Wayne Escoffery - Tenor Saxophone Nicholas Payton ...
Tom Harrell: Boundless Beauty
by Laurel Gross
Tom Harrell is an exceptional musician, known for his exquisite playing on trumpet and flugelhorn as well as for the many lyrical melodies, expressive harmonies and undeniably beautiful music he has composed for some 40 years and, happily, counting. Many famous colleagues, orchestras and big bands have recorded his original compositions and arrangements and among jazz ...
Tom Harrell: Prana Dance
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Tom Harrell, always wandering, forever searching for some fresh musical pathway, embarks on another special voyage with Prana Dance, a series of expressive tone poems whose outward simplicity belies their inner depth and power. As he has in the past, Harrell layers his eight plain-spoken compositions with spiritual undertones, none of which detracts from his ...
Tom Harrell: Prana Dance
by John Kelman
Despite fighting health issues that would keep most people down and out, Tom Harrell has managed to create a remarkably consistent discography as a leader, in addition to a sizable collection of sessions since first emerging in the early '70s. Still, the trumpeter seems especially invigorated since signing with HighNote for Light On (2007). A true ...
Tom Harrell "Prana Dance" Release, Tour and Contest Giveaway
Prana Dance (Highnote Record, HCD 7192) Tom Harrell - trumpet & flugelhorn Wayne Escoffery - soprano & tenor saxophones Danny Grissett - piano & Fender Rhodes Ugonna Okegwo - bass Johnathan Blake - drums Track List: Marching; Prana; Sequenza; Maharaja; The Call; Ride; The Sea Serpent; In the ...
