The GRANDMothers, were formed in Los Angeles in 1980 by Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner. Continuing the jazz-rock style of music the three musicians are best known for, they developed a worldwide reputation playing modern classical music mixed… (Read More)
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As one of the few full-time touring soloists on The Chapman Stick, Greg Howard breaks new ground at every turn. His first album, Whispers, (1987), was the first all-solo all-original Stick recording; and his latest CD, Water on the Moon, (1998)… (Read More)
Hiroshima, a group whose music falls between R&B, pop, world music, and jazz, has long had its own niche. The band integrates traditional Japanese instruments into their musical blend and has generally been both commercial and creative within its genre. Hiroshima’s… (Read More)
The improvisational music community is filled with elusive acts that somehow manage to slip in below the radar, only to emerge suddenly at the heart of the scene ready to roar into action. In many parts of the country, Tulsa’s Jacob… (Read More)
At the tender age of 20, New York vocalist Jane Monheit was the first runner-up in the 1998 Theolonius Monk Institute vocal competition, winning a 10,000 dollar scholarship to further her musical education. Judges couldn’t exactly place her talent, for Monheit’s… (Read More)
Jarad is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts (98), where he studied closely with Edward Simon (now the pianist for Terence Blanchard’s group), and organist Trudy Pitts. His first project since moving to the Denver/ Boulder was… (Read More)
Featuring Jamie Masefield, Jon Fishman & Danton Boller: Jazz arrives in a variety of shapes and sounds, including the piano horns and guitar—but the mandolin? Jamie Masefield heads this unique trio, The Jazz Mandolin Project. The Jazz Mandolin Project is obviously… (Read More)
It has been a long, fascinating odyssey for Jean-Luc Ponty, who started out as a straight jazz violinist only to become a pioneer of the electric violin in jazz-rock in the ’70s and an inspired manipulator of sequencers and synthesizers in… (Read More)
In the ‘90s, guitarist Jeff Golub’s blend of jazz, R&B, and pop earned him a reputation for being one of the edgier, more tasteful players in the crossover jazz/NAC/smooth jazz field. Although some of Golub’s recordings were played on smooth jazz… (Read More)
The year 2000 marks forty-six years for Jimmy Smith on the Hammond organ. Jimmy emerged a new and different organist with a truly original approach than his predecessors. His new sound would prove to be the standard for Jazz organists who… (Read More)
The year 2000 marks forty-six years for Jimmy Smith on the Hammond organ. Jimmy emerged a new and different organist with a truly original approach than his predecessors. His new sound would prove to be the standard for Jazz organists who… (Read More)
John Scofield Plays The Music Of Ray Charles
JOHN SCOFIELD TRIO (EnRoute) It’s a frigid December night during the coldest winter in recent memory. Entering New York City’s Blue Note jazz club, you pass through the darkened foyer, proceed through the bar and settle at a table in front… (Read More)
Three young artists, respected beyond their years, have joined forces to produce a new kind of jazz: Joshua Redman on saxophones, Brian Blade on drums and Sam Yahel on organ. The sound is fresh and free, with roots in tradition yet… (Read More)
A highly energized funk machine, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe has been expanding listeners’ minds and making them move to animated grooves since 1998. Led by former Lenny Kravitz sax-man Karl Denson, the Tiny Universe brings a dynamic sound that defies categorization… (Read More)
Katalyst is a modern art rock trio hailing from Denver, CO. Matt Skellenger (Bass), Matt Kavan (Guitar, Vocals), and Dave Miller (Drums, Electronics) have been meticulously honing their craft together over the last six years. The band’s innovative sound covers a… (Read More)
In Japan, it is said that if children begin music lessons on June 1 following their fifth birthday, they will keep studying for a long time. Pianist Keiko Matsui was taken to her first piano lesson on that very day when… (Read More)
Larry Carlton & The Saffire Blues Band
Like so many other Los Angeles studio musicians, guitarist and composer Larry Carlton was faced with a choice a number of years back: whether to go solo and develop a name for himself under his own name or to continue the… (Read More)
Lee Ritenour has long been the perfect studio musician, one who can melt into the background without making any impact. While he possesses impressive technique, Ritenour has mostly played instrumental pop throughout his career, sometimes with a Brazilian flavor. His few… (Read More)
Innovative acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke was born September 11, 1945 in Athens, Georgia. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone before trying his hand at the… (Read More)
Les McCann reached the peak of his career at the 1968 Montreux Jazz Festival, recording “Compared to what” and “Cold Duck TIme” for Atlantic with Eddie Harris and Benny Bailey. (Read More)
Having exploded from a small underground street-jazz sound in Chicago, The Liquid Soul universe has been expanding at a dizzying pace. The Chicago ensemble’s trademark mixture of jazz and urban dance music has virtually outgrown the term “acid jazz,” incorporating everything… (Read More)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
CD Release Party Little Charlie and the Nightcats have been bringing West Coast clubgoers to their feet with their eclectic, blues-infused repertoire since the mid-’70s. Drawing from styles ranging from Chicago and jazzy West Coast blues to Texas swing to rockabilly… (Read More)
If you don’t already know, Living Daylights are a funky-jazz, psycho, improv, avant trio from Seattle. This outfit features a more aggressive and experimental sound. It’s not a jam or a groove band per se, but a hard hitting jazz trio… (Read More)
Lois LaFond and the Rockadiles
Denver’s own Lois Lafond and The Rockadiles have performed around the country to rave reviews for over nineteen years. A favorite of the Gardens audience in years past, the band’s musical mix of jazz, blues and world-beat music has a multi-faceted… (Read More)
The Los Hombres Calientes project was born when Irvin Mayfield and Bill Summers discovered they shared the same vision: a Latin jazz ensemble from New Orleans that would create its own distinctive and groundbreaking style. They would play “caliente” (hot) tapping… (Read More)
The Lullaby League began in 1999, as a bunch of kids who were tired of the same watered-down popular music on the radio. Drawing influence from the beatles, buddy holly, Elvis Costello, aphex twin, and weezer, The Lullaby League works toward… (Read More)
His name is synonymous with Funky Music, his pedigree impeccable: Maceo Parker; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth. Everyone knows by now that he’s played with each and every leader of funk, from his start with James Brown… (Read More)
While you may think you know pianist/composer Michael Wolff, until you have heard his groundbreaking project Impure Thoughts, you don’t know him at all. Using wisdom gained with such giants as Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Rollins, Airto, Cal Tjader, and the Thad… (Read More)
