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Posi-Tone
Posi-Tone Records is an American jazz record label founded by Marc Free, a producer and musician who runs the company with engineer Nick O'Toole. The label's first five albums were issued in 1995. The roster includes trombonist Steve Davis, saxophonist Ralph Bowen, guitarist Ed Cherry, trumpeter David Weiss, Jon Davis, Will Bernard, Brian Charette, Walt Weiskopf, Joe Magnarelli and Michael Dease.Elfman, Donald (May 29, 2009)"Record Label Profiles: Posi-Tone Records."''All About Jazz''. Retrieved Dec. 18, 2012. Roster * David Ake * William Ash * Ehud Asherie * David Ashkenazy * Ernie Banks * Will Bernard * David Binney * M. F. Bird * Steve Blackwood * Ralph Bowen * Peter Brendler * Brent Canter * Brian Charette * Ed Cherry * Patrick Cornelius * Jon Davis * Steve Davis * Donald Dean * Michael Dease * Mike DiRubbo * Benjamin Drazen * Edwing * Shauli Einav * Wayne Escoffery * John Escreet * Orrin Evans * Phil Farris * Alan Ferber * Steve Fidyk * Ken Fowser * Champian Fulton * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Tarantino
Alexa Tarantino (born May 30, 1992, in West Hartford, Connecticut) is an American jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer and educator. Early life and education Tarantino obtained a bachelor's degree in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education along with a Certificate in Arts Leadership from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. She received her master's degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School. Musical career She has played with Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Wynton Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and Cécile McLorin Salvant. Tarantino's most recent album, ''Firefly'', was released on Posi-Tone Records in 2021 and reached No. 7 on the Jazz Week Charts. Her second album as leader, ''Clarity'', was also released by Posi-Tone. On it, she plays alto and soprano saxophones, flute, and alto flute. Tarantino's debut album as leader, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Hirahara
Art Hirahara (born 1971) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Hirahara started playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the California Institute of the Arts. While at Oberlin, he had jazz lessons with pianist Neal Creque. He has been part of the jazz scene in New York since 2003, after moving there from the San Francisco Bay Area.Chinen, Nate & Ratliff, Nate (January 5, 2015"Albums from Art Hirahara and Death Grips" ''The New York Times''. Hirahara's debut album, ''Edge of This Earth'', was released in 2000. In 2011 Posi-Tone Records released Hirahara's ''Noble Path'', a trio album with Yoshi Waki (bass), and Dan Aran (drums).Micallef, Ken (August 2011) "Art Hirahara – Noble Path". ''Down Beat''. p. 70. His next Posi-Tone album, ''Libations & Meditations'' from 2015, was a trio recording with bassist Linda Oh (bass) and drummer John Davis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehud Asherie
Ehud Asherie (born 1979) is a jazz pianist and organist. Early life Asherie was born in Israel in 1979.Reney, Tom (February 8, 2012"Is Ehud Asherie in Town?" JazzTimes. He moved with his family to Italy at the age of three, where he attended the Sir James Henderson School, now The British School of Milan, and then to the United States when he was nine. As a teenager in New York, he visited Smalls Jazz Club, and took lessons from Frank Hewitt, a pianist who often played there. Asherie first played at Smalls when he was a high school sophomore. Later life and career Asherie played Hammond organ on his 2010 quartet release, ''Organic''. He recorded his first solo piano album, '' Welcome to New York'', in 2010.Tannenbaum, Perry (May 2011"Ehud Asherie – Welcome to New York" ''JazzTimes''. Playing style AllMusic's Ken Dryden commented on Asherie's ''Welcome to New York'' that "on his earlier CDs he mixed bop, swing, and standards with an occasional taste of stride Stride or STRID ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Doug Webb
Doug Webb (born 1960) is an American jazz saxophonist. AllMusic credits/ref> Early life and education Born in Chicago, Webb moved to California with his family at the age of three. He graduated from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. Webb received his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music. He began playing the clarinet at the age of eight, adding the saxophone and flute by age 15. Music career Webb has played and recorded with Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Clarke, Mat Marucci, Kyle Eastwood, Billy Childs, Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Art Davis and Jon Gibson. He played with the house band for Dennis Miller's television show, and toured with the Doc Severinsen band. Webb has been featured on over 150 jazz recordings, including twenty under his own name, or as co-leader for Posi-Tone Records.Doug Webb Official Web Site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Gold (organist)
Jared Gold is an American jazz organist who plays the Hammond B-3 organ. He attended William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. In 1988 he won the Governor's Award for Jazz Performance in New Jersey. He has worked with Ralph Bowen, Benny Golson, Bill Goodwin, Bob Mintzer, Ralph Peterson Jr., Benny Powell, John Swana, and John Webber. Gold has been influenced by Larry Young, Jack McDuff, and Don Patterson. In 2004, guitarist Dave Stryker included Gold in his trio with drummer Tony Reedus. Gold appeared at Chez Hanny in 2005 with the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet, and in 2007 he toured the UK with the Randy Napoleon Trio. He recorded his first solo album, ''Solids & Stripes'' (Posi-Tone, 2008) with Randy Napoleon on guitar, Seamus Blake on tenor saxophone, and Mark Ferber on drums. Gold appears on two albums with Napoleon and drummer Quincy Davis. These are ''Enjoy the Moment'' and '' Randy Napoleon: Between Friends''. The first is a collaboration between Gold and Napoleon and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dease
Michael Patrick Dease (born August 25, 1982) is an American jazz tenor and bass trombonist, composer and producer. He also plays saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, bass and piano. Biography Michael Dease was born in Augusta, Georgia and attended John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet High School, where he studied saxophone and voice. During his time as a high school student he achieved all-state honors on the latter instrument for three years in a row. At age 17, Michael taught himself to play trombone, and was soon invited to join the inaugural class of the Juilliard jazz studies program by Wycliffe Gordon. Dease would go on to earn both his bachelor's and master's degrees while at the school. His teachers included Wycliffe Gordon, Steve Turre, Vincent Gardner, John Drew and Joseph Alessi. While at Juilliard, Dease won many awards, including the Frank Rosolino Award, J.J. Johnson Award, the Sammy Nestico Jazz Composers Award, ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, and the Fish Middleton ... [...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] |
Ed Cherry
Edward E. Cherry Jr. (October 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and studio musician. Cherry is perhaps best known for his long association with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, with whom he performed from 1978 until shortly before Gillespie's death in 1993. Since that time, he has worked with Paquito D'Rivera, Jon Faddis, John Patton, Hamiet Bluiett, Henry Threadgill, and Paula West. He has recorded a number of albums as a leader. Discography As leader * ''First Take'' (Groovin' High, 1993) * ''Second Look'' (Groovin' High, 1994) * ''The Spirits Speak'' ( Justin Time, 2001) * ''Create'' with Marco Marzola (Wide Music t 2005) * ''It's All Good'' (Posi-Tone, 2012) * ''Soul Tree'' (Posi-Tone, 2016) * ''Are We There Yet'' (Cellar Live, 2022) As sideman With Hamiet Bluiett * ''With Eyes Wide Open'' (Justin Time, 2000) With Brian Charette * ''Jackpot'' (Cellar Live, 2022) With Paquito D'Rivera * ''Havana Cafe'' ( Chesky, 1991) With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Tallitsch
Tom Tallitsch (born 1974) is an American jazz saxophonist. He is also a composer, music educator, piano teacher for students with autism, musical director for the Big Sky Project Dance Company, and jazz radio host. His most recent recording is ''All Together Now'' (Posi-Tone, 2015) Tallitsch was born in Elmhurst, Illinois and raised in Westlake, Ohio. He attended Westlake High School and Bay Village High School, graduating in 1992. He attended the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), graduating in 1996. Tallitsch is married to Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, a professional dancer and former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Performing Tallitsch has performed as a jazz saxophonist for over 25 years (bandleader/composer and sideman) throughout the United States, Europe, and South America. He performs regularly at concert venues and jazz clubs primarily in New York City including Birdland, the Sidedoor Jazz Club, Smalls, Fat Cat, Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Davis (trombonist)
Steve Davis (born April 14, 1967) is an American jazz trombonist. Early life and education Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Davis was raised in Binghamton, New York. He grew up with jazz music being played in his household. He studied jazz under Jackie McLean at the University of Hartford Hartt School. Career McLean recommended Davis to Art Blakey, and he joined The Jazz Messengers in 1989. After Blakey's death, Davis joined the Hartt faculty in the early 1990s. Davis played in Chick Corea's Origin, and recorded with them in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Davis has been a member of the sextet One for All since its inception around 1996. Along with Davis, the band features Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, David Hazeltine, John Webber and Joe Farnsworth. Davis led his own bands in New York City in the mid-2000s. Discography As leader * ''The Moon Knows'' (Brownstone, 1994) * ''The Jaunt'' ( Criss Cross, 1995) * ''Dig Deep'' (Criss Cross, 1996) * ''New Terrain w/ Explorers Qui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Bernard
Will Bernard is a guitarist and band leader. He has led the Will Bernard Band, Will Bernard Trio, Will Bernard 4-tet, and Motherbug. Career In the 1980s Bernard was a member of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble led by Peter Apfelbaum. In the 1990s he formed the band T. J. Kirk in San Francisco with Charlie Hunter and John Schott. The band's name "James T. Kirk" was taken from James Brown, Thelonious Monk, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk.Interview, ''Guitar Player'', October 2007. Palmetto released his debut solo album, ''Blue Plate Special'', in 2008. He has also worked with The Coup, John Ellis, John Medeski, Stanton Moore, and Jai Uttal. Awards and honors Grammy Award nomination, ''If Four Was One'', 1997Michael RicciBiography ''AllAboutJazz.com'' Retrieved September 6, 2007. Discography As leader * ''Medicine Hat'' (Antilles, 1998) * ''Motherbug'' (Dreck to Disk, 2000) * ''Directions to My House'' (Dreck to Disk, 2005) * '' Party Hats'' ( Palmetto, 2007) * '' Blue Plate Special'' (Palme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
