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2023 Recipients of the Woody Herman Award for Excellence in Jazz Education
For more than 50 years, vocalist and saxophonist Woody Herman, led his Thundering Herd—a popular swing era big band, and one of the first to embrace modern jazz, with compositions like Four Brothers, Blue Flame, and the terrific modern jazz arranging of pianist, Ralph Burns a mainstay of Woody’s many Thundering Herds. With 3 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award at his passing in 1987, “The family of Woody Herman is pleased to pay homage to Woody once again by creating this awar
We Always Swing Presents Vibraphonist Joel Ross
The Good Vibes Quartet Tuesday, April 18th as part of many Jazz Appreciation Month Events Joel Ross has taken the New York scene by storm. He has many recordings under his own name and has been asked to perform on several other recordings over the past few years. The We Always Swing Jazz Series, in Columbia, MO is dedicated to bringing the best of jazz to mid-Missouri and has been at it for more that 2 decades. Joel Ross brings pianist Lex Korten, bassist Kanoa Mendenhall, and drummer Jeremy Dut
Richie Beirach Interview: Solo Piano Album ‘Leaving’ releasing 14 April – London Jazz News
American (now German-based) pianist Richie Beirach has enjoyed a career spanning five-plus decades, over the course of which he has played in the bands of Chet Baker and Stan Getz, been part of one of jazz's most historic duos with saxophonist Dave Liebman, founded the acclaimed quartet Quest and been involved in over 400 recordings…
Matt Mitchell: ‘Oblong Aplomb’ – London Jazz News
Matt Mitchell: Oblong Aplomb (Out Of Your Head Records OOYH 019. Album review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Oblong Aplomb is a double album on the innovative, Brooklyn and Richmond, Virginia-based Out Of Your Head Records; it has 24 relatively short tracks featuring pianist Matt Mitchell playing on 12 tracks each with drummer Kate Gentile and drummer/percussionist Ches Smith. Mitchell seems to be…
Floris Kappeyne Trio 'Closer' CD (ZenneZ) 3/5 - ukvibe - astral travelling since 1993
Pianist and composer Floris Kappeyne has been active in the Amsterdam jazz scene for 10 years. His background in jazz and classical piano brings together a special interest in American jazz and the European classical world, with these influences sitting comfortably together in the original music he makes. “Closer” is Kappeyne’s third trio album, and … Continue reading Floris Kappeyne Trio ‘Closer’ CD (ZenneZ) 3/5 →