“I had already recorded the electronic side and shopped it around, and basically every jazz ... Bill Lee (father of Spike). They’re all nice tunes with strong melodies and all three musicians ...

He was 37, a universally respected figure and acknowledged 'monster' player admired by fellow musicians from the pop, rock and jazz worlds. He had ridden to fame through the '70s ... Ode to a Tenor ...

Born in Baltimore, Bill Frisell played clarinet throughout his childhood in Denver, Colorado. His interest in guitar began with his exposure to pop music on the radio ... Produced by Lee Townsend, the ...

Aaron Johnson is a Saxophonist, Clarinetist and Flutist based in New York City where he leads his quartet and freelances as a jazz musician and ... the house band for Bill Irwin’s Old Hats, Toured ...

Grammy winner and 2010 NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman has spent many of his 82 years influencing, composing and arranging for the best musicians in the world, from Stan Kenton, Mel Lewis, Louie Bellson, ...

It is no small compliment to state that esteemed British journalist Charles Shaar Murray's liner notes here are fully complementary to John Lee Hooker's slightly less ... exemplary depiction of just ...

Bill Hardman, Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard. Another important step in Mangione's career development was his return to the Eastman School of Music as director of the school's Jazz Ensemble. His ...

New York-based pianist, composer, arranger and educator, Caili O’Doherty (pronounced “KAY-lee” “oh-DOE ... Her recent music focuses on the celebration, preservation, and expansion upon the ...

Phil Markowitz and Bill Stewart. “Rathbun’s lines dance and glide,” writes David Whiteis of JazzTimes, “reflecting both childlike wonder and well-honed artistry.” Rooted in the fiery improvisatory ...

Perfectly complementary in the earthy simplicity of the music, archive titles by John Lee Hooker and Elmore James offer an antidote ... while erudite essayist Bill Dahl curated the latter's Hits & ...

DULUTH — Paul Ierino, a jazz pianist who was a ... spur of the moment," said Lee. "He was never negative," Lee continued. "Sometimes musicians can be a rough group to work with, but Paul ...

The second Montreux Miami Jazz Festival ... On the three-day bill are Jon Batiste, who is co-owner and, who this year curated the festival lineup, WILLOW and Justin Lee-Schultz on Friday, Feb ...