Search results for "Geoff Keezer"
Geoff Keezer: Stompin' at the Savoy (Rating: 83/100) posted in Music March 06, 08Geoff Keezer performed in the final installment of the Jazz Messengers. He is therefore featured on a couple of origi...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE BEST OF THE ART BLAKEY ALUMS
There are post-Swing Era bandleaders, and then there is Art Blakey. After a brief time spent developing his craft by ...
Geoff Keezer: Across the Universe (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music November 06, 08Solo piano adventures are too often unfairly measured against the introspection of Keith Jarrett, the complexity...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON THE BEATLES
During the 1960s, jazz became more stylistically diverse than ever. Conventional norms were assertively challen...
Geoff Keezer: Venus As A Boy (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 21, 09Sure, the nimble pianist and keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer has put in time with jazz legends (Art Farmer, Benny Golson,...
Art Farmer: Soul Eyes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music April 08, 08In the early 1960s, trumpeter Art Farmer took up the flugelhorn, attracted by its richer, woodier sound. With the flu...
Denise Donatelli: Sails (Velas Icadas) (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 05, 08Denise Donatelli can flat out sing, but many vocalists can sing, so what makes Donatelli worth listening to? Her choi...
Benny Golson: Whisper Not (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 03, 09Benny Golson has said that he wrote "Whisper Not" in only 20 minutes, and that the title meant "nothing" – he just li...
Brown, Donald (Ray) posted in Encyclopedia September 17, 09Pianist Donald Brown’s synthesis of post-bop styles has placed him at the forefront of a new school of melodicists. B...
Ray Brown Trio: Lady Be Good (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09When I was just getting really serious about the music, and going out and buying records with the allowance my mother...
Pierce, Bill (William Watson) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Pierce, Bill (William Watson), saxophonist and educator; b. Hampton, VA, 25 September 1948. (He is often called Billy...
Wikan, Jon posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Wikan, Jon, drummer; b. Petersburg, Alaska, 8 May 1969. Wikan was transplanted to Seattle, Washington at age 13. His ...
Reid, Rufus (L.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Reid, Rufus (L.), bass, educator, author; b. Atlanta, GA, 10 February 1944. His mother, Sylvia Reid, and his father, ...
Rover, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Rover, Christian, (also spelled Roever or, correctly in German, Rover), guitarist, composer, educator, author; ...
Easley, Bill posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Easley, Bill, Tenor, Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet, and Bass Clarinet, Flute, Alto Flute and piccolo; b. Olea...
McBride, Christian posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07McBride, Christian, bassist; b. Philadelphia, PA, 31 May 1972. His mother is Renee McBride and his father is Lee Smit...
Osaka, Masahiko posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Osaka, Masahiko, drummer; b. Akita, Japan, 28 September 1966. Best known for the quintet he co-led with Tomonao Ha...
Ralph Miriello Looks at Some Jazz Highlights of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 23, 08As part of our year-end festivities, several regular contributors to jazz.com have offered their views on the jazz hi...
Johnson, J. J. (James Louis) posted in Encyclopedia January 19, 09Trombonist, arranger and composer J.J. Johnson is one of the handful who revolutionized the way his instrument is pla...
Husband, Gary (Peter) posted in Encyclopedia February 21, 09Gary Peter Husband, born June 14, 1960 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, is a jazz, jazz-fusion, rock and pop...
Miller, Mulgrew posted in Encyclopedia April 17, 09Pianist Mulgrew Miller performs with truthful invention, harmonic intellectualism and a keen sense of sophistication ...
David Hazeltine & Joe Locke: Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music July 21, 09As the Mutual Admiration Society 2 CD climbs the jazz radio charts, new listeners will hopefully also seek out the fi...
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