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Orrin Evans
Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia.Lutz, Phillip. "Orrin Evans The Instigator." ''Downbeat'' 81.11 (2014): 42-45. Print. He attended Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ..., and then studied with Kenny Barron. He worked as a sideman for Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, Jr., Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, and Lenora Zenzalai-Helm, and released his debut as a leader in 1994. He signed with Criss Cross Jazz in 1997, recording prolifically with the label. He was awarded a 2010 Pew Fellowships in the Arts. In 2017, Evans was named the new pianist in The Bad Plus replacing Ethan Iverson. Evans is married to Dawn Warren Evans, who is his manager and an occasional vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.New Jersey County Map New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city's metropolitan area, including all of Mercer County, is grouped with the New York combined statistical area by the |
Pew Fellowships In The Arts
A pew () is a long bench seat or enclosed box, used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, synagogue or sometimes a courtroom. Overview The first backless stone benches began to appear in English churches in the thirteenth century, originally placed against the walls of the nave. Over time, they were brought into the centre of the room, first as moveable furniture and later fixed to the floor. Wooden benches replaced the stone ones from the fourteenth century and became common in the fifteenth. Churches were not commonly furnished with permanent pews before the Protestant Reformation. The rise of the sermon as a central act of Christian worship, especially in Protestantism, made the pew a standard item of church furniture. Hence the use or avoidance of pews could be used as a test of the high or low character of a Protestant church: describing a mid-19th century conflict between Henry Edward Manning and Archdeacon Hare, Lytton Strachey remarks with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Revis
Eric Revis (born May 31, 1967) is a jazz bassist and composer. Revis came to prominence as a bassist with singer Betty Carter in the mid-1990s. Since 1997 he has been a member of Branford Marsalis's ensemble. His debut album, ''Tales of the Stuttering Mime'', was released in 2004 on his own 11:11 Records. Revis studied under Ellis Marsalis at the University of New Orleans and at St. Mary's University, Texas. He directed the Jazz Ensemble at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 2007 and 2008. Discography As leader * ''Tales of the Stuttering Mime'' (11:11, 2004) * ''Laughter's Necklace of Tears'' (11:11, 2009) * ''Parallax'' (Clean Feed, 2012) * ''City of Asylum'' (Clean Feed, 2013) * ''In Memory of Things Yet Seen'' (Clean Feed, 2014) * ''Crowded Solitudes'' (Clean Feed, 2016) * ''Sing Me Some Cry'' (Clean Feed, 2017) * ''Slipknots Through a Looking Glass'' (Pyroclastic, 2020) With Tarbaby * ''Tarbaby'' (Imani 2009) * ''The End of Fear'' (Posi-Tone 2010) * ''Fanon'' (Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasheet Waits
Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Son of percussionist Freddie Waits, Nasheet Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz scene since early in his life. Before pursuing a music career, he studied psychology and history at Morehouse College in Atlanta. He also holds a degree from Long Island University in music. While studying at L.I.U, instructor Michael Carvin secured Waits a spot in the percussion ensemble M'Boom, started by drummer Max Roach and Freddie Waits, in 1970. Waits has recorded or performed with Fred Hersch, Antonio Hart, Joe Lovano, Jason Moran (musician), Jason Moran, Andrew Hill (jazz musician), Andrew Hill, Ron Carter, Tony Malaby, Bunky Green, William Parker (musician), William Parker, Eddie Gómez (musician), Eddie Gómez, Casimir Liberski, John Medeski, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Mark Turner (musician), Mark Turner. Selected discography As a leader * ''Equality'' (Fresh Sound Records, 2008) * ''Between Nothingness and Infinity'' (Laborie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reid Anderson
Reid Anderson (born 15 October 1970) is a bassist and composer from Minnesota. He is a member of The Bad Plus with drummer Dave King, saxophonist Chris Speed, and guitarist Ben Monder. The original lineup of The Bad Plus first played together in 1989 and formally established the band in 2000. Anderson attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music. Discography As leader * ''Dirty Show Tunes'' (Fresh Sound, 1997) * ''Abolish Bad Architecture'' (Fresh Sound, 1999) * ''The Vastness of Space'' (Fresh Sound, 2000) With The Bad Plus * ''The Bad Plus'' (Fresh Sound, 2001) * '' These Are the Vistas'' (Columbia, 2003) * '' Give'' (Columbia, 2004) * ''Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo'' (Sony, 2005) * '' Suspicious Activity?'' (Columbia, 2005) * ''Prog'' (Heads Up, 2007) * '' For All I Care'' (Heads Up, 2009) * '' Never Stop'' (eOne/EmArcy, 2010) * '' Made Possible'' (eOne, 2012) * ''The Rite of Spring'' (Masterworks, 2014) * ''Inevitable West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Peterson Jr
Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations. * Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced , as are all other English spellings without "l". * Raife, a very rare variant. * Raif, a very rare variant. Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore * Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish. * Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian. * Raoul, the traditional variant form in French. * Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish. * Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian. * Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan. * Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish. Given name Middle Ages * Ralp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Cohen (bassist)
Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן; born April 20, 1970) is an Israeli jazz double bassist, composer, singer, and arranger. Early life Avishai was born in Kabri, a kibbutz in northern Israel. He has Spanish-Jewish, Greek-Jewish and Polish-Jewish ancestry. He grew up in a musical family at Motza and Beit Zayit near Jerusalem until the age of six, when his family moved to nearby Shoeva. He began playing the piano at 9 years old but changed to the bass guitar at the age of 14, inspired by bassist Jaco Pastorius, whose music was introduced to Cohen by a music teacher in St Louis, Missouri, where Cohen had moved with his family as a teenager. When his family moved back to Israel he joined the Music and Arts Academy in Jerusalem with a focus on acoustic bass. Later life and career Cohen played with Chick Corea and Claudia Acuña. At age 22, after having served for two years in an army band, Avishai moved to New York City, where he initially performed on the streets while wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Bowen
Ralph Bowen (born December 24, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist. Biography Bowen started piano lessons at an early age, with clarinet and saxophone lessons following soon after. At thirteen he led a quartet and performed in big bands in Toronto. As a teenager, he was awarded a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to study music with Pat LaBarbera and Phil Nimmons at the Banff School of Fine Arts. While in Toronto, he studied with LaBarbera for eight years and developed a long-time association with drummer Keith Blackley and his father, drummer Jim Blackley. He performed and recorded with Canadian fusion group Manteca. In 1983 and 1984, he was awarded two more grants to pursue his musical studies in at the jazz department at Indiana University, where his teacher was David Baker. In 1985, the same year he and Cecil Taylor were voted Main Jazz Men of the Year by the ''Toronto Globe and Mail'', Bowen won the audition for the Blue Note Records co-leader position of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Hart
Antonio Hart (born September 30, 1968) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, studied with Andy McGhee at Berklee College of Music, and has a master's degree from Queens College, City University of New York. His initial training was classical, but he switched to jazz in college. He gained recognition for his work with Roy Hargrove. Hart is currently serving as a full-time professor of jazz studies in Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College City University of New York. Hart is a member of the Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Discography As leader * 1991: ''For the First Time'' () * 1992: ''Don't You Know I Care'' with[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Newsome
Sam Newsome (born April 28, 1965) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. His music combines straight-ahead jazz, world music (drawing influences from North Africa and East Asia) and experimental jazz, which uses extended techniques. Newsome is an associate professor of music and the coordinator of the music program at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. Biography Early life Newsome was born in Salisbury, Maryland and began playing the alto saxophone at age nine. His family moved to Hampton, Virginia years later while he was in elementary school. At age 13, Newsome switched to the tenor saxophone when he joined his junior high school jazz ensemble. While in high school, he played in a garage band called Fantasy One with classmate bassist James Genus. Saxophonist Steve Wilson, who was a former member of the group, taught Newsome jazz theory after school while in high school. Education He studied Jazz Composition & Arranging at the Berklee College of Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker (born February 22, 1968) is an American jazz double bass player and educator. Biography Born in Detroit, Whitaker attended Wayne State University, and studied with Robert Gladstone, principal bass with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. He achieved recognition performing with Terence Blanchard's Quintet and then with Roy Hargrove. His own first album ''Children of the Light'' was released in 1996. His score for the film ''China'', directed by Jeff Wray, was released on PBS in 2002. In 2006, Whitaker was nominated for the Juno Award Traditional Jazz Album of the Year for ''Let Me Tell You About My Day'', his album in collaboration with Phil Dwyer and Alan Jones. He has also been working with the pianist Junko Onishi. Whitaker is professor of jazz double bass and director of jazz studies at Michigan State University's College of Music. He has presented master classes at such institutions as Duke University, Howard University, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Warfield
Timothy Reginald Warfield Jr. (born July 2, 1965, in York, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Early life Warfield picked up alto saxophone when he was nine years old, and switched to tenor when he was a teenager at William Penn Senior High School. After two years at Howard University he became a jazz musician full-time. Career He worked with Marlon Jordan, the Tough Young Tenors, and Jazz Futures in the early 1990s, and played with Shirley Scott in the house band for Bill Cosby's show ''You Bet Your Life''. Later in the 1990s he worked with Jimmy Smith, Christian McBride, and Nicholas Payton; other associations include work with Donald Byrd, Michele Rosewoman, Dizzy Gillespie, Isaac Hayes, Charles Fambrough, Orrin Evans, Joey Defrancesco, and Danilo Perez. Warfield is a member of the Terell Stafford quintet. He is an assistant professor with the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as an artist in residence at Mess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
