Gary Walker
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Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble Brings Heart and Soul to New Project, 'Love Is the Whole Thing, We Are Only Pieces' | New Day New Play (opens the original)
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Aside from working with Ted Nash, Cecil McBee, Lee Konitz, and Dewey Redman, drummer Matt Wilson's own creative adventures run far and wide. "Love is the whole thing, we are only pieces". The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote those words over 750 years ago. Words that inspired Wilson and his band Good Trouble to make a love record that shares the feelings and moves those feelings through music. Alongside saxophonists Tia Fuller, Jeff Lederer and Anisha Rush, bassist Ben Allison and pianist/vocalist Daw
Ulysses Owens Jr. & All-Star Sextet Reinterpret Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and More on 'Kind of Grunge' | New Day New Play (opens the original)
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Drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. possesses a mindset that nourishes his creative talents while keeping him open to challenge. This served him well when visiting the Drumeo Studios in British Columbia, Canada where he was challenged to play along with tunes, many of which he'd never heard before. Much of the music he was given was from Grunge bands. Not only did he fare well with his rhythms, he fell in love with the idea of reimagining this style of music. Kind of Grunge is the result. Along with bassi
Trio Synergy and Pure Fire: Pianist Miki Yamanaka Expands Her Sound on 'Breathe' | New Day New Play (opens the original)
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Since arriving in New York in 2010 from her homeland of Japan, pianist Miki Yamanaka wasted no time making her life part of the scene; a Masters degree from Queens College, playing with saxophonist Antonio Hart, trumpeter Philip Harper, and the Mingus Big Band, and becoming a regular feature at NYC Clubs Smalls and Mezzrow, while developing a working trio with bassist Jerome Allen II and drummer (and husband) Jimmy McBride. The threesome is featured here on Miki's new release, Breathe, with the
Pianist Sullivan Fortner Follows Grammy Triumph with Bold Sonic Exploration on 'Leave That In There' | New Day New Play (opens the original)
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Pianist Sullivan Fortner first felt music playing organ at age seven in a Baptist Church in New Orleans, where he was born. With a pedigree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Sullivan would work with Stefon Harris, spend considerable time with Roy Hargrove, among countless others, and release a number of recordings under his own name, with Grammy Awards and honors, including the American Piano Awards Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz. Leave That in There is Sullivan's follow-up to his Grammy winni
Rick Braun Honors Jazz Legend Chuck Mangione with New Tribute Album | New Day New Play (opens the original)
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When trumpeter Chuck Mangione first came out of the Eastman School in Rochester he approached the music straight ahead, playing with Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, and Oscar Peterson, and with Gap Mangione on piano, making fiery albums for the Riverside label, produced by Cannonball Adderley, who knew a hip brother sound when he heard it.But when Mangione donned a fedora and picked up the flugelhorn, the sweet soulful sounds appealed to legions of fans, across the country and around the world. For
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