February 15, 2023
Biography
Much like altoists Steve Coleman and Greg Osby, Gary Thomas is rolling out his very own fresh method of improvisation, staying away from bop clichés and taking solos which are consistently filled with astonishing twists and changes. Lots of it?s likely that taken and, even when not everything functions (the …
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January 25, 2023
Biography
Post-bop saxophonist Chris Potter silently became one of the most sophisticated and well known stylists from the ’90s and early 2000s, both being a leader so when a sideman in a number of prominent groups. Delivered in Chicago on New Year’s Time 1971, Potter was raised mainly in Columbia, SC, …
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January 19, 2023
Biography
Almost everyone’s favorite acoustic bassist to emerge within the 1990s, Christian McBride’s large sound and expertise, both with plucked and bowed solos, recall Ray Dark brown and especially Paul Chambers. He in fact started on electrical bass when he was eight and required R&B gigs in senior high school, but …
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January 12, 2023
Biography
A local Texan, singer Kellye Grey began creating a name in the Austin picture through the ’80s fronting a versatile music group that covered a variety of artists which range from jazz and pop to funk and blues. Her musical variety and bluesy tone of voice attracted a pursuing among …
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January 9, 2023
Biography
Billy Harper is among a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists who in fact built upon the master’s function, rather than merely copy it. Harper is normally consummately well-rounded, in a position to play convincingly in virtually any framework, from bop to free of charge. His muscular build, lithe articulation, extensive …
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December 21, 2022
Biography
The oldest from the four musical Marsalis brothers, Branford Marsalis has already established an extraordinary career. After their studies at Southern School and Berklee, Branford toured European countries with the Artwork Blakey big music group in the summertime of 1980 (playing baritone), performed 90 days with Clark Terry, and spent …
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December 21, 2022
Biography
Young British isles saxophonist, performs post-bop. Too youthful to tell how long he will move or in what path, Williamson is a good jazzman.
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December 12, 2022
Biography
M-Base creator, composer, and alto saxophonist Steve Coleman comes from Chicago. His first years had been spent playing in R&B and funk rings in emulation of his 1st hero, Maceo Parker. Coleman got heard all of the greats in his hometown and transformed his concentrate from R&B to jazz precipitating …
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December 3, 2022
Biography
Tony Dagradi is definitely at the forefront to higher sizes, whether while an educator in the renowned Loyola College of Music in New Orleans, or because the originator from the city’s most revered modern jazz group, Astral Task. The saxophonist offers always kept great company, whether along with his compatriots …
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October 10, 2022
Biography
Connecticut-born saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Ingala makes warm, soulful, clean jazz and R&B. A musical prodigy, Ingala began on drums at age group four and was teaching himself Elvis Presley tunes on your guitar by the 3rd grade. However, it had been the tenor saxophone, a musical instrument Ingala gravitated …
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