Not all Rock bands can create solid six to nine minute songs without a lot of “noodling” which is why GE’s talent is so strong; they can move effortlessly from Hard Rock to Psychedelic passages and then into musicthat is exclusively theirs and never lose the listener’s interest, in f...
The Back In Full Swing band features Barry Haggarty (guitar), Andrew Affleck (bass guitar), Curtis Cronkwright (percussion), Pete Woolidge (keyboard), Lachy Baro (alto sax; flute), Mark Davidson (tenor sax), Doug Sutherland & Marlowe Bork (trumpets) and Kevin Cook & Bob Phillips (trom...
We featured remakes of a couple of old nuggets, "End of the World" and "Just the Way"- not because we were running out of material, but because these songs had changed so much and we still loved them. "End of the World" was probably the band's career-long signature, and I think...
“Over 100 attendees enjoyed the ‘FUNRaiser’ that included an evening full of seasonal jazz tunes and several traditional holiday songs followed by a dessert hour in the Great Room with more live jazz music and several scrumptious desserts and drinks for the guests,” Jones wrote in a recent...
He plays alto and baritone sax, flute, mandolin and guitar, and with the rest of the band provided very tuneful and harmonious backing vocals to Thompson’s ever improving voice. The second half of the set saw Thompson return to his ‘greatest hits’, opening with ‘The angels took my rac...
Rollins leads with his fluid and almost silky playing but was ably abetted by Gardiner-Bateman who contributed some ferocious solos on his alto sax, and by guitarist Johnny Heyes. Supporting are Alex Bonfanti on bass, Mitch Jones on keyboards and Jack Pollitt on drums. It’s a real ensemble...
” The group had Advika Krishnan on vocals, Thomas Hasselberger on baritone sax, Laura Martin on bass, Ike Moemeka on tenor sax, Dereck Sanguino on guitar, Daniel Portuondo on trumpet, Joel Evans on drums, Isiah Nygard on piano, and Ben Gardner on alto saxophone, and their virtuosity was...
From left to right: Pat Bianchi on the Hammond B3, Terell Stafford on the trumpet, Jesse Davis on the alto sax and Alvin Queen himself on the drums. They played a powerbop that just blew my mind. Woohoo! I think I didn't listen to such a powerful set live since... Miles Davis ...