Topic: Wayne Shorter

S.F. Jazz's eclectic lineup

San Francisco Chronicle - 124 days ago
0 . As usual, the San Francisco Jazz Festival casts a wide stylistic net. It began last month with a performance by Cape Verdean vocalist Carmen...

Benny Green to honor Monk at S.F. Jazz fest

San Francisco Chronicle - 125 days ago
0 . Benny Green was grooving at the Yamaha grand in his North Berkeley flat the other morning, playing the jaunty off-center melody and jabbing...

Montreux fetes Miles Davis with "soundtrack" to his life

Reuters Life! Online Report - 205 days ago
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Marcus Miller paid tribute to their friend and mentor Miles Davis, performing a "songtrack to the life" of the late American trumpet player whose music electrified the world of jazz.The two-hour concert, which ...

Of trumpeters and tributes I (CD reviews)

Jazzblog.ca - 208 days ago
Unsung Heroes (Hollistic MusicWorks)Brian Lynch It's easy to sing the praises of Unsung Heroes. From trumpeter Brian Lynch, it's a crisp...

Milton Nascimento credits Brazil's diverse culture with music variety

NY Daily News - 229 days ago
Asked to explain the powerful influence of Brazilian music, Milton Nascimento goes way beyond the rhythms of bossa nova.. . "With the mixing of...

Quintessential -- but more recent -- jazz

Jazzblog.ca - 360 days ago
Jazz24.org, a Tacoma-based Internet jazz radio station, recently compiled this latest list of definitive jazz tracks: The jazz 100. Thousands of...

Man in Space

San Francisco Chronicle - 437 days ago
0 View Larger Image . This Oakland sextet met in the early 2000s while in high school. The members of Man in Space are involved in many musical...

Nagoya Dome

Japan Visitor - 437 days ago
??????Nagoya Dome near Ozone in Nagoya is the home stadium of the Chunichi Dragons baseball team and also plays hosts to music concerts...

Wayne Shorter

Mahalo - 454 days ago
Wayne Shorter is a jazz saxophonist and composer, known for his decades long stint as both a solo bandleader and a supporting player with Miles Davis and Art Blakey, as well as his status as a founding member of the jazz fusion ...

Cecil McBee

Mahalo - 454 days ago
Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American post bop jazz bassist , described by the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (Second Edition, ed. McBee was a member of the group Almanac , with Bennie Maupin (flute , tenor saxophone ), Mike Nock (piano ...