Search results for "Miles Griffith"

Shakers N' Bakers: In Me Canoe (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 28, 08

It's not often that you get the chance to draw a line (however indirectly) between an 18th-century religious subcultu...

Wynton Marsalis: Blood on the Fields (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music December 22, 07

Wynton Marsalis has built a career on high ambitions—including (for a start) assimilating the music vocabulary from H...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY VINTAGE WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis may be the most frequently discussed musician in jazz, but also among the least well understood. ...

Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra: We Travel the Spaceways (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music June 11, 09

Trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah is as qualified as any musician living to produce a tribute to Sun Ra, having recorded some ...

Griffith, Miles (Lloyd) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Griffith, Miles (Lloyd), singer, educator; b. Brooklyn, NY, 13 May 1969. His father Mervyn Griffith Sr. (born c. 1934...

Pleasant, David (Daniel) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Pleasant, David (Daniel), percussion, rhythm effects vocalist, inventor; b. Savannah, GA, 1 January 1961. His parents...

Darcyl, Ondine (Ondine Sorstayn Darcyl) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Darcyl, Ondine (Ondine Sorstayn Darcyl), singer, songwriter ; Born in Buenos Aires in April 25,1962. Her grandfather ...

Marsalis, Wynton (Learson) posted in Encyclopedia March 18, 09

The entire history of jazz trumpet is present in Wynton Marsalis's sound. His style is rooted in an impeccable, class...

Walker, Michelle (Anne) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Walker, Michelle (Anne), vocalist, educator, analyst; b. Bohmholder, Germany, 9 January 1967. While she was an infant...

Greenfield, Hayes posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Greenfield, Hayes, saxophonist, composer, educator, producer; b. Poughkeepsie, NY, 8 July 1957. Hayes' father, Howard...

Israel, Yoron (Dael) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Israel, Yoron (Dael), drummer, percussionist, composer, educator; b. Chicago, IL, 24 November 1963. He received his M...

Beaudry, Paul (Thomas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Beaudry, Paul (Thomas), bassist, composer, educator; b. San Francisco, CA, 3 July 1972.  Growing up in South San...

Gil Evans with RMS: Little Wing (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music May 11, 08

After gaining recognition with bandleader Claude Thornhill, arranger Gil Evans worked with Miles Davis, Charlie Parke...

Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Corea, Chick (Armando Anthony), pianist, composer, drummer, percussionist (he also plays trumpet avocationally); b. C...

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