Tag Archives: Contemporary Jazz

Because he’s based in LA and spent some time working extensively in the studios, pianist Mike Melvoin hasn’t yet gained the popularity that he deserves for his impressive technique and strong jazz improvising skills. He started playing piano when he was three but graduated from Dartmouth in 1959 having a …

Sue Hart began singing jazz in her indigenous California, where she gathered a subsequent through her live performances. She started writing her personal material, and finally made a decision to record her personal album through the comfort of the motorhome. Venturing around the united states with her spouse, they build …

Michel Petrucciani overcame the consequences of osteogenensis imperfecta (a bone tissue disease that greatly stunted his development) to become powerful pianist. Originally significantly influenced by Costs Evans also to a lesser level Keith Jarrett, Petrucciani created his own specific voice. He began by playing in the family members band along …

A thrilling and high-powered virtuoso pianist, Michel Camilo is a Grammy Award-winning performer known for his cross-pollinated mixture of Latin, jazz, and classical designs. Blessed in 1954 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Camilo originated from an extremely musical family members (all nine of his uncles had been music artists). Originally …

Sometimes known as “the Paganini of twice bass,” Renaud Garcia-Fons is a composer and five-string bass participant who was simply deeply influenced with the brilliant bassist François Rabbath. Garcia-Fons in fact started his research in music young. He started with piano when he was just five, turned to classical electric …

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Beside Jean Morris, Renee Neufville was one-half of Zhané. The duo’s lovely and easy grooves, released within the Motown label, had been a substantial ingredient of industrial R&B radio through the ’90s; “Hey Mr. DJ,” “Groove Thang,” “Sending My Like,” and “Demand Line” had been all TOP R&B strikes. Upon …

After studying classical piano for seven years in his German homeland, a 13-year-old Kaeshammer (pronounced “case-hammer”) discovered boogie-woogie mainly because played simply by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, and Pinetop Smith. In 3 years, the teenager wunderkind was playing boogie-woogie piano in night clubs, concerts, and celebrations around …

Nnenna Chinyere Freelon is a world-renowned jazz vocalist; she’s recorded thoroughly and been nominated for several Grammy Honours. While this won’t necessarily arranged her aside from additional more prolific woman jazz singers, there is certainly taking care of of her profession that will: she didn’t start documenting until she is …

Acclaimed jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri was created in Germany, but was raised in both Kansas and Alberta, Canada. He found out music as an adolescent, learning the drums and playing in a number of rings — playing blues, rock and roll, and nation, among other designs. While learning music in …