Results for "Xavier Perez"

Xavier Perez

Raised in the Hialeah, Florida area to Cuban parents, Xavier represents two distinct cultures in his musical compositions and life. Although he has chosen jazz music as his vehicle for self-expression, elements of his Cuban Folkloric and American jazz upbringing also make his multi-faceted musical personality. While in college he studied composition under Ron Miller and won collegiate soloist of the year from Downbeat magazine. Upon graduation with honors he has done national tours with Maynard Ferguson and Diane Schure among others. He has also been chosen to perform his original compositions as a part of Kennedy Center jazz in Washington DC

Alkebulan

By Javier Nero

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Alkebulan; Make It So; Radiant Flower (Zara); Ayla; Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise; Devil May Care; The Fourth Dimension; Tesseract; Seminole.

Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra: Alkebulan

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2026

On Alkebulan, the second recording by his Washington, DC-area Jazz Orchestra, composer, arranger and trombonist Javier Nero pays loving tribute to his African heritage, as he did on the orchestra's earlier album for Outside In Music, emet (The Black Land). As before, Nero uses his considerable skills as a writer and orchestrator to share and amplify ...

Mad Scientist Music

By Ben Patterson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: We're Back, Baby!; The Misinformation Age; Always; The Mixup; Anne Marie; Just 'Cuz.

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music

by Jack Bowers
April 7, 2025

Trombonist Ben Patterson's high-powered Jazz Orchestra from the Washington, D.C. area returns virtually intact from 2024's well-received Groove Junkies (Origin Records) with another bold and hard-hitting session that is all but guaranteed to please anyone whose musical antenna leans toward fresh and exciting big-band jazz. Its title, Mad Scientist Music, coined by Harry Schnipper, owner of ...

We're Back, Baby!

March 10, 2025

Album: Mad Scientist Music
By Ben Patterson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:36

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra: Mad Scientist Music

by Dan Bilawsky
February 15, 2025

"Mad Scientist Music"--the tag that Harry Schnipper, owner of venerated D.C. jazz venue Blues Alley, admiringly applied to Ben Patterson's creations--is an apt description for this trombonist's work. Synonymous with pure innovation, the titular field is all about pushing the limits, exploring the unknown, and making bold calculations before throwing caution to the wind and letting ...

Groove Junkies

By Ben Patterson

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Exclamation; Interesting Times; The Way of the Groove; Stank Face; Cheese Hat; Espíritu Valiente.

Ben Patterson: Groove Junkies

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2024

When it comes to big-band recordings, commitment and enthusiasm can go a long way toward assuring success. Those benchmarks are fully displayed on Groove Junkies, the third album by trombonist Ben Patterson's Washington, DC-based Jazz Orchestra. While Patterson's compositions and arrangements are not exactly straight ahead--there's an ample measure of funk, back beats and electronic effects ...

Exclamation

May 13, 2024

Album: Groove Junkies
By Ben Patterson
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:57