The Jazz Word

News Ticker

Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Mabern

Jazz

March 23, 2020 0

Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Mabern by Ferell Aubre Harold Mabern is one of jazz’s most enduring and brilliantly skillful pianists working in jazz today. He was born in Memphis, a city that produced saxophonists George [...]

Will Vinson, 441

Jazz

March 12, 2020 0

Will Vinson, 441 by Nolan DeBuke Will Vinson is a New York City-based alto saxophonist and composer. Born in London, he moved to New York City in 1999, and has remained there ever since. Since [...]

Jazz

Massimo Biolcati, Incontre

February 28, 2020 0

by Ferell Aubre Massimo Biolcati is one of those musicians you often see accredited as the bassist, some of the more recognizable names he has accompanied, being Paquito D’Rivera, Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, and Lizz [...]

Jazz

Christian McBride, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons

February 25, 2020 0

by Sylvannia Garutch Christian McBride is an award-winning Philadelphia-born bassist/bandleader that has been taking the jazz community by storm since arriving in New York City in 1989. Since that time, McBride has appeared on over [...]

Latin

Emilio Solla Tango Jazz Orchestra, Puertos: Music from International Waters

December 4, 2019 0

by Nolan DeBuke Argentina, born Emilio Solla, is not a new name on the scene. Still, he is one that has continued to advance every opportunity of composing and playing with a broad swath of [...]

Harold Mabern, Mabern Plays Mabern

March 23, 2020 0

Will Vinson, 441

March 12, 2020 0

Will Vinson, 441 by Nolan DeBuke Will Vinson is a New York City-based alto saxophonist and composer. Born in London, he moved to New York City in 1999, and has remained there ever since. Since […]

Massimo Biolcati, Incontre

February 28, 2020 0

Mike Stern & Jeff Lorber Fusion, Eleven

October 18, 2019 0

by Ferell Aubre Mike Stern and Jeff Lorber join forces on a powerfully conceived new album titled Eleven. Though crossing paths when Stern was a part of Miles Davis’ group in the early ‘80s. Lorber [...]
Robert Jospé, Just Lookin’

July 20, 2019 1

by Sylvannia Garutch Robert Jospé is a veteran drummer and percussionist who currently resides in the state of Virginia. He has seven CDs in his discography and is the leader of the Robert Jospé Trio, [...]
Gary Dean Smith, Awakening

May 11, 2019 0

by Ferell Aubre Gary Dean Smith might be a new name in contemporary jazz, but he certainly has been creating music for years. Born in Los Angeles but raised in the south, Gary Dean Smith’s [...]
Chris Potter, Circuits

February 23, 2019 0

by Sylvannia Garutch Chris Potter was born in Chicago, Illinois, but his family soon moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where he spent his seminal years. Potter showed an early interest in a wide variety of [...]