Search results for "Christopher Thomas"

Joshua Redman: St. Thomas (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 27, 07

Brian Blade, a Louisiana native born in 1970, is the foremost jazz drummer in the generation after the bebop and post...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE GREAT MOMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ DRUMMING

Transitions and developments at the drumset have been an essential driving force throughout the history of jazz. Fro...

Joshua Redman: My One and Only Love (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 29, 07

Sinatra's 1953 recording established this song as a pop standard, and Coltrane's version with Johnny Hartman enshrine...

Mark Turner (with Joshua Redman): 317 East 32nd Street (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music January 21, 08

As a student at Berklee, Mark Turner was looking for an alternative to the dominant post-bebop ideology, and discover...

Brian Blade: Omni (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music June 03, 08

Brian Blade is one of the most vital and exciting drummers on the current jazz scene, and his presence has enlivened ...

Thomas Moeckel: Asora (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 02, 09

Swiss triple-threat jazzman Thomas Moeckel puts aside the guitar to take a turn on trumpet for this airy valse by bas...

Jeff Hamilton: The Serpent's Tooth (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music October 15, 09

Miles Davis wrote "The Serpent's Tooth" for a 1953 recording date he led featuring the enviable two-tenor lineup of C...

Dell, Christopher (Renatus) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Dell, Christopher (Renatus), vibraphonist, composer, author; b. Darmstadt, Germany, 17 September 1965. His parent's n...

Hillmann, Christoph posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

  Hillmann, Christoph, drummer, percussionist, live electronics, educator; b. Dusseldorf, Germany, 22 Februar...

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

White, Chris (Christopher Wesley), bass, educator; b. Harlem, NY, 6 July 1936. He grew up in Brooklyn. Attended P.S. ...

DiGregorio, Anthony Christopher (Tony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

DiGregorio, Anthony Christopher (Tony), guitarist, composer; b. Brooklyn, New  York, 1 June 1958. He was raised ...

Massey, Chris (Christopher James) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Massey, Chris (Christopher James), drums; b. Buffalo, NY, 17 February 1959. He's the son of Raymond P. Massey of Penn...

Kirby, Steven (Thomas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Kirby, Steven (Thomas), guitarist, composer, educator; b. San Francisco, CA, 8 May 1958. He has an older sister, Alic...

Redman, Joshua posted in Encyclopedia July 18, 08

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In Conversation With Brian Blade posted in Features and Interviews July 14, 09

By Ted Panken "The way I was brought up, boundary lines were never laid on the ground between people or the musi...

Brian Blade: Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

Perhaps no jazz drummer has been more in demand throughout the last decade than Brian Blade. From Wayne Shorter to E...

Brian Blade: If You See Lurah (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music June 24, 08

Besides being among the most in-demand drummers of the last ten years in both the jazz and pop fields, Brian Blade ha...

Payton, Nicholas (Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia May 21, 09

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton's style combines the rich vibrato of Louis Armstrong with the flexible articulations of C...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part Two) posted in Features and Interviews September 02, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia Below is the second and final part of jazz.com's history of New Orleans music in 100 tracks. ...

Nendza, Andre posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Nendza, Andre, bassist, composer, educator b. Hemer, Germany, 1 November 1968. Nendza lived with his parents Bernd...

Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07

The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...

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