sábado, 4 de junho de 2011

"Open the Eyes" - Jim Martinez and Friends (2011)

"Open the Eyes" (Paul Baloche). From the CD "He Keeps Me Swinging - Jazz Praise IV" by Jim Martinez and Friends (2011). This track features Julia Dollison (vocals), Jim Martinez (piano), Bill Douglass (bass) and Tony Savage (drums).

This CD also features musical guests Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Jeff Hamilton, Dee Daniels, John Stowell and many others. For more information, please check out www.JimMartinez.com

sexta-feira, 20 de maio de 2011

Maker Over - Eileen Howard

For over 20 years Eileen Howard’s performances with jazz groups, big bands, and on the stage have delighted audiences.    She is an exceptionally versatile performer with styles ranging from jazz to Latin to rock to blues to R&B.  
Mentored by veterans Clifford Murphy and Claude Brown, she cut her teeth on jazz by sitting-in at Murphy’s Jazz Club and studying with Maryanne Russo, a prominent jazz vocalist and former singer with the Nelson Riddell and the Jack Runyon Orchestras, and with Scott Shepherd, a jazz and musical theater composer.  Soon she began singing with Satin and Brass, a contemporary big band. and had gigs with The Murphy’s jazz trio and the Jack Runyon Orchestra. 

terça-feira, 21 de dezembro de 2010

Alex Acunã - Percussionist of the Year


Congrats to Alex Acunã on his winning as the percussionist of the year (2010) by Drum Magazine. Keep on spreading the talent and the glory of God.

segunda-feira, 20 de dezembro de 2010

Bill Carter and his "presbybop" music


To define Bill's musical style in one word, this would be "bop" because it traditionally has moved between bebop and hardbop, and sometimes with elements of contemporary jazz and even classical music. In general, the most important contribution of Bill Carter, is integrating jazz language with theology and the Christian faith, all through of a very creative and elegant sense of this music as an art form. To date, he have recorded seven sacred jazz albums: Faith in a New Key, Dancing Day, Fragile Incarnation, Stand On Your Head, Jazz According to John (with biblical storyteller Dennis Dewey), Welcome Home (with vocalist Warren Cooper), and Psalms Without Words. Bill today is working in a new musical project, The Interior Window.


Bill Carter's official website: http://www.presbybop.com

Also visit http://gospeljazzmusic.blogspot.com