Five 2010 Grammy Winners Included in Today's Installment, with Levon Helm, Jeff Beck, Bela Fleck, Chick Corea, and Colbie Caillat ***TICKETS ON SALE TO GENERAL PUBLIC, MARCH 13 AT 10 AM*** VIENNA, Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announces 54 new sh
Johnny Dankworth, who has died aged 82, was one of the few British musicians who not only were world-class but were recognised as such, taking to the stage on clarinet or sax with the proverbial Who's Who of jazz, from Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock to Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.
Anthony Jackson (Contrabass Guitar); Yiorgos Fakanas (Bass); Frank Gambale (Guitar); Dave Weckl (Drums); Mitch Forman (Keyboards); Takis Paterelis (Alto Sax); Tony Lakatos (Tenor Sax); Antonis Andreou (Trombone); Mihail Iosifov (Trumpet) Note: Includes 16 Page Booklet with photos and other information. WITH INTERSPIRIT, ANTHONY JACKSON MAKES HIS LONG-AWAITED SOLO DEBUT WITH COLLEAGUE YIORGOS FAKANAS....
BBC review - read the full Kairos Moment signals the arrival of a powerful new voice in British jazz, that of saxophonist Adam Waldmann. He and colleagues Jasper Høiby on bass, pianist Rob Barron and drummer Jon Scott comprise the Kairos 4tet, the ‘4’ presumably replacing the ‘quar’ in order to distinguish them from the celebrated contemporary German string ensemble the...
The Manhattan Transfer celebrate their 40th Anniversary and the release of their new recording at the Wilbur Theatre Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 pm The Ambassadors of Harmony Grammy-winning jazz/pop vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer, widely renowned for broadening the musical landscape with their innovative, genre-defying sound, recently released: The Chick Corea Songbook...
Playing jazz on the five string banjo is a daunting task. The instrument is not laid out well for the sort of long, linear passages common in jazz, and not many banjo players have done the homework necessary to really get their heads around jazz harmony. Sure… Béla Fleck has recorded with Chick Corea, and Ryan [.....]
The late keyboardist Joe Zawinul takes the contemporary prize, with Chick Corea and John McLaughlin getting the instrumental award. But singer Kurt Elling wins his first Grammy. In a year when the nominees in jazz featured a welcome number of young and under-recognized artists, Grammy voters couldn't resist the pull of familiar names when it came time to choose a winner...
John McLaughlin and Chick Corea win the Grammy award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group Category. Chick Corea and John McLaughlin are truly kindred spirits. Both are brave musical explorers and singular virtuosos on their respective instruments. As young jazz artists, they both did stints with the legendary Miles Davis and appeared together on the groundbreaking jazz/rock/funk classic...
Best Contemporary Jazz Album- 75 Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate Best Jazz Vocal Album- Dedicated To You Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman Best Improvised Jazz Solo -4 Chicken (Terence Blanchard) Watts (Jeff "Tain" Watts) Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual Or Group- Five Peace Band - Live Chick Corea & John McLaughlin Five Peace Band Best Large Jazz Ensemble...
by Staff. Grammy winning CD "Five Peace Band" Guitar International has three copies of the new Grammy award CD by John McLaughlin and Chick Corea, Five Peace Band , to giveaway to lucky readers on February 25, 2010.
Moog, voice, Whalefish, distortion box from Johannes Bergmark on Vimeo . "Short samples from Johannes Bergmark playing at Fylkingen, Stockholm. The Moog I began to play in the 80's when it was more out than ever. At the time I was inspired by Chick Corea and jazz rock. After I got other interests, the Micro Moog was really getting to be an exciting instrument, sometimes combined with radios that...
Winners in Bold Best Contemporary Jazz Instrumental Album * Urbanus - Stefon Harris & Blackout * Sounding Point - Julian Lage * At World's Edge - Philippe Saisse * Big Neighborhood - Mike Stern * 75 - Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate Best Jazz Vocal Album * No Regrets - Randy Crawford (& Joe Sample) * Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman - Kurt Elling...
Music-sharing blog The Heat Warps has re-posted free downloads of two performances by Miles Davis' "Lost Quintet," the late-1960s configuration that bridged the span between his classic mid-1960s acoustic ensemble and his later electric groups of the 1970s. The "Lost Quintet" featured Davis ( pictured ) on trumpet along with Dave Holland (bass), Wayne Shorter (tenor and soprano...
Thanks to a video featuring Michael Tilson Thomas and posted by Patty, Miss Mussel has discovered that she and Stalin have something in common. Thankfully, it is not the mustache. While Miss Mussel favours the Chick Corea/Bobby McFerrin version, really anything will do in a pinch. The bigger question is however: does this association [...]
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey!! Jazz Messengers!! (Analogue Productions ) Barry Finnerty - Blues For Trane (Pony ) Brian Smith - Rendezvous (Fone ) Carbon / Elliott Sharp - Void Coordinates (Phantom ) Charles Mingus - Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Analogue Productions ) Chick Corea - Return To Forever (Pid ) Coleman Hawkins - Wrapped Tight (Analogue Prod. ) Coleman Hawkins -...
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