JazzWatch #52 | Ulysses Owens

November 9, 2015 by jazzwatch in JazzWatch Blog Posts, JazzWatch Podcast and tagged AACM, album, art blakey, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, bam, band, Benny Golson, black american music, charles lloyd, China, christian mcbride, concert, conversation, discussion, Downbeat Critics Poll, drummer, drums, Florida, Grammy Award Winning, improv, improvisation, Indie, interview, Jacksonville, jazz, jazz night in america, jazz release, Julliard, Kurt Elling, label, long form, Maceo Parker, manager, miles davis, Mintons, mulgrew miller, music, nashville, National Black Journalist's Association, new york, new york city, Nicholas Payton, npr, Onward and upward, podcast, producer, quartet, Rhythm, Smalls, Smoke, Smoke Jazz Club, song travels, soundcheck, The Simplicity of Life, tiny desk, tour, trio, Unanimous, web series, webisode, Wynton Marsalis | Leave a comment

Ulysses Owens Jr.’s multifaceted approach to music ensures that he’ll be with us in excellence for a long while. He’s an accomplished sideman, (Kurt Elling, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton), a bandleader featured on his own projects (Unanimous , Onward and Upward) and also features and presents live talent in concert (Minton’s). He’s a thoughtful young man with an ever-growing wisdom as a global citizen and ambassador for improvisational music. As I experienced in a recent concert, not only is his command of the drums powerful and filled with a dynamic pulse, but feeling the actual vibrations of his groove put me in the space of another one of improvisational music’s greatest ambassadors and masters of rhythm, Art Blakey.

We caught Ulysses just after a tour of China to talk to him about his recent road trips as a bandleader and his philosophy about cultivating new audiences at home and abroad. Enjoy our chat and learn more about him at http://www.usojazzy.com.

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JazzWatch #51 | Orrin Evans

October 28, 2015 by jazzwatch in JazzWatch Blog Posts, JazzWatch Podcast and tagged afro blue, album, bam, band, black american music, California, cannonball adderley, CD, cd release show, chicago, christian mcbride, concert, conversation, Criss Cross, Dawn Warren, discussion, Genesis, Grover Washington Jr., Hard Bop, illinois, improv, improvisation, Indie, interview, jazz, Kareem Riggins, Kenny Barron, label, long form, LP, manager, music, nashville, national music scene, New Jersey, new york, new york city, npr, Pennsylvania, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, philadelphia, pianist, piano, podcast, Post Bop, quartet, Rutgers, Sideman, Smalls, Smoke, Smoke Jazz Club, smoke sessions, Soul Jazz, tennessee, The Evolution of Oneself, Trenton, trio, usc, web series, webisode, Wildwood Flower | Leave a comment

As one of the most prolific pianists today, Orrin Evans remains constant in his documentation of his growth and musical wisdom. His latest CD, “The Evolution of Oneself” places him in a premier trio context with drummer Kareem Riggins and bassist Christian McBride. The music swings, grooves and floats but always with a pulse. This album further captivates with a few surprises. Evans’ youngest son produces a very captivating three-part interlude, “Genesis,” that is broken up over the course of the CD, while the surprising appearance of the Americana tune, “Wildwood Flower,” and Grover Washington Jr.’s, “A Secret Place” further demonstrates Evans’ ability to consistently shine through among the diversity of material and influences.

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JazzWatch #17 | Terreon Gully

December 17, 2014 by jazzwatch in JazzWatch Blog Posts, JazzWatch Podcast and tagged album, atlanta, bam, band, black american music, blue note, blues, christian mcbride, concert, concord records, conversation, dianne reeves, discussion, drummer, drums, east saint louis, episode, gospel, greg bryant, hip hop, illinois, improv, improvisation, Indie, interview, jazz, jazz club, label, lauryn hill, long form, manager, music, nashville, new york, new york city, npr, nyc, percussion, percussionist, podcast, quartet, r&B, saint louis, Smalls, Smoke Jazz Club, soundcheck, st. louis, trio, watchman, watchman music, web series, webisode | Leave a comment

Terreon Gully is one of the premiere drummers of our time. His comprehensive approach to music has mad him the drummer of choice for Dianne Reeves, Christian McBride, David Sanborn, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris. Drawing his influences equally from gospel, R&B, straight ahead jazz and Hip-Hop has given him a unique sound that influences today’s percussionists across genre.

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