Tag Archives: Progressive Jazz

The Joel Harrison 7 may be the name of guitarist Harrison’s exploratory jazz septet. Featured in the 7 are saxophonist Donny McCaslin, pianist Gary Versace, violinist Christian Howes, cellist Dana Leong, bassist Stephan Crump, and drummer Clarence Penn. The ensemble released the classical-influenced Search in 2012.

Religious Afro-jazz-influenced ensemble the Pyramids shaped in 1971 as the members were attending Antioch University in Ohio. Originally offering saxophonist Idris Ackamoor, flutist Margo Simmons, and bassist Kimathi Asante, the group ultimately added several users, including numerous percussionists and, at one stage, two bassists. Influenced by such performers as Sunlight …

Co-chaired by famous bop drummer Kenny Clarke and Belgian-born pianist/composer Francy Boland, the Clarke-Boland Big Band placed among the very best European orchestras from the ’60s and early ’70s. The group produced in 1960 pursuing Clarke’s relocation to Paris; originally, he and Boland — clean away a stint simply because …

Norway’s Shining focus on a genre-hopping prog-jazz trend that is equivalent parts avant-garde jazz, experimental structure, power consumer electronics, progressive rock and roll, and extreme steel. Founded in Oslo by saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, in support of continuous member Jørgen Munkeby, the band’s music and outrageous theatrical live present advanced toward a …

The relatively small output lately big band-era composer and jazz arranger Robert Frederick Graettinger continues to be likened to the task of cutting-edge classical composers such as for example Charles Ives and Edgar Varèse. Created in Ontario, California, Graettinger researched in the Westlake College of Music in LA, and worked …

Verneri Pohjola has generated a reputation as you of Finland’s leading — and busiest — jazz music artists, but music is within his blood, seeing that he’s the kid of Pekka Pohjola, among the country’s most adventurous bass players who all came old in the prog rock and roll era …

Like so a great many other jazz music artists, composer, lyricist, and vocalist Lauren Hooker spent a lot of her profession actively teaching others the nuances of jazz singing and jazz structure. It required some time, however in 2007 she finally released her long-awaited debut recording, Best Where I Belong, …