Podcast appearances and mentions of Joanne Brackeen

Blind Mango kicks off the show with a sensational version of a seasonal standard. Female singers & players feature highly this afternoon — with a stunning trio of pieces from Nina Simone, then the delightfulness of vocalist Annette Peacock, & then the keys of Joanne Brackeen. A Roy Ayers's deep-dig makes an appearance courtesy of Jubt, & a bunch of short-distance, track dedications (&  long distance shout-outs) are sent out to show listeners, & Jazz Show Fam overseas. Miss Dom pops in to host this week's Vinyl Guide, & for some extra B.V.s (lol).  The pair get excited ahead of visiting Navajo trumpeter Delbert Anderson — playing later that arvo in the Spiegeltent with his Quartet as part of the Auckland Arts Festival Indigenous Music Series. 

Blind Mango Chutney eases us in with some laidback Paul Desmond and finishes with the innovative pianist Joanne Brackeen. In between he has guitarist Alex Pipes in the studio to introduce us to his album "Square One", plus a bunch of other cool jazz, of course.

Welcome to USModernist Radio, where we talk and laugh with people who enjoy, own, create, dream about, preserve, love, and hate Modernist architecture, the most exciting and controversial buildings in the world.  Joining us today is one of foremost architectural historians in the world, professor, and former Museum of Modern Art architecture curator Barry Bergdoll, plus a special guest!  Later, music with legendary jazz pianist Joanne Brackeen. 

The 96th edition of The Hot Box! This an all-piano affair that marks the re-release (on Spotify) of all 42 albums recorded in the 90's, of the solo piano recitals branded as The Maybeck Recitals. Recorded by the independent Concord Jazz label, they present a who's who of jazz pianists of the last decade of the last century. The real biggies aren't there - the Herbie Hancocks, the Oscar Petersons - perhaps Concord couldn't afford their fees - but taken overall the recordings represent a diversity of brilliance. From stride to modernism. In this edition we sample 9 of the players, from JoAnne Brackeen to Jim McNeely, and have cause to celebrate the amazing acoustics of the hall itself - lined with rosewood panels and an audience of only 50 - and the Yamaha grand piano at its centre. If the very best piano music is your bag, tune in to The Hot Box.

Marco Pignataro is a multi-talented saxophone player, composer, and educator originally from Bologna, Italy. He is currently the Managing Director of Berklee Global Jazz Institute. He has shared stages with artists such as Eddie Gomez, Joanne Brackeen, Danilo Pérez, George Garzone, and Terri Lyne Carrington, among many others. Pignataro performs and tours internationally with several […] The post Marco Pignataro Podcast; Chant For Our Planet – Ep 151 appeared first on Everything Saxophone Podcast.

Una violinista holandesa, Daphne Oltheten, y un pianista brasileño, Henrique Gomide, firman el disco 'Brasis' con obras de Elomar ('Bespa'), Hermeto Pascoal ('Montreux'), Guinga ('Meu pai'), Moacir Santos ('Vaidoso') o Garoto ('Debussyana'). Y otro dúo, el que forman la trombonista y cantante estadounidense Natalie Cressman y el guitarrista y cantante brasileño Ian Faquini han publicado 'Auburn whisper' con piezas como 'Benção de Iansã', 'Afoxé pra Oxum' y 'Rear window'. Del disco de 1991 'Breath of Brazil', de la pianista de jazz Joanne Brackeen, 'Madalena' y 'Velas', de Ivan Lins, 'So many stars', de Sergio Mendes, y 'Anos dourados' de Antonio Carlos Jobim y Chico Buarque. Escuchar audio

La pianista de jazz, compositora y pedagoga Joanne Brackeen grabó y publicó en 1991 su disco 'Breath of Brazil' con 'Madalena', 'Velas', 'Anos dourados' o 'Samba do Soho'. Temas de los nuevos disco de João Donato 'Serotonina' ('Simbora', 'Doce de amora', 'Órbita') y Antonio Adolfo 'Octet and originals' ('Heart of Brazil', 'Cascavel', 'Pretty world'). Y despide Richard Galliano con 'The island'. Escuchar audio

In this episode of The Working Artist Project, Darrian Douglas and Gregory Agid talk to Amina Scott. Amina Scott, born and raised in Oakland, CA, is an upright and electric bassist, composer, and arranger. Her interest in music began at an early age when her grandmother began giving her piano lessons. From then, her love and passion for music has yet to cease, playing electric bass at the age of twelve and was soon playing gigs with local bands in Oakland. In 2012, Amina relocated to New Orleans, LA where she studied with Allen Nisbet, Roland Guerin, and Ed Wise. In 2017, Amina began her studies at Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) studying with Rodney Jordan, Leon Anderson, Marcus Roberts, and Bill Peterson. In 2019, she obtained her Masters in Music in jazz studies. In 2017, Amina joined the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra led by Adonis Rose. Now based in New Orleans, Amina has performed with various artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Steve Turre, Wessell “Warm Daddy” Anderson, Nicholas Payton, David Murray, Jamison Ross, Joanne Brackeen, Herlin Riley, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, and more. She has also performed with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra (Tallahassee, FL) and the Albany Symphony Orchestra (Albany, GA) and is the current bassist for Dee Dee Bridgewater's DDB Big Band which is an all women big band featuring women from all across the United States.

Featuring John Bishop of Origin Records For more information about Plectrum Advisers: https://www.plectrumadvisers.com/ Let's Talk Podcast: https://plectrumadvisers.com/lets-talk-podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plectrumadvisers Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plectrum-advisers-llc/about/ For more information about Origin Records and John Bishop please visit www.originarts.com As a drummer, educator, record label owner, graphic designer, publisher, and festival presenter, John Bishop has been one of the primary voices in Northwest Jazz for 40 years. He has performed in concerts and clubs with Bobby McFerrin, Lee Konitz, Slide Hampton, Benny Golson, Jessica Williams, Kenny Werner, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Julian Priester, Ernestine Anderson, Joanne Brackeen, Sonny Fortune, and countless others. He's appeared on more than 100 albums, was inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008, and was named a "Jazz Hero" by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2019. Bishop has been a member of New York pianist Hal Galper's Trio for the last 15 years. They have released 7 albums and regularly tour & conduct workshops around the U.S., Canada and Europe. Other ongoing projects include the 20-year old cooperative group SCENES with John Stowell & Jeff Johnson; and the Chad McCullough / Bram Weijters Quartet, a Belgian/American project with 4 recordings and multiple European tours since 2009. In 1997, Bishop started Origin Records (named Jazzweek's 2009 “Label Of The Year”) and OriginArts, a graphic design & CD production company, to help further the exposure of creative artists and their music. In partnership with his ex-drum student, Matt Jorgensen, they have released over 700 recordings by 360 artists from around the world. In 2002 they added another jazz label, OA2 Records, a classical imprint, Origin Classical in 2008, and in 2003 began Seattle's annual Ballard Jazz Festival. Bishop has designed 750 CD packages and multiple book covers, banners, posters, and other graphics for clients around the globe.

This week we wrap up our tribute to women in Jazz as part of Women in History Month, March 2022. We feature Instrumentalists….Mary Lou Willams, Marian McPartland, Barbara Carroll, Beegie Adair with over 100 albums to her credit and who unfortunately passed away January 27th 2022 at the age of 85, Jessica Willams, Joanne Brackeen from her brand new release at age 83 and the all women groups Artemis and the Diva Jazz Orchestra which is led by dummer, Sherrie Maricle among others. Join this and every week for Jazz Unlimited with Paul Anthony.

How about some new jazz hot off the press for 2022…A tribute album to Joe Henderson featuring Javon Jackson and Joanne Brackeen, a great new release from some very talented Russians led by tenorman Igor Butman, a couple of Italian releases by guitarist Battista Lena and tenor man Claudio Chiara, a challenging piece from fast mover Immanuel Wilkins and guitarist Dave Stryker with a String Quartet all new for '22 on the next edition of Jazz Unlimited with Paul Anthony. "

Compuesta en Brasil por Djalma Ferreira con letra de Luiz Antonio en 1959, entra en el jazz de la mano del saxofonista tenor Hank Mobley en 1965. Escuchemos esa versión asi como las de Lee Konitz, Kenny Burrell, Joanne Brackeen, Gianni Basso, Pearl Django, la St. Andreu y otros.

Redd Waters grew up immersing himself in blues music at the age of seven years old. Born in Rye Brook, Ny, his early inspiration came from Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Pinetop Perkins. During his teenage years, he began singing at different bars and clubs through the nyc area. He began writing songs that spoke to the intersection of his knowledge and love of folk,blues,americana, and jazz piano. Redd Waters went on to graduate from berklee college of music in 2015, where his studies were concentrated in music performance and jazz piano. He studied with Yoko Miwa, Joanne Brackeen, and expanded his techincal prowess under the tutelage of Mike Ledonne in NYC. His band consist of award winning guitarist Jernej Bervar, revered jazz drummer Clemens Grassman, and Italy's finest bass player Carlo de Biaggio. Redd Waters debut album, “Dirt and Ash,” was just released Sept 24th!

Why is it important to find new ways to create and where do we find inspiration to try new things? This is one of the many topics I covered with this week's guest, Composer Eimi TanakaWe also discuss Eimi's jazz background and its influence on her work, her process for developing themes, and the contrast between composing for television and creating a concert work.Full Transcript.Topics Covered:Where Composing StartsComposing with a Performer in MindDeveloping Themes for a PieceExploring New Techniques and Finding InspirationEimi's Jazz Background and InfluenceBalancing Traditions of Classical Music with Something NewThe Difference in Composing for Film and TelevisionHow Long it Takes to Compose a PieceWorking on Multiple Projects at OnceWorking with Handwritten NotesTeaching Piano and CompositionConnecting with MusicStaying Inspired and Seeing the Big PictureLinks:Eimi Tanaka's Website: www.tanakastudiosnyc.comClip of Shifting Pieces by Eimi TanakaPerformed by: Mavis Pan, pianoRecorded at the National Opera Center's Scorca Hall, NYC, on Oct 31, 2021.Cause of Craft: causeofcraft.comJon's Website: jontilton.comSupport the show: shop.jontilton.comFollow Jon on Instagram @jontilton and follow the show @causeofcraft.More about Eimi:Eimi Tanaka is a freelance composer, pianist, and teacher based in New York City. She started classical studies on the piano at age 8, and then during high school attended at the Mannes College of Music preparatory division with a scholarship. There she studied with pianist Deborah Jamini, as well as classical theory, composition, and chamber music with other world-renowned faculty in New York City. During her senior year of high school, she discovered jazz and began studying improvisation. She attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a bachelors degree in piano and music business, and received her masters in jazz studies and composition at New York University with the Steinhardt Graduate Scholarship. In Boston and New York, she has studied with world-renowned faculty such as Joanne Brackeen, Frank Carlberg, Jean-Michel Pilc, Gil Goldstein, Ralph Alessi, Wayne Krantz, and George Garzone, among many others. She has performed in many venues in the Boston and New York City areas, as well as in Florence and Sienna, Italy, through NYU's jazz studies program and Florence's jazz festival.Before attending NYU's master's program, Eimi has worked in various branches of the music industry, including concert production, record labels, and publicity, and worked in well-known companies such as Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.As a composer, she has created original music for her own jazz trio, scores for short films which have played in festivals in New York and abroad, production music for television shows which are currently in syndication on CBS and the CW networks, and also classical compositions which have been performed by various groups in NYC.

We're still celebrating our first year anniversary as part of this fabulously entertaining and giggly conversation with pianist Zoe Rahman.We talk about all her educational stepping stones, influences and people that played a part in crafting her sound from Julian Joseph to Joanne Brackeen.We also talk about her latest award-winning composition working with her local primary school that led to Jamie Cullum donating a grand piano, and with the school set to become the latest jazz venue as part of this year's EFG London Jazz Festival.Zoe's album choices include:The Three Americas by Eliane Elias (1996) released on Blue NoteKeith Jarrett Live at the Blue Note, complete 6-disc box set (and a bit of a cheat by Zoe!) (1996) released on ECMEvery album by Alice Coltrane (and a massive cheat by Zoe!!) (1968-2006)Zoe's website: https://www.zoerahman.com/Zoe performs live at Frith Manor Primary School in Mill Hill as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival on Sunday 21 November 2021: https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/zoe-rahman-trioAnd here's the back-story to that piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za0kdDoZmuIAnniversary competitionTo enter our 1 Year Anniversary draw, just email jazzwatfordlive@gmail.com with the subject title "WJJ Pocast is 1".Winners will be chosen from a random draw after the deadline at midday (GMT) on 1 December 2021. No cash alternatives are available and no travel is included. Post & package is included. Our first prize is a WJJ T Shirt, a WJJ Baseball Cap & 2 tickets to our Tony Kofi show on 12 February 2022 in Watford. 4 runners up will all win WJJ Baseball Caps. Good luck!SupportYou can help support the podcast and keep us ad free. Especially useful if you'd like to support the podcast and want to keep it ad free. Plus it makes Chris feel very happy indeed! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ChrisNewsteadShow infoPresenter: Chris NewsteadTheme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.Recorded October 2021.

James and Andy discuss desserts and music with Redd Waters. About the Artist An experienced pianist, Redd Waters grew up immersing himself in blues music from the tender age of seven. Born in Rye Brook, New York, he cites his early inspiration from Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Pinetop Perkins. During his teenage years, he began performing at different clubs and bars throughout the NYC area, and started writing songs that spoke to the intersection of his knowledge and appreciation of jazz piano, blues, folk, and Americana. Redd Waters went on to graduate from the Berklee College of Music in 2015, where his studies were concentrated in music performance and jazz piano with esteemed professors including Joanne Brackeen and Yoka Miwa. He continued expanding his technical prowess under the tutelage of Mike Ledonne in NYC, while also broadening his musicality as a guitarist and vocalist. Citing his former battle with addiction as one of the most profound experiences of his life, Redd Waters credits music as his medium for sharing his truth and Buddhism for overcoming his demons. Now residing in Southern Connecticut, he seeks to write songs which draw on his personal experiences, with the goal of bringing more authentic human connection to the music landscape. His debut release features sounds similar to Randy Newman, John Fulbright, and Leonard Cohen, and blends his original musicality along with a lifetime of education and development as a revered multi-instrumentalist. The highly anticipated debut album, “Dirt and Ash,” from Redd Waters is now available on all major distribution platforms through independent label, Lock City Music Group.

Brilliant and ethereal pianist talks about her psychic and telepathic abilities on the bandstand.

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What a blast it was to talk to Mark Mondesir. I've been a fan for many years and have always loved Mark's playing. In this conversation, we talk about a variety of subjects, including his time working with John McLaughlin, Courtney Pine, Jilian Joseph, and many others. ENJOY! Mark Mondesir was born in Stepney, London, on 12 December 1964. Mainly self taught, Mondesir attended various music workshops including Ian Carr's workshops at the Weekend Arts Centre. He began his professional career with Courtney Pine between 1985 and 1989 and recorded with Kevin Eubanks in 1991 & 1993 for the Blue Note label. In the 1990s he accompanied musicians who were visiting the UK; these included Art Farmer, Joanne Brackeen, Cecil Payne, Ronnie Matthews, James Williams, Hermeto Pascoal, Joe Zawinul, McCoy Tyner and John Scofield. Since the mid 90s he continues to play with Pee Wee Ellis... including a brief stint with James Brown's Bobby Byrd, Fred Wesley & Vicki Anderson early in that period. In the 1990s and early 2000s he was part of bands led by pianist Julian Joseph. From 2007 - 2010 he toured & recorded with John McLaughlin's Fourth Dimension Band including the Grammy nominated album To The One. He has also toured with Todd Sharpville with blues legends Joe Louis Walker & Duke Robillard, ex Deep Purple bassist/singer Glenn Hughes & later with Jethro Tull in 2009.

Miguel Andrés Tejada began his musical life as a classical pianist, studying under the famed Cuban teacher Hilda Melis Gras, in his hometown of Santiago in the Dominican Republic, but while still in his youth (and already an accomplished pianist) Miguel’s attention turned to jazz. In 2007 he was awarded a full scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where he studied jazz composition and arrangement with Joanne Brackeen. Since then Miguel has played with a who's who of jazz musicians, and his compositions have been praised for their masterful use of Salsa, Merengue, Boleros, Samba, and Western Classical music. His “Rumbeando” received the National Music Prize, awarded by the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Culture. Follow Miguel on Instagram at migueltejadajazz.  

This is the only recording of this edition of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He had many and some were widely recorded, some were not and some went unrecorded. This was a good one. Trumpeter Bill Hardman who played with Blakey in 1956/57 returns a more fully developed player along with newcomer originally from Panama, tenor saxophonist Carlos Garnett. Joanne Brackeen is on piano and she is the first woman ever to be a Jazz Messenger and of course she is great. Czech bassist Jan Arnet is strong and keeps the bottom happening. Blakey is Blakey, strong, swinging, masterful and exciting. The repertoire is standard Blakey material but sounds fresh. Tunes like "Moanin'", "Whisper Not", "Blues March" and of course "A Night in Tunisia" and others are all here. The band was recorded in Tokyo on February 19,1970 hence the title. Check it out. No flies on this band!

durée : 01:56:00 - Retour de plage du vendredi 26 juillet 2019 - par : Laurent Valero - Échappée entre deux pulsations "Tempo Rubato" part 2 : Ron Mc Croby, Al Jarreau, Joao Gilberto, Joanne Brackeen, Bel Air De Forro, Doris Day & André Previn... - réalisé par : Yassine Bouzar

A lively conversation with a few masters of jazz piano. Moderator: Ethan Iverson. Panelists: Kenny Barron, Joanne Brackeen, Harold Mabern.

Love is something that we all have in common. Charles understands this and eloquently expresses this understanding on his sophomore album, Single & in Love. The title of this album is provocative and thought-provoking. It makes the listener feel and respond to the vibrations on a high level. Charles explains that love of oneself is, in fact, the most important component of love. Through his music, he helps us to understand that without a complete understanding of yourself, it is almost impossible to extend the gift of love to another. In today's episode of The Working Artist Project, we explore the sounds of Charles Turner's music and get a bird's-eye view into his life as a working artist. Connect with Charles Here: http://charlesturnermusic.com/ (http://charlesturnermusic.com/)BioCharles Turner has taken the jazz scene by storm. Charles relocated to New York in 2011, and has performed in venues such as Smoke Jazz and Super Club, Birdland, Ginny's Supper Club, Smalls, and Mintons in Harlem. Also performing with Renown Jazz and Swing Pianist Gordon Websters bringing swing around the world from Beijing to London, New York and back! The Charles Turner Quartet has performed at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center for the Generations in Jazz festival  for 2 consecutive years. He also Released his Debut Album " Dreamers" Produced by Grammy Award winning Drummer Ulysses Owens  at Jazz at Lincoln Center March 2014. Appearing next  at Jazz at Lincoln Center, he will be a part of the 2015-16 Season at is Debut concert in the Appel Room in May 2016. Turner graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Ma on a full scholarship. During his time there Charles had the wonderful opportunity to study and perform with Grammy Award–winning drummer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Samuels, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Joanne Brackeen. In 2013 Charles was invited to participate in the prestigious Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead program, where he worked with Jason Moran, Craig Handy, Marc Cary, and performed at the Kennedy Center. He also won Best Jazz Vocalist awards at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and was a finalist at the esteemed Shure Montruex jazz festival Vocal Competition. Charles also performed with Bobby Mcferrin along with other young talents in a Improvisation Workshop Concert at Carnegie Hall. Featured on Ulysses Owens latest album which is receiving rave reviews from the  New York Times and other publication. Charles has collaborated with many young up and coming artist as well as veterans in out music today. He has performed in Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain and Russia. Charles will continue to spread his love for music for years and years to come. Support this podcast

Uncovering new dimensions of music.

Uncovering new dimensions of music.

Uncovering new dimensions of music.

Uncovering new dimensions of music.

Kim Clarke is a native New Yorker. She is a bassist and composer. She is a parent, bassist, composer, bandleader, website developer, educator, and earring designer. Most known for her electric bass playing with Joseph Bowie's Defunkt, she toured with Joe Henderson and Joanne Brackeen. She performed locally with Art Blakey, Marylou Williams, Bertha Hope, Harold Ousley, Jimmy Heath, Jaki Byard, George Braith and Space Island, Rashied Ali, Junior Cooke, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Teri Thornton, Lester Bowie, Andy Bey, Louis and Gerald Hayes, Lionel Hampton, Donald Byrd, Donald Blackman, Candido, Patato, Little Jimmy Scott, Dr. Billy Taylor, Olu Dara, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Philly Joe Jones, Marylou Williams, Sharon Freeman, and Geri Allen.  She is the founder and producer of the LADY GOT CHOPS Women's History Month Music and Arts Festival, Inc. that has the mission of globally elevating Women's History Month through the promotion of women's contributions, artistic and otherwise, during the month of March.  It is a grassroots institution providing free promotion to women artists and bookings in celebration of Women's History Month. Incorporated in December 2015, the festival became a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation in 2017. In 2018, LADY GOT CHOPS will celebrate its 16th year. www.ladygotchops.com www.wijsf.org

My conversation with Singer Dianne Reeves backstage at the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. #WPRO Dianne Reeves has just been awarded the 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, alongside pianist Joanne Brackeen, guitarist Pat Metheny and former club owner Todd Barkan in what the NEA describes as "the nation's highest honor in jazz". http://bit.ly/2socC9Y

www.radiojazznoend.com En este nuevo podcast de Radio Jazznoend, Stan Getz, sigue siendo nuestro protagonista y en esta ocasión nos encontraremos con este gran saxofonista en sus apariciones grabadas en el Cafe Montmartre, el histórico club de Copenhague. Allí acudiremos para celebrar con Getz su 50 y su 60 cumpleaños en los años 1977 y 1987, y finalmente asistiremos a su despedida final, en el año 1991, pocos meses antes de su muerte. En estos tres conciertos, que se encuentran entre los más destacado de la obra grabada de Getz, el saxofonista supo rodearse de los mejores músicos del momento, entre los que sin duda destacan la infravalorada pianista Joanne Brackeen o el pianista Kenny Barron que le acompañó en aquella emocionante despedida final recogida en su álbum People Time.

www.radiojazznoend.com En este nuevo podcast de Radio Jazznoend, Stan Getz, sigue siendo nuestro protagonista y en esta ocasión nos encontraremos con este gran saxofonista en sus apariciones grabadas en el Cafe Montmartre, el histórico club de Copenhague. Allí acudiremos para celebrar con Getz su 50 y su 60 cumpleaños en los años 1977 y 1987, y finalmente asistiremos a su despedida final, en el año 1991, pocos meses antes de su muerte. En estos tres conciertos, que se encuentran entre los más destacado de la obra grabada de Getz, el saxofonista supo rodearse de los mejores músicos del momento, entre los que sin duda destacan la infravalorada pianista Joanne Brackeen o el pianista Kenny Barron que le acompañó en aquella emocionante despedida final recogida en su álbum People Time.

By Rob Hochschild | September 5, 2012 Matt Savage, a 20-year old jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, entered Berklee in the fall of 2009 at the age of 17, and will graduate in December 2012. He has studied with many eminent professors at Berklee, including JoAnne Brackeen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Hal Crook, Dave Samuels, Ray Santisi and Darren Barrett. Savage also tours as a solo artist and as the leader of the Matt Savage Trio. He has performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, the Today Show and on NPR's Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland and All Things Considered. He has also played at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and some of the most prestigious jazz clubs in America (including the Blue Note, Birdland and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Lincoln Center). Matt's ninth and latest CD, Welcome Home, features Bobby Watson and Jeremy Pelt among others and is heard on jazz radio stations across the country. He leads the Berklee Monterey Sextet in performances at the 55th annual Monterey Jazz Festival on September 21 and 22, 2012.

Lorraine Desmarais version légèreLorraine Desmarais et son Big Band, version corsée...---------------------------------------------- Gadget Google - Dewplayer volume - ------------------------Lorraine Desmarais,Guy Nadon, Michel Cusson,Michel Donato, Paul Brochu, Jean St-Jacques, Sylvain Bolduc, l'ensemble de cuivres St-Laurent et bien d'autres.Lorraine Desmarais,pianiste de jazz et compositrice est reconnue aux États- Unis, en Europe en Asie et en Afrique pour ses prestations en solo, en trio et avec big band. Elle s’est également produite avec plusieurs orchestres symphoniques dont l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, l’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand-Montréal, l’Orchestre symphonique de Laval et l’Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, en Espagne. C’est en 1984 qu’elle a pris son envol sur la scène du jazz au pays alors que le Festival International de jazz de Montréal lui décernait un premier prix. Elle compte maintenant à son actif neuf albums de compositions originales, incluant parfois quelques standards de jazz. Deux de ces albums (Trio Lorraine Desmarais et Jazz pour Noël) ont remporté des Félix. Lorraine Desmarais s’est produit en concert avec des artistes de renommée internationale comme Oliver Jones, Chick Corea, Joanne Brackeen, Marian Mc Partland, Tiger Okoshi, Paquito D’Rivera, Guido Basso, Jane Bunnett, Alain Caron, François Bourassa, Michel Cusson et le Big Band Diva de New York. D’une très grande polyvalence musicale, elle a également collaboré avec des artistes de la scène classique dont Angèle Dubeau et La Pietà ainsi que des artistes de la scène populaire québécoise tels Ariane Moffat, Martin Deschamps, Jim Corcoran, Michel Rivard et Bruno Pelletier et Sylvain Cossette....lire la suite du texte→ Par ici!On peut écouter son nouvel album→ Par là!Visitez son site web→ Par ici!

MAGNETIZEDTerence Blanchard (trumpet) is one of the most important musician/composer/band leaders of his generation. His emotionally moving and technically refined playing is considered by many jazz aficionados to recall earlier jazz trumpet styles. Born March 13, 1962, in New Orleans, the only child to parents Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard, a part-time opera singer and insurance company manager, the young Blanchard was encouraged by his father, Joseph Oliver, to learn to play the piano. In the third grade he discovered jazz trumpet when a big band, featuring Alvin Alcorn on trumpet, played at a school assembly. In his teens Blanchard attended the New Orleans Center of Creative Arts, where he studied and played with saxophonist Donald Harrison. While performing with Lionel Hampton's big band, he studied for two years at Rutgers University under the tutelage of Paul Jeffrey and Bill Fielder.In 1982 Blanchard replaced Wynton Marsalis under his recommendation in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, working in that band up to 1986 as lead soloist and musical director. He then co-led a prominent quintet with saxophonist Donald Harrison, recording seven albums for the Concord, Columbia, and Evidence record labels in five years, including a stirring in-concert tribute to the Eric Dolphy/Booker Little ensemble. In the '90s, Blanchard became a leader in his own right, recording for the Columbia label, performing on the soundtracks to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Mo' Better Blues, and composing the music for Lee's film Jungle Fever. In fact, Blanchard has written the score for every Spike Lee film since 1991, including Malcolm X, Clockers, Summer of Sam, 25th Hour, Inside Man, and the Hurricane Katrina documentary When the Levees Broke for HBO. With over 40 scores to his credit, Blanchard and Mark Isham are the most sought-after jazz musicians to ever compose for film. In the fall of 2000, Blanchard was named artistic director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Keeping up with his love of live performance and touring, Blanchard also maintains a regular studio presence, recording his own original music for the Columbia, Sony Classical, and Blue Note labels. Albums include The Billie Holiday Songbook (1994), Romantic Defiance (1995), The Heart Speaks (1996), the acclaimed Wandering Moon (2000), Let's Get Lost (2001), Bounce (2003), and especially Flow (2005), which was produced by pianist Herbie Hancock and received two Grammy nominations. Blanchard has been nominated for 11 Grammys and has won four in total, including awards for New York Scene with Blakey (1984) and the soundtrack A Tale of God's Will in 2007. In 2005, Blanchard was part of McCoy Tyner's ensemble that won the Grammy in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category for Illuminations. A quintessential sideman as well as leader, he has worked with prominent jazz players including Cedar Walton, Abbey Lincoln, Joanne Brackeen, Jay McShann, Ralph Peterson, Ed Thigpen, J.J. Johnson, Toots Thielemans, the Olympia Brass Band, Stevie Wonder, Bill Lee, Ray Brown, Poncho Sanchez, Dr. Billy Taylor, Dr. John, Lionel Loueke, Jeff Watts, and many others. Scarecrow Press published his autobiography, Contemporary Cat. By April of 2007, the Monk Institute announced its Commitment to New Orleans initiative, which included the relocation of the program to the campus of Loyola University in New Orleans, spearheaded by Blanchard. During 2007, the Monterey Jazz Festival named Blanchard Artist-in-Residence, and the festival formed a 50th Anniversary All-Stars ensemble featuring trumpeter James Moody, Benny Green, Derrick Hodge, Kendrick Scott, and Nnenna Freelon. In 2008, Blanchard helped scored the hit film Cadillac Records. Signing with Concord Jazz in 2009, he released Choices -- recorded at the Ogden Museum of Art in Blanchard's hometown of New Orleans -- at the end of that summer. In 2011, he paid tribute to the innovative Afro-Cuban recordings of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo by teaming up with Latin jazz percussionist Poncho Sanchez for the studio album Chano y Dizzy! In 2012, Blanchard returned to his film work by scoring the soundtrack to director George Lucas' WWII action/drama Red Tails.“I’ve always believed that in life, what you keep in your mind is what you draw to yourself.” That’s how trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchardexplains the title of his 20th album, Magnetic, which finds a stunning variety of sounds and styles pulled together by the irresistible force of Blanchard’s vision.That credo stems directly from Blanchard’s personal faith; raised in the Christian church, he has turned in recent years to Buddhism after meditating with Herbie Hancock while on the road with the legendary pianist. The idea of a spiritual magnetism “is a basic concept in any type of religion,” he says. “Both Christianity and Buddhism have forms of meditation - one’s called prayer and one’s called chanting. But it’s all about drawing on those things to help you attain enlightenment in your life at the same time that you’re trying to give back to the community.”Magnetic gives expression to that belief through the combined voices of Blanchard’s always-scintillating quintet. Its latest incarnation brings together longtime members Brice Winston (saxophone) and Kendrick Scott (drums) with pianist Fabian Almazan, who made his debut with the group on its 2009 album Choices, and its newest member, 21-year-old bass prodigy Joshua Crumbly. In addition, they’re joined by a trio of remarkable special guests: master bassist Ron Carter, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, and guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke.The vast array of approaches undertaken by that ensemble is striking, from the blistering bop of “Don’t Run” to the fragile ballad “Jacob’s Ladder;” the psychedelic electronic haze of “Hallucinations” to the urgent edginess of “Another Step.” As Blanchard says, “It’s a wide range of musical ideas that come together through the efforts of the guys in the band.”Magnetic marks Blanchard’s return to Blue Note Records, which last released A Tale of God’s Will, his triumphant 2007 requiem for his home city, New Orleans, in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. That harrowingly emotional song cycle is just one of many large-scale projects Blanchard has undertaken in recent years. Since first writing music for Spike Lee’s 1990 jazz-set movie Mo’ Better Blues, Blanchard has become a renowned film composer with over 50 scores to his credit, most recently the WWII drama Red Tails for producer George Lucas. This summer, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Jazz St. Louis will combine forces to premiere Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, an “Opera in Jazz” based on the story of the gay boxing champion Emile Griffith. This follows his recent score for Emily Mann’s Broadway production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.After the broad scope of such lofty undertakings, returning to a small group setting can be a challenge. “You get accustomed to having so many different colors at your disposal,” he says. “So I try to figure out a way to have as much diversity in everything that we play, the same expansive color palette as when you have an orchestra and voices.”One way that Blanchard expands his palette on Magnetic is through the use of electronics, creating an overdriven, electric guitar-like sound for his horn during “Pet Step Sitter’s Theme Song” or brewing the mind-altering atmospherics of “Hallucinations.” The latter tune, though titled by Blanchard’s 14-year-old daughter, also touches on the lifelong spiritual search evoked by the album-opening title track and “Central Focus,” which was originally recorded twenty years ago on Blanchard’s album Simply Stated. “When chanting for meditation,” he says, “you can have those moments of reflection that will bring new ideas to you. Some people may not call them hallucinations, but I think they’re all related in some fashion.”Not every tune comes from such profound motives. The hard-bopping “Don’t Run” was written solely with the intention of allowing the band to joust with Ravi Coltrane’s soprano and Ron Carter’s mighty bass runs. The title was inspired by a taunt from Carter to Blanchard, asking only half-jokingly when the trumpeter would call on the legendary bassist’s services. “Stop running from me, man,” Blanchard recalls him saying, and when Carter speaks, you listen.Coltrane’s contributions, which also include a taut, powerhouse turn on tenor for “Pet Step Sitter’s Theme Song,” came about simply because Blanchard was blown away by the saxophonist’s latest album, Spirit Fiction. “Ravi has developed a style and a sound that’s very unique,” Blanchard explains. “It’s an incredible feat given who his father was and what instrument his father played. But his being on my record has nothing to do with any of that; his being on my record is simply due to the fact that I love the way he plays.”The same goes for Benin-born Lionel Loueke, who first came to prominence through Blanchard’s quintet before becoming widely renowned as one of the most innovative guitarists and vocalists in modern jazz. “He’s a very unique talent,” Blanchard says. “Lionel always brings a certain spirit and energy to any project that he’s a part of.”Blanchard also readily sings the praises of his core group, which has been evolving over two years together to reach the deeply attuned point at which Magnetic finds them. “I’ve always appreciated the artistry of Brice and Kendrick,” he says of the band’s two veterans. “They’ve very seriously committed to developing their own unique styles of playing.”Of newcomer Crumbly, he says, “Josh is a young guy who’s very talented and brings a lot to the group.” And of Almazan, he continues, “Fabian has been growing by leaps and bounds. His harmonic knowledge has taken the band in interesting directions and he colors things in ways that I think are very fresh and forward-thinking.”So enamored is the bandleader of Almazan’s talents that he affords the pianist a solo spotlight, the captivating “Comet.” Almazan, Blanchard says, “plays with such grace and beauty. We did five or six takes and all of them were so beautiful that it was a hard to choose just one.”Each member of the group provides their own contributions to the album: Crumbly, the lovely and delicate “Jacob’s Ladder;” Scott, the forceful, rhythmically intense “No Borders Just Horizons;” Winston the lithe and intricate “Time To Spare;” and Almazan an “emotional roller coaster” dedicated to his mother, “Pet Step Sitters Theme Song,” which is later reprised as “Another Step.” “We had so much fun playing that tune that we just couldn’t leave it,” Blanchard explains. I thought it showed the diverse nature of the group, when you see the directions that it goes into, totally different from the first take.”In his role as mentor to his younger bandmates, Blanchard takes the mantle from his own onetime mentor, Art Blakey. Stressing the importance for young musicians to compose as well as improvise, Blanchard recalls the legendary drummer’s advice: “Art Blakey told us that composition was the path to finding your own voice. If you improvise, you don’t sit down and reflect coldly on what it is you’re playing because you’re moving so quickly onto the next thing. Whereas when you compose, you have to sit down and really contemplate what each note means and how you get from one to the next. That in itself will create a style.”Terence Blanchard’s own style continues to evolve and expand in exciting and compelling fashion. Magnetic is sure to capture listeners with an attractive power nearly impossible to resist.To Visit Terence Blanchard's website CLICK HERE

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