|
MyJazzMail |
Over 3500 Users to date!
|
|
|
Who's Online |
We have 55 guests and 0 members online
Welcome Guest, become a member today.
|
|
|
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society at Le Poisson Rouge July 15th
|
Posted by: ImprovisedCommunicat on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 09:40 AM |
|
On Wednesday, July 15th, composer/conductor
Darcy James Argue will perform at New York's Le Poisson Rouge with his 18-piece steampunk big band, Secret Society.
This event, the group's first concert in its native New York since the release of its acclaimed debut,
Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records), will feature the American premiere of "Hard Up on the Down Low", a commissioned piece Argue unveiled at Canada's National Jazz Awards in May.
He describes the piece, which showcases longtime collaborator Ingrid Jensen's electronically processed trumpet, as "a cheery little anthem of global financial collapse. It's built around two Bernard Purdie beats that have been juxtaposed to create a quasi-bulerĂa pattern."
Its original performance, prior to his being awarded the SOCAN/CAJE Phil Nimmons Emerging Composer Award by the man himself, featured Argue conducting the all-star Darcy Hepner Orchestra. This is the first time it will be played live by his own ensemble, which the Wall Street Journal's Martin Johnson calls "one of the leading new big bands in jazz."
|
|
/images/spacer.gif) |
Paul Meyers, “World On A String”
|
Posted by: editor on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 09:39 AM |
|
By: Edward Blanco
Jersey jazz guitarist Paul Meyers presents one sparkling album of light contemporary jazz fused with slice of Brazil and a fondness for pop making “World On A String,” a highly entertaining and appealing session of music that critics and jazz audiences alike will rave about. A rhythmically melodic player performing on the nylon-string acoustic guitar, Meyers draws from his experience playing the music from a variety of genres to paint a canvas of seven delightful originals and a couple of reworked standards.
|
|
DVD Reviews: Diana Krall “Live In Rio” DVD-2009 Eagle Eye Productions
|
Posted by: editor on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 06:16 AM |
|
Glenn Astarita
Interspersed with still photos of beautiful Rio de Janeiro amid footage of the musicians discussing each other’s craft and related topics, jazz superstar Diana Krall augments her quartet format with the Rio De Janeiro Orchestra here. Krall’s cool, smoky and sultry delivery is embedded with poignant characteristics throughout this concert, performed in front of a zealous audience.
Her well-rehearsed band is in crack form, and rarely misses a beat or a mellow accent. And with Claus Ogerman’s arrangements, the orchestra generates lush toppings amid the interwoven jazz element on many of these pieces. Krall is a formidable pianist who noticeably derives influence from the late Bill Evans and other jazz greats. And on pieces such as “I Love Being With You,” she hammers out harmonic chord clusters atop the swinging pulse and temperate percussion metrics provided by guest artist, Paulinho DaCosta.
|
|
|
CD Reviews: Sean Nowell, “The Seeker”
|
Posted by: editor on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 06:09 AM |
|
By: Edward Blanco
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama and influenced by the southern tradition of blues, gospel and jazz, tenor saxophonist and composer Sean Nowell unleashes his second project for the Posi-Tone Records with a command performance in a fiery passion-filled eight-piece barn-burner of a recording with “The Seeker.” Playing with the sophistication of a John Coltrane and the grace of a Lee Konitz, Nowell unfurls the sax for intense tenor work dominating the band and delivering an excellent session of straight ahead contemporary jazz elevating “The Seeker” to an elite category.
|
|
Dispatches Day 1 – Montreal Jazz Festival 2009- Stevie Wonder
|
Posted by: editor on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:18 AM |
|
Where to begin? On what could certainly be designated a historic day in Montreal’s long dedication to jazz and music of all stripes, the 30th anniversary edition got off to a scintillating start.
An email arrived just as we were exiting Toronto announcing a one o’clock press conference with the maestro himself – Stevie Wonder. We were patiently waiting to board a Porter airline 11:00 flight from Toronto that was briefly delayed. Fortunately, we were airborne by 11:20 and would arrive just moments before Wonder entered the capacity press room located on the new jazz site.
My eyes first caught view of a grand piano within two feet of where Wonder would be situated. All around a heavy contingent of microphones, cameras and scribes waited with anticipation. Eventually a festival spokesman arrived to announce proceedings would soon begin and that Mr. Wonder would briefly speak of his friend Michael Jackson but asked the media not dwell on the matter.
Wonder’s arrival was greeted with unanimous approval bringing the usually jaded media to their feet. Festival heads Andre Menard and Alain Simard reflected on thirty years of working to bring Wonder to the festival. Simard was all smiles and light-hearted throughout the presentation of the Festival Interational de Jazz de Montreal Spirit Award - inspired by a self-portrait that Miles Davis offered to the Festival in 1988 given to Wonder. Wonder for his part was gracious and relaxed. He spoke earnestly of the need to keep people in tune with music and culture and the pioneers who have paved the highway for all to travel. He asked the media to show respect for the passing of Michael Jackson and not repeat the erroneous unsubstantiated gossip being recycled twenty-four hours a day on predictable cable and celebrity news outlets.
|
|
|
Marlon Jordan: Cooking-n-Jazz at Old Point Bar
|
Posted by: policamp on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 09:30 AM |
|
New Orleans - Old Point Bar is very excited to have Marlon Jordan entertain our patrons on Saturday, July 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Join Marlon as he serves Hot Jazz as well as a sizzling dish of Shrimp Creole made in the tradition of his family through several generations. Between sets, Marlon spends time on the grill preparing barbecued oysters and grilled fish.
|
|
Cuban rhythms meet the African Skies
|
Posted by: bluecanoerecords on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 09:30 AM |
|
|
"African Skies" is the electric sophomore release from jazz piano prodigy Joel Holmes. Â Mr. Holmes has been lighting up the Eastern United States for years and has recently been touring the world with Grammy-nominee Nnenna Freelon. Â Somewhere in between touring and earning his jazz performance degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Music at John Hopkins, Mr. Holmes managed to create ten of the most inspirational songs you are likely to hear this year.
|
|
Obituaries: Jackie Washington: 1919 - 2009
|
Posted by: editor on Monday, June 29, 2009 - 11:17 AM |
|
Graham Rockingham
Jackie Washington, a cultural icon who spread joy through his music for more than 80 years, has died.
The Hamilton jazz and blues singer passed away peacefully at Joseph’s Hospital at 1:22 p.m. today, surrounded by about 15 close family and friends.
Washington died from complications resulting from a recent heart attack. He was 89.
“It was very peaceful and lovely,” said friend Margaret Stowe, a Toronto-based jazz guitarist born in Dundas. “Everybody was very quiet. His music was playing softly from a CD player in the background. It was one of his own records, Midnight Choo Choo, one of his favourites.”
|
|
eJazzRadio - June 28 - July 7, 2009 - Oscar & Me ( A Tribute to Oscar Peterson)
|
Posted by: editor on Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 08:42 PM |
|
This is my tribute to Oscar Peterson based on an essay I wrote about studying with my teenage hero. Oscar ran a music school – the Advanced School of Contemporary Music 1962-63 in Toronto of which I won a partial scholarship from Downbeat Magazine. It was near overwhelming at the time. i was seventeen at the time.
1.Over the Rainbow (For Lovers) Verve
2.Place St.Henri..( The Will to Swing)
In 1962, other than a few albums, Down Beat magazine was my sole connection with the world of jazz. I purchased a subscription for an inside view of the musicians and the music they were creating. In fact, the following year a free Pacific Jazz recording of the Gil Evans Orchestra came with renewal. Those faces — Miles, Monk, Sonny, Dizzy, Bill Evans, and my hero Oscar Peterson — were permanent fixtures in a genre deep in superior craftsmen and staggering artistry.
While savoring an issue of Down Beat I came across an advertisement: "Win A Scholarship To Study With Oscar Peterson. “Blood soared through my arteries sending a chill the length of my body. Oscar Peterson? The fastest hands east of El Paso? The heir apparent to Art Tatum? I thought just maybe I’d be able to watch my hero play then coax him to reveal a few secrets, those which made him such a formidable pianist. There must be a jazz God! The mind began to tease.
All I could imagine was my thin frame looming above Oscar’s imposing presence and what seemed a 40-foot ebony grand piano with Mr. Peterson’s oversized fingers striking those chords I could never stay with long enough to grasp the interior voices. I imagined saying on command, “Freeze!” and Oscar would pause, sustain one fat 10-finger chord of sweet resonance, a sound I heard my hero play so many times before on record. He’d hesitate, then invite me to slip my fingers under his hands, time enough to commit the mysterious harmonies to manuscript.
|
|
|
Quebec City Summer Festival Celebrates 42nd Anniversary
|
Posted by: editor on Friday, June 26, 2009 - 03:53 PM |
|
Now in its 42nd year, the Québec City Summer Festival continues to turn heads, bring the crowds to their feet, and attract music lovers from far and wide. The party will kick off and wrap up en français with two of Québec’s hottest acts, The Lost Fingers and Pierre Lapointe. In the days between, four international sensations— suprême NTM, Kiss, Plácido Domingo, and Sting—will bring their talent and energy to the Plains of Abraham!
|
|
The Ed Palermo Big Band Pays Tribute To Music Legend Frank Zappa
|
Posted by: glassonyonpr on Friday, June 26, 2009 - 12:49 PM |
|
6/25/2009 - New York, NY - Jazz is not dead - at least not when the Ed Palermo Big Band plays it. Part of the Cuneiform 'Contemporary Masters' series, 'Eddy Loves Frank' is the third album to feature the music of Frank Zappa as arranged by Ed Palermo and performed by the Ed Palermo Big Band. A brilliantly original and entertaining big band jazz CD, 'Eddy Loves Frank' shows that Zappa’s music has become assimilated into the American songbook. It also reveals that Zappa, as an American rock composer, deserves to be recognized with as much respect as America's other revered popular music composers, including jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, and popular song composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Despite the music’s complexity, Palermo’s incredibly skilled 18-piece band and three guest musicians play it with inspiration and apparent ease.
|
|
|
Obituaries: Michael Jackson Dies at age 50
|
Posted by: admin on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 07:09 PM |
|
Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted “King of Pop” who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world’s most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world’s most disturbing celebrity, has died. He was 50.
A person with knowledge of the situation says Jackson died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.ap.org/
comments? 
225 Reads |
|
|
CD Reviews: Scott Reeves Quintet, “Shape Shifter””
|
Posted by: editor on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 09:36 AM |
|
By: Edward Blanco
Recorded live at Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange, NJ, trombonist and educator Scott Reeves borrows the rhythm section from his other group, Manhattan Bones, and adds the versatile saxophone voice of Rich Perry to produce a shape shifting modern jazz sound for this latest effort. Reeves, who is best know performing on the alto valve trombone, also plays the alto flugelhorn and on this album does so on the majority of the tunes. With pianist Jim Ridi, bassist Mike McGuirk and Andy Watson pounding the drums, this quintet at times seems to rumble through a selection of nine original charts in a bit of a free style fashion.
|
|
Corina Bartra & Her Azu Project-Afro Peruvian Jazz Celebration
|
Posted by: muzikman on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 09:35 AM |
|
Corina Barta is an accomplished jazz composer, practitioner of Yoga and vocalist that delves into chanting and healing with her music.
Afro Peruvian Jazz Celebration is exactly what it advertises to be and Corina’s far reaching understanding of the human emotions and inner triggers for relaxation and meditation allow her to make the music a vehicle for her vocals regardless of the setting or style chosen for each composition. Her vocals are not simply a voice; they serve as bridge to another world musically and spiritually. With the unique combination of Afro Peruvian sounds and Jazz, this fusion of cultures, beliefs, music and spiritualism all come together to form the Azu Project.
|
|
Kurt Elling, “Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music of Coltrane and Hartman”
|
Posted by: editor on Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 09:34 AM |
|
By: Edward Blanco
The historic collaboration between the great John Coltrane and baritone jazz singer Johnny Hartman—is remembered and celebrated in this special tribute album with Kurt Elling voicing standards from the Great American Songbook with the help of saxophonist Ernie Watts, the Laurence Hobgood Trio and ETHEL,a four-piece string section . Grammy-nominated vocalist Kurt Elling releases his eighth album overall and second on the Concord Jazz label with “Dedicated To You: Kurt Elling Sings The Music of Coltrane and Hartman.” Recorded live at the Allen Room in the Lincoln Center, New York as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, the album is a culmination of material commissioned by the Chicago Jazz Festival in 2006 originally designed to celebrate John Coltrane's 80th birthday.
|
|
|
New Internet Radio Station Devoted to Chicago Jazz Artists
|
Posted by: AccuJazz on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 02:09 PM |
|
AccuJazz Internet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of creatively programmed jazz channels today with the launch of "Regions: Chicago," a streaming channel playing over 1,000 songs by artists who have called the Windy City home. The channel is completely free to use and available 24 hours a day.
|
|
LINDA YOHN WINS NATIONAL JAZZ PROGRAMMER OF THE YEAR
|
Posted by: editor on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 08:42 AM |
|
YPSILANTI, MI 2009-06-23
89.1 WEMU'S MUSIC DIRECTOR, LINDA YOHN, WINS 2009 JAZZ PROGRAMMER OF THE YEAR FROM JAZZ WEEK MAGAZINE
YPSILANTI: 89.1, WEMU's music director and morning jazz hosts, Linda Yohn, was named 2009 National Jazz Programmer of the Year in Markets 1-25, by Jazz Week Magazine Saturday, June 20, in Rochester, NY.
JazzWeek is the definitive Jazz and Smooth Jazz national radio airplay chart a weekly report of the top fifty Jazz and Smooth Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada. Their mission is to strengthen the jazz and smooth jazz radio formats, and to improve the connections between radio stations, record labels large and small and retailers.
|
|
Wolfgang Seligo Solo Piano - New Music from Vienna - Jazz Meets Rock and Classic
|
Posted by: wolfgang on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 08:40 AM |
|
Wolfgang Seligo
The pianist and composer from Vienna combines elements of the jazz tradition with influences from classical music and rock. He performes his music all over the world.
Pianist and composer Wolfgang Seligo is very much at home in many divergent musical styles. His original music from Vienna is influenced by jazz, rock, and modern classical music and driven by a funky and powerful sound from the piano.
|
|
Michael Occhipinti and Don Byron
|
Posted by: editor on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 08:39 AM |
|
It's Jazz Festival Season, and next week I'll be happily hunting notes in the company of a truly unique and amazing musician/composer based in New York, Don Byron (clarinet and saxophone). Please put these two gigs in your calendar, as they're going to be a lot of fun. We'll be joined by my brother Roberto Occhipinti on bass and drummer Larnell Lewis and the music will cover a lot of different territory, possibly touching on everything from Sicilian tunes to Junior Walker to original music by Don Byron or me.
|
|
Kurt Elling Releases New Live Album
|
Posted by: ontargetcat on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 04:47 PM |
|
The new live CD from Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman, is in stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz.
Dedicated to You is Kurt Elling's eighth overall album and second release on Concord Jazz. The 12-track live collection features an all-star cast of musicians including saxophonist Ernie Watts, The Laurence Hobgood Trio and string quartet, ETHEL. The album was recorded in January 2009 at the Allen Room in the Lincoln Center, New York as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.
|
|
Number 1 Jazz Singer
|
Posted by: editor on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 08:37 AM |
|
Rick Busciglio
Swing and Big Band Examiner
Rick Busciglio is a music historian who lectures on the period from 1930 to 1960 when the big bands and crooners made swing the king of popular music He has been a radio dj, PBS TV, & radio host.
Nat Cole ) was born in 1919 in Alabama, but grew up in Chicago, where he started singing in his father's church and got attention as a pianist while in his teens. He made his first recordings in 1936 with his brother Eddie's group, and soon left for Los Angeles, where he formed the Nat "King" Cole Trio, the forerunner of many of today's small jazz groups. Cole gradually became more comfortable as a singer, and had his first big vocal hit with "Sweet Lorraine." Eventually, Cole branched out into doing more popular singing with orchestras, and played less piano than in the past. However, he never entirely abandoned his jazz roots, and returned to the trio
|
|
|
Streisand hits jazz on first studio album in 4 years
|
Posted by: editor on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 08:33 AM |
|
(Reuters) - Barbra Streisand has joined forces with Canadian jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall on her first studio album in four years, which is set for release on September 29, her record label said on Monday.
Columbia Records said the album "Love Is The Answer" is Streisand's first full-length collection of new studio recordings since 2005's "Guilty Pleasures" and her first album since "Live In Concert 2006."
Last year, Streisand was preoccupied with the U.S. election campaign but the singer-actress said this year she had managed to get back to the business of entertaining with a new president in the White House as she was able to relax again.
|
|
CD Reviews: Bobby Broom play Monk
|
Posted by: editor on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 07:41 PM |
|
Thelonious Monk's compositions and piano playing are declarative and often angular. On "Bobby Broom Plays for Monk" (Origin), Broom, a guitarist who plays regularly with tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, proves subtle and nuanced. With band mates Dennis Carroll (bass) and Kobie Watkins (drums), this is a pleasing alternate take on Monk.
|
|
Max Trax Jazz Cafe chart for week of June 14
|
Posted by: maxtrax on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 07:39 PM |
|
MAX TRAX
JAZZ CAFE
JUNE 14 - 20
SPINS
LW TW Artist/Title (Label)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
22 25 Jackiem Joyner/I'm Waiting For You (Artistry Music)
22 23 Kim Waters/Let's Get On It (Shanachie)
23 23 Walter Beasley/Steady As She Goes (Heads Up)
15 22 Earl Klugh/Ocean Blue (E1)
21 22 Manteca/To A Tee (Mmusic)
21 22 Gregg Karukas/Manhattan (Trippin'n'Rhythm)
21 19 Boney James/Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (Concord)
21 15 Oli Silk/Chill Or Be Chilled (Trippin'n'Rhythm)
14 14 Allistair Elliott/Chameleon (Chronograph Records)
15 13 Fred Engler/Meet Me In Rio (Fred Engler Music)
|
|
Profound Sound Trio (Andrew Cyrille/Paul Dunmall/Henry Grimes)“Opus De Life”CD-2009 Porter Records
|
Posted by: editor on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 07:38 PM |
|
Glen Astarita
One thing is for certain: the patrons in attendance during this 2008 performance at New York City’s “Vision Festival” got their money’s worth and it shows via their exuberant applause throughout. Here, bassist/violinist Henry Grimes and drummer Andrew Cyrille bring their legendary wares to the proverbial table, in concert with powerhouse tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall.
Sparks were flying during the concert amid Dunmall’s colossal sound, and pressure-cooker like element, where the trio tackles the free-zone with a vengeance. Grime’s authoritative single note lines, and Cyrille’s inventive polyrhythmic fury, offer Dunmall an unrestricted, yet fertile launching pad, contrasted by the artist’s open-ended dialogues.
|
|
JazzCorner.com Celebrates Jazz Forum & 30 with Six Nea Jazz Masters
|
Posted by: editor on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 05:15 PM |
|
Monday, June 22 - 8pm - Rose Theater, NYC
Tickets Still Available for this Historical Night
On Monday, June 22 at 8pm, NEA Jazz Masters: Paquito D'Rivera, Barry Harris, Jon Hendricks, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron and Jimmy Cobb along with jazz luminaries: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Ray Drummond, Leroy Williams, Lou Donaldson, Louis Hayes, George Coleman, George Mraz, Al Foster, Donald Harrison, Rufus Reid, Claudio Roditi, as well surprise guests will be celebrating the legacy of the Jazz Forum in a spectacular, one-night-only event, JAZZ FORUM@30
|
|
eJazz Radio June 21-27 2009 - Playlist - Long Drink of the Blues!
|
Posted by: editor on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 11:05 AM |
|
Blues in many forms – jump – swing – Delta, big city, small town, guitar heavy, quiet and soulful.. Charles, Witherspoon, Maybelle, Cooder, Jelly Roll, Muddy, John Lee, Lowell, Big Maceo –Kid Ramos, Otis Spann, Little Feet, Meade Lux Lewis… Just hit play!
1.Ray Charles – Swanee River Rock (Birth of Soul) Atlantic
2.Jimmy Witherspoon – Money’s Getting’ Cheaper (Evenin’Blues) Presitge
3.Prof – interview (Fess Gumbo) Stony Plain
4.Professor Longhair –Mess Around ( Fess’ Gumbo)Stony Plain
5.Willis Jackson – On My Own (Call of the Gators) Apollo
6.Big Maybelle – Candy (Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle) Savoy Jazz
7.Pete Johnson – 66 Stomp (Masters of Boogie Piano) Delmark
8.Jimmy Hall – Twenty Nine Ways – (Rendezvous with the Blues)
9.Kid Ramos – Talking the Talk (West Coast House Party) Evidence
10.Ry Cooder – Crossroads (Crossroads) WB
11.Watermelon Slim – Hard Times (Watermelon Slim & the Workers) Northern Blues
12.Dan Treaner and Frankie Lee – The Groit Man (African Wind) Northern Blues
13.Dave Hole – Phone Line ( Ticket to Chicago) Festival
14.Meade Lux Lewis – Bear Cat Crawl (Masters of Boogie Piano) Delmark
15.Steve Beher – Memories of Albert Ammons (Masters of Boogie Piano) Delmark
|
|
|
Jazz songress Madeleine Peyroux to perform at GWU's Lisner Auditorium
|
Posted by: editor on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 08:11 AM |
|
Possessing a voice eerily reminiscent of Billie Holiday, Madeleine Peyroux has achieved both critical notice and sales success. Peyroux has been hailed an “exquisite interpreter” of an extraordinary range of songs (Boston Globe), from thirties and forties standards to the bent of modern singer-songwriters, with a special sympathy for the blues. Peyroux’s intimate readings of original and contemporary love songs evoke emotions laid bare. She exudes “a kind of postmodernist coolness that inevitably draws the listener in” (LA Times).
|
|
Interview: Karriem Riggins, unsung jazz-hop genius
|
Posted by: editor on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 08:09 AM |
|
Posted by Andrew Matson
If you like the intersection of jazz and hiphop, you must get familiar with this man.
Birds chirping in the background, Karriem Riggins spoke to me from his mother's house in Detroit. He was rehearsing the Karriem Riggins Virtuoso Experience, which hits Seattle Monday at Triple Door.
The bandleader, drummer, producer, and rapper has excellent taste, obscene amounts of talent, and is advancing music without being alienating about it. He is the future, and he matters. A lot.
After the jump, everything you need to know about him.
Despite its exciting name, Karriem Riggins Viruoso Experience is a sleeper event. Even if you'd heard music Riggins is involved with, you'd know him like you know a drummer in a jazz band -- Betty Carter's and Roy Hargrove's, previously, Diana Krall's, currently -- or you'd know him like you would a hiphop producer, a designation that carries all the fame of one's name buried in the fine print of typically overlooked album liner notes. That is, you wouldn't. He's the perennial "guy behind the guy" (or girl, as the case may be).
|
|
|
Grammy Nominee, Phil Kelly joins ARC
|
Posted by: ArtistsRecordingColl on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 08:06 AM |
|
Artists Recording Collective (ARC) is pleased to announce that Grammy Nominee, Phil Kelly has joined our roster.
PHIL KELLY BIOGRAPHY
In addition to more than 40 years as a composer / arranger for film, TV, and other media applications, he has written for bands like Bill Watrous' NY Wildlife Refuge, the Old Tonight show band , Doc Severinsen, Si Zentner, as well as functioning as arranger/ conductor / drummer for vocalists Buddy Greco, Julius LaRosa, Frank D'Rone, Sylvia Syms, John Gary, Jenny Smith, and Al 'TNT' Braggs among others..
Early on in his career, he also logged several years as a jazz drummer with artists such as Terry Gibbs ,Red Garland, and Denny Zeitlin as well as years of work as a studio and recording drummer. In addition to his film and TV writing, He has written music for over 500 national commercials , ESPN, ABC Sports , NFL Films, and industrial films and shows for Cadillac, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, American Airlines and Zales Jewelers.
He also was the primary arranger for the Fort Worth (TX) Symphony Pops series for more than 25 years,and has been commissioned to provide custom pop symphonic scores for Doc Severinsen and Peter Nero. He has had arrangements played by the Houston , Dallas, Detroit, Cincinnati, and North Carolina Symphony orchestras.
Now semi-retired and residing in Bellingham WA, He still writes jazz and pop orchestra arrangements for publication and on commision, and is beginning an auxiliary career in the educational field as a clinician in film scoring and music for the media at various colleges around the USA , as well as a big band coach at the Bud Shank Centrum Jazz camp in Port Townsend WA. for the past two years.
---
LISTEN FOR FREE
VISIT ARTIST PAGE
-----
Also see: ArtistsRecordingCollective.info
|
|
|
|
· All About Jazz review of No Worries
(Jun 18, 2009)
· Tony Adamo Stays Hot On MDX Jazz/Funk Radio
(Nov 11, 2008)
· Scott Sherwood & Bob Rodriguez-"Ripples" Art of Life Records AL1034-2 CD
(Sep 25, 2008)
· Jimmy Demers Makes Concord Records Debut
(Sep 24, 2008)
· Andrea Marcelli Trio-"Sundance" Art of Life Records MP3 Digital Download
(Sep 24, 2008)
· NYC Jazz Pianist Aaron Parks Gears Up For Blue Note Debut 8.19
(Aug 14, 2008)
· Jazz band from Mumbai for Shisha Cafe
(Jul 27, 2008)
· Max Trax Jazz Cafe chart for week of July 6
(Jul 27, 2008)
· Jazz Trumpeter Mark Rapp Plays the WC Handy Festival 2008
(Jul 22, 2008)
· Jazz Duo Pays Tribute to Joe Raposo on New CD
(Jul 02, 2008)
|
|
|
